Call for Media Partners
The call for Media Partners is open to tech bloggers, influencers, magazines, TV and radio stations. The partnership is an opportunity for these media platforms to bring unique stories to their audience.
As a Media Partner, you are committed to offering media coverage before, during and after the event. This includes interviews, articles and social media posts across your network.
Apply to become a Media Partner or Supporter
Please fill in this short form below and apply to become a Media Partner for WordCamp Karachi 2018. The call for Media Partners closes on 31st July 2018, although we recommend early applications.
Call for Speakers
We’re thrilled to announce that WordCamp Karachi 2018 is officially accepting speaker applications!
Last date to apply for speaker is 14-07-2018
Why speak?
Presenting at WordCamp takes some work but is very rewarding. You get to share your passion, convince people you’re worth hiring and help everyone learn about WordPress, all at the same time. Speakers also receive free admission to WordCamp.
Karachi is the heart of Pakistan, It has everything from Beaches, Seaview, Museums, Malls, Parks, Movie theaters to Bays that attract speakers and attendees from across the country and even the world. We’re looking to build a program packed with amazing presentations which reflects the incredible diversity of the WordPress community, and we want you to be a part of it!
What we’re looking for?
WordCamp Karachi would like to showcase the best of WordPress and the WordPress Community. We’re particularly interested in hearing from those who have used WordPress in interesting, innovative, and significant ways. Whether the open source software was used to deliver something technically amazing, or whether WordPress was the foundation for creating something meaningful in the community, we want to know about it. We’re also looking for dynamic and versatile speakers to talk about how they use WordPress to grow their business, develop advanced plugins, tell their stories, and much much more. Everybody has a unique WordPress story to tell, and we want to hear yours.
Presentations
The ideal speaker has a WordPress-related topic they are passionate about and that they can present in 10 or 45 minutes with attractive slides and detailed, coherent explanations. Designers, bloggers, businesses, and developers are all welcome to apply! Talks can be in English or Urdu. Your topic should be specific to WordPress.
Show us what you’ve made with WordPress and explain how you did it, or what you learned in the process. Give us concrete examples: code snippets, 10 important lessons you learned, specific advice on how to avoid problems, etc. Nothing is too hardcore, advanced, simple or beginner-level. We’re looking for diversity.
WorkShops
Have a great idea for a WordPress-related activity, could be a development of a plugin or child theme or shiny tiny Gutenberg block 😉
Lightning Talks
We’re seeking talk submissions for 10-min short presentations. These are bite-sized formats great for short demos, quick tips, and inspirational stories.
Topic Ideas
Here’s a list of topics we’d love to see at WordCamp. These are just examples!
- Finding the perfect themes/plugins
- WordPress for bloggers
- Using child themes
- Monetizing your website
- Case studies of large projects
- Creating Multilingual sites
- CSS tips for WordPress
- SEO for Bloggers and E-commerce
- Security for WordPress
- Messanger bot, Future of Ecommerce
- Email Marketing Guides
- Creating plugins (intro or in-depth)
- Releasing and/or selling themes/plugins
- Automating WordPress Development using WPCLI
- Complete Email Marketing setup & funnel
- Facebook Marketing & Google Adwords
- WordPress as Career
- WordPress in Govt and Edu
- GPL/Free Software and what it means for WordPress Plugins and themes
- Others (Any other topic or suggestion could be considered as well)
APPLY TODAY!
Please fill out the form below if you want to apply for Speaker. The last date to submit Speakers Application is 14th July 2018 but don’t wait for the last day, submit it now.
Before submitting your speaker proposal, please log in to WordCamp.org using your WordPress.org account*.
If you don’t have an account, please create one.
* This is your account for the official WordPress.org website, rather than your personal WordPress site.
If you’d like to propose multiple topics, please submit the form multiple times, once for each topic.
Note: We reserve the right to refuse any submissions.
Call for Sponsors
Last date to apply for sponsorship is 20-07-2018
Gold – $1500
- Large logo and link on the WordCamp Karachi site
- Thanks in a blog post thanking all sponsors just before the event with large logo and link
- 8 Tickets (reserved and/or complementary) for company representatives of the sponsor
- A Large table at the event in a high traffic area
- A certain number of items on the self-serve swag table
- Allowed to distribute swag during the event
- Logo on slide projected/banner between presentations
- Tweet(s) and/or posts to Facebook (etc) thanking the sponsor
- Thanks at pre- and/or post-event emails sent to all attendees
- Prominent mentions in the opening, middle and closing remarks with the company name
- More Surprises
Silver – $1000
- Medium logo and link on the WordCamp Karachi site
- Thanks in a blog post thanking all sponsors just before the event with small logo and link
- 6 Tickets (reserved and/or complementary) for company representatives of the sponsor
- A table at the event in a High traffic area
- A certain number of items on the self-serve swag table
- Tweet(s) and/or posts to Facebook (etc) thanking the sponsor
- Thanks in pre- and/or post-event emails sent to all attendees
- Prominent mentions in the opening and closing remarks with the company name.
Bronze – $750
- Small logo and link on the WordCamp Karachi site
- Thanks in a blog post thanking all sponsors just before the event with logo and link
- 4 Tickets (reserved and/or complementary) for company representatives of the sponsor
- A table at the event in a low traffic area
- Tweet(s) and/or posts to Facebook (etc) thanking the sponsor
- Thanks in pre- and/or post-event emails
- Prominent mentions in closing remarks with the company name
Agency – $500
- Small Logo on the WordCamp Karachi site
- A table at the event in a low traffic area
- Thanks in a blog post thanking all sponsors just before the event with logo and link
- 3 Tickets (reserved and/or complementary) for company representatives of the sponsor
- Tweet(s) and/or posts to Facebook (etc) thanking the sponsor
- Prominent mentions in closing remarks with the company name
Community – $250
- Smallest logo on the WordCamp Karachi site
- 2 Ticket (reserved and/or complementary) for you
- Tweet(s) and/or posts to Facebook (etc) thanking the sponsor
Freelancer – $100
- Text link on the WordCamp Karachi site
- 1 Ticket (reserved and/or complementary) for you
- Tweet(s) and/or posts to Facebook (etc) thanking the sponsor
- You feel proud to support this first WordCamp in Pakistan as an Individual.
Volunteer Roles
We introduced a way to voice your preferred volunteer role during signup.
Rooms manager
- Your superpower is prioritizing and delegating.
- You are responsible for talks starting and ending on time.
- Help the speakers stay on track (timewise).
- Show the speakers the remaining time panels during their session.
Registration
Registration manager
- You are the connection between the registration leads and the organizing team.
- You are coordinating the attendee registration with the Registration leads.
- You know what’s going on at the different desks and take action when needed.
- “Welcome to WordCamp Karachi 2018” is your line and you’ll use it to welcome and inform attendees at the entrance.
- You check tickets.
- You prepare and hand out badges.
Media & Communication
Social media support
- You write posts and share pictures during the sessions and post directly on the WCKHI social media accounts.
- You interact with people who are commenting on posts.
- You support attendees that ask for help using social media.
PR support
- You’ll find and share news during the event.
- You prepare and set up interviews.
- You make sure all Media supporters and Media partners get updates before, during the conference.
- You are the liaison between the all Universities, perspective collaborative and media publications.
Speakers & Sponsors Support
Speaker wrangler manager
- You are in charge and responsible for the team of speaker wranglers.
- You participate in the smooth running of the talks.
- The connector between the speaker wranglers and the Content team is YOU.
- You are responsible for speakers arriving in the right track on time.
- You assist the speakers with tech check and setup and everything else they might need.
- Finally, you’ll be guiding the speakers back to the Green Room after their session.
Design wrangler
- You are the first point of contact on the floor for Social Media Marketing and Branding.
- You will help in Design of all branding, social media posts and marketing related stuff.
Photography & Video wrangler
- You will make sure all the videos are properly captured .
- Make sure all photographers have covered the event.
- You would be responsible to sort all videos, images and provide them on request.
Happiness Bar
Happiness bar
- You feel comfortable helping people with all kinds of WordPress related questions.
- If you don’t know the answer you help to find a way to find the answer.
- You’re the friendly and inviting face that makes people feel comfortable asking all the questions they might have.
Other
Food volunteer
- You welcome attendees to food court.
- Organize all food related arrangements and make sure everything is fulfilled in proper manner.
Volunteers happiness assistant
- You take care and assist other WCKHI volunteers.
- You bring them everything they might need during their shift (Volunteer runner).
- Volunteers rely on you to handle their requests in the #volunteer Slack channel.
Call for Volunteers
Last date to apply for volunteer is 01-07-2018
Welcome to WordCamp Karachi
We’re happy to announce that WordCamp Karachi is officially on the calendar!
WordCamp Karachi will be 4th August 2018 at IBA Main Campus Karachi, Pakistan.
Subscribe using the form in the sidebar to stay up to date on the most recent news. We’ll be keeping you posted on all the details over the coming months, including speaker submissions, ticket sales and more!