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WordPress’ Community Team hailed a new era of WordCamps in its recent announcement outlining a significant shift in the purpose for the events.
In the past, WordCamps have had a mostly predictable format of presenting inspirational talks on exciting things people are doing with WordPress, business topics, and the latest trends, with short networking opportunities and a contributor day appended to the event.
“Connection, inspiration, and contribution are undeniably important to WordPressers,” Automattic-sponsored WordPress community organizer Angela Jin said. “However, as events have returned, communities see that people are much more selective about what events they attend and want to know what they will gain by participating.”