How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events

Presented by Mary Job

For

Masaka WordPress Meetup 2023

www.maryjob.com

Tweet to me @maryojob

www.maryjob.com

Tweet to me @maryojob

About Me

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• WordPress Advocate at maryjob.com
• Technical Support at Paid Memberships Pro (Stranger Studios LLC)
• Owner at HowDoYou.Tech and WPSlay.com (WordPress Design & Support)
• Co-Founder at Gbefunwa LLC (Managed WordPress Hosting)
• I tech WordPress daily and teach digital skills freely to teenagers and women at Uwani Hub (Uwani.org).
• I love backpacking & travelling.

Let us meet each other!

Please tell us your name, what you do and your WordPress experience!

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This meetup is recorded. See link on the last slide.

Share your feedback or reach out to me here: https://maryjob.com/contact/

My Personal Experience as a Speaker

• My first speaking engagement was at a local meetup event
• You can view my speaking history here & links to recorded videos: https://maryjob.com/speaking/
• Read my WordPress Origin Story here: https://profiles.wordpress.org/mariaojob/
• You can document and share your story with a free WordPress blog too, see mine: https://maryjob.wordpress.com/
• All photos from every Lagos meetup event I hosted can be seen here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VNx047kS0Bj8u7z63
• Share feedback or reach out to me here: https://maryjob.com/contact/

Everybody knows something…

Do you know there are over 20 areas of expertise when it comes to using WordPress?

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• Visit the Making WordPress site to see for yourself - https://make.wordpress.org/

Steps to take

• It begins with your local WordPress community
• Speak at your meetups
• Prepare to speak at your WordCamps
• Speak at Neigbouring country events
• Speak at local WordPress events (virtual and in-person)
• Share your journey
• Document your journey and your works

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DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELF & DO NOT BE AFRAID TO STUTTER.

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Practice Makes Perfect. Practice. Practice. Practice!

More Reading:

1. Learn WordPress Speaker Trainings - https://learn.wordpress.org/topic/speaking-at-events/
2. A Post on Empowering Women Voices by Morten - http://mor10.com/empowering-womens-voices-wordpress/
3. Mari Kane on actionable steps to begin speaking at WordPress events - http://blogsitestudio.com/what-wordpress-women-want/
4. Allie Nimmons, Aurooba Ahmed, David Wolfpaw & Jill Binder on creating a welcoming and diverse space in WordPress - https://2019.us.wordcamp.org/session/creating-a-welcome-and-diverse-space/
5. On diverse speaker workshops - https://wptavern.com/wordpress-community-contributors-to-host-free-online-diversity-workshop-ahead-of-wordcamp-us

Thank you for the interaction.

Watch the recording here:

• Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ow_r3RQxcg
• Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVSfKTqwnKU

& book a slot to speak at your local meetup community right-away!