Author: Sakin Shrestha

Call for Volunteers

We’re hard at work planning for a great WordCamp and need your help!

Volunteers are a vital part of making WordCamps great. As volunteers, you’ll be helping to make our event run as smoothly as possible, ensuring that a great time is had by all. It’s also a great way to get more involved with the WordPress community!

So, if you’re enthusiastic, organized, energetic, and love WordPress, come join us. Help us make the first WordCamp Kathmandu a success.

Who can volunteer?
Anyone with any background can volunteer.
Are volunteer tasks difficult?
Not difficult until you enjoy it.
As a volunteer at WordCamp Kathmandu, you will:
  • Get an inside look at the planning stages of the conference
  • Have the opportunity to meet elite coders and WordPress enthusiasts in Nepal
  • Be an essential part of the event
  • Have the opportunity to meet interesting WordPressers
  • Great way to make new contacts and meet other like-minded people
  • Receive an exclusive t-shirt
  • Receive kudos for your time, attention and efforts
What Do We Need Help With?
We need people to help out beforehand and on the weekend. Each one of you is assigned a task either personally or in a team of two. We’ll try and give you a task that suits you and we’ll make sure everybody can actually enjoy the WordCamp as well: you won’t be parked at the door all day. Tasks that you may find yourself doing include:

  • Processing registration
  • Keeping session in time
  • Putting swags together
  • Helping out at lunch time
  • Preparing speakers of upcoming session
  • Helping speakers and attendees
  • Helping around with microphones during Q&A sessions
  • Moving people around
  • General administration
Great! How do I sign up?
Fill in the form below and we’ll keep you posted.
In the mean time, don’t buy your ticket yet. If you’re selected as a WordCamp volunteer, you will get one free ticket. We also make sure that if you’re not selected, we foresee enough spare tickets that you can buy.

WordCamp Kathmandu 2016 Tickets Sold Out!!

Update (18 Nov 2016): The tickets for WordCamp Kathmandu 2016 have been sold out.

Lunch and some cool WordCamp swags are included with every ticket purchase, which probably makes WordCamp Kathmandu 2016 the best WordCamp in Nepal to happen to-date.

WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal is happening tomorrow, Saturday, November 19, 2016 (9am-5pm) at Nepal Administrative Staff College, Jawalakhel. See you there!

If you’ve already registered and have not yet paid, you can make payments using the following options:

1. Online transfer via eSewa

Send your payment to wpnepal15@gmail.com

2. Online transfer via PayPal

Send your payment to kathmandu@wordcamp.org

3. Bank Transfer (NIBL Online/Offline)

Suvash/Sweta
Nepal Investment Bank Ltd.
Thamel Branch
A/C No: 01605020042282

4. Cash Payments

After your payment has been confirmed, your name will be listed in the attendees page.

If you have any question, please feel free to call WordCamp Nepal organizers  Sweta Shrestha (9841398801, 9849083449) and Suvash Khadka (9841797599).

T-shirt size reference:
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Meet our Wapuu – Wapuu-KTM

It can’t be denied that one of the cultural cornerstones of WordCamps are the Wapuu’s. The GPL-licensed cuteness originated as an essential symbol of Japanese WordPress community and the trend of creating one that represents a community has gradually been adopted all over the world.

As WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016 is nearing, we could not resist but to have our own variation of Wapuu. Well, we just needed an excuse to make an adorable Wapuu to add to our collection. This Wapuu has been made using Nepuu, the first Nepali Wapuu, as a base. The alterations made were minimal as possible so as to make Wapuu KTM instantly recognizable. We simply named it Wapuu-KTM. Pinjal Pradhan, the design wrangler for WCKTM 2016, is credited with designing both the Nepali Wapuus till date.

Wapuu-KTM is wearing the same traditional Bhad-gaaule Topi but with a slight change to its pin. A pair of khukuris crossed with Nepal’s flag is pinned to the Topi. Wapuu-KTM is hugging the WordPress sphere in red with the official logo of WCKTM, in white, incorporated into it. A great combo!

We plan to represent Wapuu-KTM as the official mascot of the event and will be printing stickers to give away at WCKTM 2016. So, are you ready to welcome Wapuu-KTM?

If you want to learn the history of Wapuu and see other Wapuus, then click here.

Thanks #WCKTM

WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016: First Organizers’ Meeting

Greetings!

As WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016 (#WCKTM) is fast approaching, we, the organizers met to discuss the plan and approaches to make this event a huge success.

#WCKTM is a non-profit event, led by a diverse group of organizers and volunteers. This conference brings together technology professionals, enthusiasts, vendors and customers to connect with each other and learn about WordPress.

This event is made possible with the support and expertise of the local WordPress community, sponsors, amazing speakers who lend their time and talents and a large pool of volunteers and their generous support.

For our first official meeting, we met at Acclaim Technology, Lalitpur. Discussion was focused on ways by which we can #WCKTM more informative, well-run and entertaining along with identifying further steps. We filled one another of our duties and responsibilities. We also planned about some specific aspects of the event that we will update you as things get confirmed.

So, subscribe using the form in the sidebar to stay up to date on the most recent news. We’ll be keeping you posted on all the details over the coming months, including speaker submissions, ticket sales and more!
#WCKTM

Call for Sponsors (First Come, First Serve)

WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal is an annual event organized by the WordPress Community of Nepal, a group of WordPress enthusiasts.

WordCamps are casual, locally organized, volunteer-run events. The main objectives of these events are to bring together all WordPress lovers, provide them a networking platform, share their experiences and give back to the community. One of the main objectives of WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal is to bring out local talents and expose it to the community and the whole world.

Would you believe WordPress now powers more than 20% of the web? So it’s not just designers, developers and writers who rely on WordPress. Chances are, you can think of dozens of business owners of all sizes, who all use WordPress to power their businesses.

Which means WordCamp is a great place to connect with professionals — and promote your business, too.

Being a sponsor gives you a unique opportunity to invest in the Nepali WordPress community. The attendees are made up of web-savvy professionals who work in media, publishing, film, music, art, technology, education, health care, financial services, government… you name it. Letting members of our community know you support them will earn you their goodwill.

We have all benefited from using WordPress, now is the perfect time to give something back. We’ve created sponsorship levels to fit every budget from the multinational corporations of midtown to small local businesses to independent freelancers building WordPress themes for a living. Even if you are a small agency, restaurant, magazine, or an individual wanting to give back because you know that WordPress has helped you and your business, we have a support level for you.

Who might be a great fit to become a supporter for WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016?

  • If you are running a WordPress based business and want to share your products with developers and users
  • If your business uses WordPress for its own website or you are pitching WordPress as a CMS for your clients and have benefited from WordPress (Client work)
  • If you have a service or product based on WordPress you’d like to get in front of a large number of freelancers, entrepreneurs and small businesses. Our attendees need you!
  • If you’re a tech recruiter or employer looking for Developers or Marketers – WordPress or otherwise – you’ll be sure to find them at WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal
  • If you and your business is making a living with WordPress

Become One Of The Awesome Sponsors For WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016

Here are the WordCamp Supporter Levels and you can choose the one that best fits you and your company.

Platinum: Rs. 1,25,000/- (3 spots FILLED)

Platinum sponsors are the main supporters of the event and will be made visible in every way possible to showcase your brand. Here’s how Platinum sponsors will be acknowledged:

  1. A logo on the WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal’s official website
  2. 7 free tickets to WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016
  3. Highlight as Platinum Supporter on our media partner’s newspapers or magazines
  4. Large Table will be provided on the event space to do demos, answer questions, sales, and meet customers
  5. Opportunity to give away swag at your event table (registration corridor). In case you’re unable to attend, our volunteers will handle your stall
  6. Large logo on the Banner as Platinum Supporter
  7. Large logo on schedules and all print materials
  8. Highlight with logo in the first/introductory page of all speakers’ slides
  9. Acknowledgement and thanks in opening and closing remarks
  10. A thanking you for your sponsorship of WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016 on our social channels (Twitter and Facebook)
  11. Guest post highlighting your company on WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal’s website. Advertise your company.
  12. 7 of your vacancy announcements (related to WordPress) will be pinned on the top for 7 days on WordPress Nepal’s Facebook group for a year
  13. One custom additional benefit, let’s talk
  14. Video/blog post on WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016’s official website
  15. A thanking you mention and a link in the event attendees’ emails

Gold: Rs. 75,000/- (4 spots FILLED)

This sponsorship level is perfect for a medium-to-large WordPress-based business that wants to give back to the WordPress community. Here’s how Gold sponsors will be acknowledged:

  1. A logo on the WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal’s official website
  2. 4 free tickets to WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016
  3. Highlight as Gold Supporter on our media partner’s newspapers or magazines
  4. Large Table will be provided on the event space to do demos, answer questions, sales, and meet customers
  5. Opportunity to give away swag at your event table (registration corridor). In case you’re unable to attend, our volunteers will handle your stall
  6. Medium-sized logo on the Banner as Gold Supporters
  7. Medium-sized logo on schedules and all print materials
  8. Medium-sized logo in the first/introductory page of all speakers’ slides
  9. Acknowledgement and thanks in opening and closing remarks
  10. A thanking you for your sponsorship of WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016 on our social channels (Twitter and Facebook)
  11. Guest post highlighting your company on WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal’s website. Advertise your company.
  12. 5 of your vacancy announcements (related to WordPress) will be pinned on the top for 7 days on WordPress Nepal’s Facebook group for a year
  13. Video/blog post on WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016’s official website
  14. A thanking you mention and a link in event attendees’ emails

Silver: Rs. 40,000/- (5 spots FILLED)

This sponsorship level is geared towards medium-sized businesses that wants that want to show their love for WordPress. Here’s how Silver sponsors will be acknowledged:

  1. A logo on the WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal’s official website
  2. 2 free tickets to WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016
  3. Highlight as Silver Supporter on our media partner’s newspapers or magazines
  4. Small Table will be provided on the event space to do demos, answer questions, sales, and meet customers
  5. Opportunity to give away swag at your event table (registration corridor). In case you’re unable to attend, our volunteers will handle your stall
  6. Small-sized logo on the Banner as Silver Supporters
  7. Small-sized logo on schedules and all print materials
  8. Small-sized logo in the first/introductory page of all speakers’ slides
  9. Acknowledgement and thanks in closing remarks
  10. A thanking you for your sponsorship of WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016 on our social channels (Twitter and Facebook)
  11. 3 of your vacancy announcements (related to WordPress) will be pinned on the top for 5 days on WordPress Nepal’s Facebook group for a year
  12. Video/blog post on WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016’s official website
  13. A thanking you mention and a link in event attendees’ emails

Bronze: Rs. 25,000/- (3 spots FILLED)

This sponsorship level is geared towards individuals and small business that rely on WordPress to make their keep. Here’s how Bronze Sponsors will be acknowledged:

  1. A logo on the WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal’s official website
  2. 1 free ticket to WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016
  3. Opportunity to give away swag at WordCamp Swag Store
  4. Small-sized logo on the Banner as Bronze Supporters
  5. Small-sized logo on schedules and all print materials
  6. Small-sized logo in the first/introductory page of all speakers’ slides
  7. Acknowledgement and thanks in closing remarks
  8. A thanking you for your sponsorship of WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016 on our social channels (Twitter and Facebook)
  9. 1 vacancy announcement (related to WordPress) will be pinned on the top for 5 days on WordPress Nepal’s Facebook group for a year

Micro: Rs. 15,000/- (2 spots FILLED)

This sponsorship level is geared towards individuals and small business that rely on WordPress to make their keep. Here’s how Micro Sponsors will be acknowledged:

  1. A logo on the WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal’s official website
  2. Opportunity to give away swag at WordCamp Swag Store
  3. Small-sized logo on the Banner as Micro Supporters
  4. Acknowledgement and thanks in closing remarks
  5. A thanking you for your sponsorship of WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016 on our social channels (Twitter and Facebook)
  6. 1 vacancy announcement (related to WordPress) will be pinned on the top for 5 days on WordPress Nepal’s Facebook group for a year

Please support this WordCamp by filling up the form below before the spots run out! We all appreciate your support to this community.

WordCamp Kathmandu, Nepal 2016 is over. Check out the next edition!