Want to apply as a speaker, but still looking for a topic?
You’ve maybe been there: hearing your peers share their experiences and knowledge at your meetup group or WordCamp and you’d like to step up: pay it forward and share yourself. But then there’s always the next question: what would you talk about?
Tip: don’t look too far for a subject. Share something you’ve learnt recently or something you’re long term passionate about. Or maybe even a rant (can be perfect for a lightning talk).
If you’d like some inspiration: we’ve gathered loads of possible topics in a completely uncompleet list: cherry-pick whatever suits you!
And bonus: why not challenge yourself with a subject? It’s a win-win: you pick a topic you want to know more about yourself (for example ‘CSS Grid’, ‘Creating a Gutenberg block myself’, ‘What’s the best xx plugin’, …), set a realistic deadline & apply as a speaker to share your recently gained knowledge. Use your talk as the perfect stick 😉
(btw: WordCamp Europe made a list of topic ideas too: https://apply.wp-europe.org/ideas)
Practicalities for WordCamp Antwerp:
Talks can be held in Dutch, English and/or French. Formats can be: workshops, talks and lightning talks. You can choose whatever subject and duration feels right for you. A short talk does not necessarily have to lack depth, for instance. Please mention in your application whether you expect your audience to have some kind of prior knowledge.
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Want to give a talk at your meetup? Just ping the organiser with your talk proposal!
Possible WordCamp/meetup talks
(We attempted to categorize them, they appear in random order.)
Perfect for lightning talks
- My favourite plugin: X (when, why, how, what)
- My go-to plugins
- My go-to themes (or theme author)
- My favourite theme
- Why I use X as my starter theme
- My WordPress site starter kit (base theme, plugins & workflow you use)
- Rant about X (something you deeply care about, related to WordPress, the web, the business, …)
- Introduce your meetup group (and what’s it like for you)
- How I started contributing
- WP learning resources
- Contributing to WordPress, my experience in team X
- Web performance quick wins
- Accessibility quick wins
- Diversity in tech: dos & don’ts
- Quick WP tips for [X]
- Wat moet een goede SEO-tool doen?
- Tell us what you’ve learned this year
- Tell us about something in WordPress you just recently found out it existed and you’d wish you’d known it sooner
- …
Generic
- What’s new in WordPress
- The future of WordPress
- The future of WordPress themes
- The future of FOSS (free and open-source software)
- What’s coming with the block library?
- What’s coming with site-wide editing with Gutenberg?
- Is het internet kapot? (Is the internet broken?)
- Rich snippets dominating our world
- Web performance by design
- Accessibility by design
- Legal: why you should care about privacy
- Legal: why you should care about accessibility
- Things you didn’t know about WP
- …
Mainly for writers/users
- Securing your site
- Keep on writing: tips to keep up with your blogging/writing ambitions
- Building pages with the new editor (Gutenberg): examples
- Writing with Gutenberg: tips & tricks
- Useful Gutenberg Blocks: core blocks & block plugins.
- All about working with images (tools, tips & tricks)
- Picking your theme & plugins: what to know
- How to get feedback from your clients
- E-commerce best practices
- How the GDPR may impact your decisions
- HTML & CSS for writers
- …
Mainly for developers
- Template hierarchy like a pro
- Content architecture: custom post types and taxonomies uncovered
- Amp up your site with WP-CLI
- Webpack 101
- Creating Gutenberg blocks with ACF
- Writing your first Gutenberg block
- Docker and WordPress
- Multilingual websites and SEO
- Using modern PHP in WordPress
- i18n and l10n like a pro
- Automated testing in WordPress
- CI/CD for WordPress
- The Customize API (Customizer)
- The [one of WP core’s] API
- Debugging WordPress
- …
Can’t choose?
Then apply multiple times (one idea/talk per application) and we’ll choose for you 😉