Snag a .org profile badge

WordCamps don’t happen without valiant efforts from a whole slew of folks. From camp sponsors and volunteers, all the way up to the long-term planning team and the support team at WordCamp central, hundreds, if not thousands, of hours are poured into making local camps a reality.

As the centralized infrastructure for WordCamps has grown, our ability at the local level to connect to WordPress.org has gotten a lot sleeker. One of the first things we ask of our speakers & organizers is to provide their .org username. That’s how we can identify someone as the same person across all the various sites that exist – the camp website, the community site, and gravatar.

When we add a .org username into the profile of a speaker or organizer, it automatically pulls in helpful information, like a profile picture.

If you created your .org login a long time ago, you may or may not know that

your .org username comes with a profile!
If you’ve never taken a look at one, check out Matt Mullenweg’s for a really rich example. Your profile connects to your gravatar account, collects all of your .org activity (like reviews of plugins, or things you’ve favorited), and has a place for your gravatar image, contact information and a short bio.

As you get more involved in the various areas of WordPress over time, you’ll find that your .org profile grows! If you favorite a plugin, write a post on a community or camp site, or participate in the community in some significant way,

it appears on your profile. There are even some pretty badges that show up at the top right that signify your involvement in different areas.

Not that we need an excuse to get more involved with our favorite CMS, but .org profiles make our involvement more visible.

And there’s a bit of a thrill to knowing that all the hard work we put into making WordPress awesome – no matter what form that work takes – is recognized and recorded for the entire community to see.

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Want to get a speaker badge? We’re still accepting session submissions through midnight on August 14, so sign up now! Speakers get a yellow megaphone badge. This is a great year to throw your hat in the ring for the first time, because you have the option to give a 20-minute “lightning” talk; there’s nothing special about that, they’re just meant for shorter topics or for folks who might not want to commit to a full 50.

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Not feeling up to speaking? Our volunteer team could use you! Find out more or sign right up!