December 6, 2016

WORD CAMP NAIROBI 2016

WORD CAMP NAIROBI 2016

December 2016 started with a bang, word press was in Nairobi on the 1st & 2nd for word camp Nairobi at PAWA254 & I was pleasured to be there as part of the volunteering crew, I happen to be a  word press user from 2015, so I surely was also going to reap a lot from the camp.
The 2 day event was not a tight sealed formal session but an engaging forum, with numerous speakers lined up on the menu to serve us with their knowledge, after which the delegates were given a chance to ask questions in order to gain more understanding or even comment & add to what the speaker said.
I was also privileged to be given a chance to perform a poetry piece “I FIGHT FOR LOVE“, before session kick off y’all know “CODE IS POETRY”, cheers word camp for the platform.
The best thing about word camp was that even after the speaker had left the stage, the conversation continued over tea, lunch & even an awesome cocktail  after party that was held on the end of DAY 2, People exchanged business cards, shared their websites & social media details even a watsapp group & a NAIROBI WORDPRESS MEET UP group on MEETUP.COM was shared for us to form a community.
The Event was covered by WordPress.tv. I got to learn a lot the 3Ps of anyone owning a blog (passion, patience & persistence), 3Cs (content, community, conversation) including on how to increase your S.E.O.(Search.Engine.Optimization).
A point that I had a vague Idea on was still stressed on at Word Camp & we were told to be Ethical in our works & worry about our posts, avoiding rude & offensive comments or inappropriate pictures. Being careless on social media may lock a user from numerous opportunities i.e your twitter account is your business card & blog your C.V. mmmmmhhh for free people like us you don’t need to limit your thinking, you only need to be ethical  & limit what you post & share on your site.
I learnt the power of a blog as a source of income, many of the speakers there work from their homes, some even from their bedrooms for only 1 or 2 hours a day but still earn from their blogs.
It was a great experience, a lot of goodies were delivered by Word Camp sponsors, T-Shirts, sunglasses,pens,stickers,badges & lots of WordPress swag.
I look forward to work  on my blogging & make more use of my blog, try to earn something from it & also sharpen my writing skills & graduate to become the author/writer that I’ve always wanted to be.
I’ll evaluate myself at Word Camp 2017 GOD willing…

hash tags ## for the event on twitter were…

#WordCampNairobi
#WordPressNairobi
#WCNairobi