{"id":1531,"date":"2011-08-11T20:40:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T20:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.sf.wordcamp.org\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2011-08-23T12:36:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T12:36:56","slug":"lightning-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sf.wordcamp.org\/2011\/lightning-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time To Propose Lightning Sessions!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although most of WordCamp San Francisco will hum along smoothly, like a well-oiled machine, we’ve left a few blocks of time for scheduled surprises: Lightning Sessions. Following lunch on Friday<\/a> and Sunday<\/a> we have 30 minute time blocks (one for each track) designed to let you — seriously, it could be you! — share as much quick, fun, interesting information with us as possible. Are you working on an exciting WordPress project? Are you trying to solve a particularly tough problem? Do you have a plugin to demo that everyone should be using? Lightning sessions are where you need to be.<\/p>\n

We’re planning to have 5-6 lightning sessions for each block, and they will correspond to the theme of each track — each track will have its own lightning session, so there will be two at a time. We need your proposals for these categories and days:<\/p>\n

Friday:<\/strong> Professionals, less-technical
\nFriday:<\/strong> Developers, more-technical
\nSunday:<\/strong> Information and inspiration for content creators
\nSunday:<\/strong> Tips & tricks for getting the most out of WordPress<\/p>\n

Before you tell us your idea, there are a few rules to keep in mind. First, you have to actually be at WordCamp or at least be able to mentally control someone who is, otherwise it’s going to be difficult for your presentation to actually happen. This means that you need to already<\/strong> have a ticket to the event. Second, you need to be on site in the morning when we vote for sessions. Voting will take place on Friday and Sunday in the morning for that day’s lightning sessions and if you’re not on site we won’t be able to choose your session, sorry. Finally, lightning sessions will be 5 minutes long — that means you have to go quick. You can use a web browser on a computer we’ll provide, but to move things along you won’t be able to use your own laptop, slides, other files, etc. If you want to show something on screen, make sure it’s publicly available on the web.<\/p>\n

Sound good? Good! We want your proposals. For those of you that are interested in speaking at WordCamps, this is a great way to get your feet wet without a full-scale talk. Please leave a comment on this post with your proposed lightning sessions and let us know what you’d like to share at WordCamp SF. Include a title and description as well as any information that will help people decide if they think it would be interesting.<\/p>\n

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