A Thank You from Joy Adamonis, WordCamp RI 2017 (#WCRI) Lead Organizer
WordCamp RI 2017 is in the books! Even though we didn’t reach last year’s attendance numbers (we missed only by a small margin), we had a higher percentage of actual attendees purchase tickets. This was a goal we had and we crushed it! I guess our attendees know that while we might hail from the smallest state, we are the mightiest and the most fun! I know if we didn’t change dates and have the event fall on a holiday, we would have crushed the attendance goal too! Next year- WE GOT THIS!
This year we had the largest amount of speaker applications. That’s because everyone wants to get in on the speaker action in RI, am I right? Pair that with the new blind submission process and it was a task to fill our schedule. From the feedback at the event and the small amount of survey responses thus far, I am pleased to say that the speakers this year really hit it out of the park!
Volunteers YOU ROCK! Each and every volunteer showed up willing and ready to work! The volunteers really made the organizers’ jobs look easy. It goes without saying, that without volunteers who are willing to help we cannot successfully run a WordCamp.
Shirts, Shirts, Shirts! What can I say about the shirts? T-shirts made their return to the WordCamp RI swag table and attendees were nothing short of thrilled! We listened and gave you what you wanted! We aim to please. I have a feeling t-shirts are the swag of choice in RI and won’t be going away anytime soon.
The Welcome Soiree was a new addition to the lineup this year, as we have always done our networking party on the last day. The party was a success. The food was delicious, the drinks plentiful and the company top notch! The trivia and photo booth were fun too!