Last-minute details for WordCamp Niagara 2019

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Niagara College’s Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus

WordCamp Niagara 2019 is THIS SATURDAY! We’re busy working on last-minute details, and we wanted to share some information with everyone to make your WordCamp experience easier.

Location and Parking

Main Building (East Wing)
135 Taylor Road
Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus
Niagara College, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Download a Campus map and visit Niagara College’s website for more information and directions. Parking is free.

Wondering what our venue looks like? We’ve uploaded some photos to Facebook.

Take a look!

Time

Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. Opening remarks are at 9:15, so arrive early to register, grab some swag and pick your seat!

Schedule

The schedule is available on our website. You’ll be able to see seven sessions including the keynote. Take a look at the schedule and plan your day so you don’t miss the sessions you want to see. Our day will begin with a keynote address by Michelle Frechette Ames – “The Care and Feeding of the WordPress Community: Me, You, and Us” – inside the Yerich Auditorium.

See the schedule

Tech setup for speakers

As indicated earlier, talks are allotted 45 minutes. Think roughly 30 minutes for your talk and 15 minutes for questions. Our rooms will have a classroom set up. You’ll have a projector, but please bring your own laptop and HDMI cables.

wordpress.tv

All of our sessions are being recorded and will be available on wordpress.tv soon, so if you wanted to see a session again, or missed one, watch for our camp’s sessions to be uploaded there.

Visit wordpress.tv

Sponsors

We have some great sponsors and sponsor swag. Check them out online and learn how they can help with your WordPress website and business.

See sponsors

Lunch

After a morning of learning, you’ll need a fantastic lunch to power through your afternoon! We’ve got you covered with a BBQ lunch served outside the Yerich Auditorium.

After-party

We’re excited to have The Armoury – located on the Niagara College Campus – host our After-party at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday!

Networking

Meet new people and make connections all day long – WordCamp is all about the community and learning how we can support one another. Don’t forget to bring your business cards and follow speakers, sponsors and other attendees on Twitter. Our hashtag is #wcniagaraont.

Things to do

Here for the weekend? why not explore our beautiful wine country (the Teaching Winery and Brewery are right on campus!), do some shopping at the Outlet Collection at Niagara right across the street or take a trip to see Niagara Falls?

Speaker/Volunteer Dinner and after-party details

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The WordPress community loves to party and WordCamp Niagara is no different!

On Friday, we’ll host our pre-Camp dinner for speakers and volunteers at The Grantham House at 5:30 p.m.

The Grantham House in St. Catharines
The Grantham House in St. Catharines, where the speaker/volunteer dinner will be held.

On Saturday, everyone at Camp is invited to the after-party at The Armoury on Niagara College’s Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus, kicking off at 5:30 p.m. See you there, and don’t forget to bring an empty stomach – there will be lots of delicious food to be enjoyed!

The Armoury at Niagara College
The Armoury at Niagara College, where the after-party will kick off at 5:30 October 19. (Photo from WordCamp Niagara 2018)

Call for Volunteers

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Volunteers make WordCamps happen! We’re always looking for enthusiastic community members who want to help make WordCamp Niagara great but aren’t sure where they can contribute. Here’s your chance!

Volunteers receive a complimentary ticket to WordCamp Niagara 2019 as thanks for helping with the following activities:

Setup: Generally, all volunteers are expected to come in at 7 a.m. Saturday morning to help set up chairs and registration. This is when most of the work takes place, and there plenty of easy tasks of every kind that need your hands.

Teardown: Help us clean up the rooms and remove any tables or equipment we set up that morning.

Registration and Greeters: Help manages the registration table, check attendees’ names off the registration list as they sign in, and ensure they receive their badges and gifts. Greeters act as ambassadors in the venue and help lost people find the rooms they’re looking for.

Room Hosts: Help keep speakers on time, stock water or supplies, and notify us if there are problems in the room, such as A/V equipment malfunctioning. This is one of the best positions – you get to watch engaging speakers in fascinating sessions while performing your task!

Video Recording and Processing: You’re behind the camera for a specific session(s), with (some) creative license to focus on the slides or follow the speaker around on stage. People who love filming for YouTube may relish this role. Someone is also needed to actively produce the videos post-Camp.

If you’d like to volunteer for any of these roles, please complete the following application form, and our coordinator will be in touch soon!







Call for Sponsors

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Sponsors are a big part of every WordCamp. We’re currently looking for sponsors to help us make WordCamp Niagara 2019 as great as possible!

Sponsoring a WordCamp offers an opportunity to reach out to an engaged, tech-savvy, informed and intelligent audience. The attendees at WordCamp Niagara 2019 will include people of all levels and many fields who use WordPress to publish content on the web.

Great reasons to support Niagara WordCamp 2019

  • We’re planning to host 150 WordPress bloggers, designers, developers, students and entrepreneurs
  • We expect thousands of people interested in WordPress will visit our website
  • A social media campaign to help the event gain exposure
  • All levels of WordPress users, from beginner to developer, will attend!

Sponsorship Levels

Royal Flush – $1000

  • 4 tickets to WordCamp Niagara
  • Dedicated sponsor table at the event for company swag/meet & greet
  • Invitation for 2 people to attend the Sponsor/Speaker party
  • Persistent logo and link on the WordCamp Niagara site
  • Logo on event print material
  • Blog post & at least two tweets/Facebook posts

Four of a Kind – $500

  • 2 tickets to WordCamp Niagara
  • ½ size sponsor table and floor space for company meet & greet with a banner
  • Invitation for 1 person to attend the Sponsor/Speaker party
  • Persistent logo and link on the WordCamp Niagara site
  • Logo on event print material
  • Blog post & a tweet/Facebook post announcing your sponsorship

Full House – $250

  • 1 ticket to WordCamp Niagara
  • Floor space for meet & greet with a banner
  • Ability to place company swag on a community table
  • Persistent logo and link on the WordCamp Niagara site
  • Tweet announcing your sponsorship

Straight – $125

  • 1 ticket to WordCamp Niagara
  • Persistent link on the WordCamp Niagara site.

Donations in Kind

We’re accepting donations in kind as well! Please reach out to us via the contact form below to discuss your suggestion.

Custom Sponsorship

If you’d like to sponsor this event in a way not listed on this page, please feel free to contact us and present your offer. The goal of this conference is to give back to the WordPress community, so we’re happy to work with you!

If you are interested in sponsoring WordCamp Niagara, please complete the Sponsor Interest form below.









Welcome to WordCamp Niagara

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We’re happy to announce that WordCamp Niagara is officially on the calendar!

WordCamp Niagara will be October 19th at Niagara College, Niagara on the Lake Campus.

Subscribe using the form in the footer to stay up to date on the most recent news. We’ll be keeping you posted on all the details over the coming months, including speaker submissions, ticket sales and more!