Each WordCamp varies. Some are unconference style, with no pre-planned sessions or speakers, while others are carefully scheduled with only organizer-selected speakers on the roster. The rest fall somewhere in-between, often mixing formats over the course of the event.
WordCamps are meant to foster local community activity. If all the speakers are shipped in from out of town, that means that local experts (or people who could become experts) don’t get the exposure that comes from speaking at a WordCamp — both in the local community and in the broader community via the videos posted to WordPress.tv after the event.
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