Global Lead of WordCamp Asia 2023: AKA the flagship event with the longest planning period in the WordPress history…
Naoko Takano
My WordPress Journey
2003-2024
User
Community Manager
Freelance�Web Designer
Book Author
Automattic�Customer Support
Localization Manager
Contributor
👧 👦
Full-time�Contributor
Five for the Future
WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program
Open Source Project Manager
Sponsored by Automattic
Increasing contributor engagement
Have you seen…
WANT for Contribution
You see people who want to contribute more to the WordPress project.
LACK of Contribution
There are many tasks, but contributors are not able to work on them.
JOY of Contribution
You have contributed something meaningful, and it feels great.
Embrace the WANT 🤗
Prevent the LACK 🛑
Increase the JOY 🥰
Increasing contributor engagement:
How to connect “the desire to contribute” to lead to results
Art of Community by Jono Bacon
Current State of the �Five for the Future
Five for the Future
An initiative promoting the WordPress community’s contribution to the platform’s growth.
Pledges by Organizations & Individuals
20%
The percentage of the active self-sponsored contributors who pledged
60%
The percentage of the active company-sponsored contributors
21%
The percentage of the organizations making impactful contributions
We have so many individuals and companies with desire and motivation to contribute.
But the desire and motivation alone is not enough.
Why can’t we connect the WANT with the JOY of contribution?
Contributors get stuck at:
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Contributor ladder
What blocks us?
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Possible Blockers
Unblocking �the successful
contribution
Provide or find resources
Yoast Contributor Day
Next edition: April 18, 2024
rtCamp Learning Courses
WebDevStudios
Five for the Future Friday
WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program
Share/find a clear direction
Collaborate
“There’s more and more to know in the world, and you can only have so much in your head [...] So the share of stuff you know as an individual is declining in any field.”
�– Benjamin Jones, Kellogg School of Management
“None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”
�– Mother Teresa
Avoid burning out
So, what makes us “Impactful”?
An open source contribution becomes impactful when it offers a meaningful enhancement, leading to the project's long-term advancement and growth of its ecosystem.
An open source contribution becomes impactful when it offers a meaningful enhancement, leading to the project's long-term advancement and growth of its ecosystem.
Five for the Future
Let’s build the future of WordPress better together.
Q&A
“Open Source is one of the most powerful ideas of our generation.”
�– Matt Mullenweg
Find me to talk about�contribution, impact, and mentorship
@naokomc on X/Twitter
nao on WordPress.org
getinvolved@wordpress.org