{"id":489,"date":"2024-01-30T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2024\/?p=489"},"modified":"2024-02-08T10:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T05:04:07","slug":"wordcamp-pune-2024-will-be-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2024\/wordcamp-pune-2024-will-be-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Why WordCamp Pune 2024 will be…different"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

tl;dr: WordCamp Pune is a one-day event, geared towards students & professionals who are new to WordPress. Sessions will exclusively be in the form of hands-on workshops<\/strong> with tangible take-aways<\/strong> for all participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordCamps usually follow a set pattern. They typically have several sessions with speakers addressing the audience over the course of a day, sometimes two or three tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there is nothing wrong with this format, we found that about 70% of the attendees in Pune were not finding useful ways to interact with WordPress after the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is all demographics. India is a young country, with the average age of attendees around 25. Often, WordCamp attendees are beginners with WordPress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference-type inputs, while in-depth and informative, can leave beginners without a specific way to apply what they’ve learnt. From workshops during past WordCamps and local meetups, we’ve seen this demographic benefit the most from high quality, hands-on sessions around relevant topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How WCPune 2024 will be different<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the why<\/em> out of the way, let’s dive into the how<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WCPune 2024 is a lean event<\/strong>. Practically, this means that we don’t have an after party, any significant expenses related to swag, or anything other than the workshops, contributor’s booth & WordPress Happiness Bar happening during the WordCamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO conference-style presentations (ie., speakers on a stage), panel discussions or success stories. All of these will be slotted into our Meetups<\/a> going forward. Rather, at WordCamp Pune 2024, all sessions will exclusively be hands-on workshops<\/strong>. The idea is for participants to spend their day learning-by-doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure the best use of everyone’s time, we’re creating lesson plan-type outlines for each session, with clear & tangible take-away for participants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re here to help!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Conferences and hands-on events can be daunting. Here are a few things we’re doing to address this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n