Slides from the the first Portsmouth WordPress Meetup held at the Technopole on 18th January 2018. See https://www.wp-pompey.org.uk/meetup/wordup-pompey-reboot/

1. Welcome to the
WordUp Pompey! reboot
18th
January 2018
Agenda
19:00 Networking
19:30 About WordPress Meetups
20:00 Introductions … hello I’m … and I use WordPress as a …
20:30 What do you want from WordPress Meetups in 2018
21:00 Social at Sovereigns
@wppompey
#wp-pompey

2. About WordPress Meetups
WordPress Meetups are regular
(monthly) meetings focusing on
using WordPress for business
benefit.
aka WordUps, they are informal
get together events where
attendees talk WordPress and
share their experience and
knowledge with others.
1)All actions taken by the organisers are with the best interest of the community in mind.
2)Membership in the local meetup group is open to all who wish to join, regardless of ability, skill, financial status or any other
criteria.
3)Meetups are volunteer-run with volunteer speakers.
4)Meetup groups allow events to be organised by any reliable/trusted member of the community.
5)Meetups are welcoming places where everyone works to foster an accepting environment which is free of discrimination,
incitement to violence, promotion of hate, and general bad behaviour.
6)WordPress Meetups are for the benefit of the WordPress community as a whole, not specific businesses or individuals.

3. Globally
Meet other local fans of WordPress, the
Internet's classiest and fastest dynamic
content management system. Gather and
discuss the best ways to work with your
software.
497K members
1334 meetups
227K members
565 groups
Related topics: WordPress Themes · Web Design · WordPess Plugins · WordPress Customization ·
Blogging · WordPress Small Business Web Sites · Online Marketing · WordPress Users ·
Web Development · CMS (Content Management Systems)
https://www.meetup.com/wordpress https://www.meetup.com/pro/wordpress/
The WordPress open source, free software project is the
community behind the application you know and love.
Powered by volunteers around the world, these groups
represent the local gatherings of WordPress enthusiasts.
From developers to designers, from entrepreneurs to
publishers, these events are for people who love WordPress
and want to share their knowledge, experience, and to meet
other WordPress users in the area. This WordPress Meetup is
open to all who love WordPress --- join us!

4. Local Meetups
393 members
8 organizers369 members
2 organizers
Maidstone
94 members
12 members
2 organizers

5. Sponsors
redIT
Venue: The Technopole
@reditcouk
Oik-plugins
Meetup account &
website
@oikplugins
Sponsor needed.
Who wants to
sponsor food and
drink?
@yournamehere

6. Organisers
Drew Westcott
@drewwestcott
Independent eBook Publisher, WordPress developer,
Photographer. iOS developer in training
Herb Miller
@herb_miller
WordPress web developer - I build oik-plugins and
themes in Rowlands Castle, Hampshire.
Creator of WP-a2z.

7. Members

8. Meetup formats
Networking
Skill sharing
Planning
Community
News
How to...
Quiz
Social
PowerPoint Karaoke
Coaching walk
etc
Some contribution areas:
●Accessibility ( a11y )
●Internationalization ( i18n )
●Localization ( i10n )
●Beta test
●Usability test
●Support
A selection of items from these lists
Show and tell
Presentation
Lecture
Demonstrations
Lightning Talks
Q & A
Clinic
Workshop
Ask me anything
Business
WordPress.tv
Technical stuff:
●CSS - HTML – PHP - MySQL
●WooCommerce - Jetpack
●Performance
●JavaScript – jQuery - React
●Plugin / theme development
●Security - Spam
●SEO -Social media
●Processes - Tools
●Hosting
●Day in the life

9. 2018 agenda
18 Jan - reboot: Networking, Presentation, Community, Planning, Social
15 Feb
15 Mar
19 Apr
17 May
21 Jun
19 Jul
16 Aug
20 Sep
18 Oct
15 Nov
20 Dec
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10. Find us -Join us – Meet us
Www.meetup.com/Portsmouth-WordPress-meetup
Wp-pompey.org.uk
Wppompey.wordpress.com
@wppompey #wppompey
wppompey
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https://wp-community-uk.slack.com/messages #wp-pompey