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  • X-post: Initial Patterns for the WordPress.org Patterns Directory

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  • Open Invitation: Learn about new Diversity initiatives in WordPress

    Care about diversity in WordPress and wish we were doing more? Good news: We are! In our Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) meeting tomorrow, we will be announcing two new programs that we are launching soon. These programs will help you: Build a more diverse speaker lineup at your WordPress events Help you foster safer,…

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  • June 2021 Training Team Sprint

    The Training team is using the Sprint method to determine what we are working on and to determine our timeframe for delivery. What is a Sprint? [Sprints] are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint. https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-a-sprint-in-scrum Sprint Content on…

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  • Tuesday Trainings: How do I contribute to WordPress? Part 3

    This year we’ve changed the format of Tuesday Trainings to better get directly at the issues that seem to be on the minds of folks in our community. How are we doing that? Great question. We’re either seeking to answer commonly asked questions or address commonly heard complaints, concerns, and confusions. If there’s a question…

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  • PTE Request for Pods Framework

    I am the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in…

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  • Initial Patterns for the WordPress.org Patterns Directory

    After the Pattern Directory has launched, users will be able to add their own patterns to it directly. In the meantime though, the project needs a collection of high-quality, diverse, community-designed patterns to populate it with during development. These patterns will set the tone for quality in the repository, and will make the directory useful…

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  • Agenda for Documentation Team Meeting 8 June 2021

    The next meeting is scheduled with the following details: Where: #docs channel on Slack. Meeting Agenda: Project Updates New Member Mentoring Theme Handbook changes An Audit Tool (proposed by the Training Team) A tighter partnership between CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. & Docs…

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  • Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – June 9, 2021 (12:00 UTC)

    Here’s the agenda for our weekly chat. This meeting will be held at in the #polyglots channel in the Making WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. Welcomes Weekly localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and…

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  • Report: Diverse Speaker Workshops May 2021

    During the pandemic, the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) has been delivering our Diverse Speaker workshop to the global WordPress community online directly. Each month, we are reporting at the tag #DiverseSpeakerWorkshopsReports how these workshops and trainings are going. Report: May 2021 Workshop / “Learn” Watch Party Hybrid (Philippines / APAC) Facilitator: @onealtr In May,…

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  • How to Finalize Description and Objectives

    Read this page in other languages: Gujarati (Google Doc) Objectives Guidelines Learning objectives must contain 4 parts: Audience – Whose behavior do you hope to change? Behavior – What is the new knowledge, skill, and/or attitude you hope to achieve? Condition – What are the circumstances under which they will demonstrate the behavior? Degree –…

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