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Group photo at the end of the day! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The local WordPress community in Pune had not seen a WordCamp since February 2019. So organising a WordCamp in 2024, seemed like we were a new community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is represented by the fact that in the organising team<\/a> of eleven, eight of them had no experience organising a WordCamp. Two of them were attending their first WordCamp along with organising it! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post COVID-19 realities, we found there was a bit of fatigue in the regular WordCamp format. We also found that while WordCamps in Pune were generally well attended, the attendees were not necessarily interacting with the community or even the software as much as we\u2019d hoped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So at WordCamp Pune, we decided to test out a new format that I can best describe as a \u201cDeconstructed Workshop\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLearn by Doing\u201d Format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The format was simple: a group of people sit in a room together around some tables. Three or four facilitators introduce themselves and guide everyone on a certain topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pune\u2019s local community chapter tested this by building a full page with FSE of a website\u2019s homepage. The pros of this format were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n