Patricia BT

Author: Patricia BT

World Citizen, community facilitator, connector and problem solver. I'm a â€œsolopreneurâ€ enjoying WordPress (especially WordCamp events and the people from the community) â€“ Science/Environment â€“ Peace â€“ Evolution â€“ Humanism â€“ Allyship to Minorities and under-represented groups â€“ Authenticity â€“ Kindness. My goal is to help everyone get their voice heard and promote global peace. â†’ https://patriciabt.com/ I love dedicated and meaningful relationships with other people and 1 to 1 conversations (and coffee, cheese and chocolate ;) ) Contact me via one of the social media listed on this page, or via the contact form: https://patriciabt.com/contact -- Contribution to WordPress -- I love to get involved in the WordPress community, as itâ€™s a pleasant way to give back to WordPress what WordPress allows me to accomplish on my business and personal sites. I co-organise the WordPress meetups in Geneva since 2013 and have been part of the WordCamps organisation teams in Swiss WordPress events since 2016. I have also been a speaker or a volunteer in several other events. Full WordPress story: https://patriciabt.com/wordpress I recently bumbed up the number of hours I spend contributing, it's now about 2-3 day per week. I'm not sponsored and might in the future be sponsored by my own company when I will establish my LLC (later this year) and dedicate working hours to WP contribution instead of doing on my free time/sleeping time like now. I hope to also be able to sponsor another person for a few hours. Both under the "Five for the Future" program. Currently (April 2024) - Contributing to the Community team / events -- organising meetup, WordCamp and NextGen events in Switzerland, help revive some Meetup groups -- part of the organising team for WCEU2024 -- co-organiser of the Switzerland Community Day 2024 -- event-supporter (previously called "mentor") for WordCamp Bretagne and Toulouse -- often volunteer, speaker, and/or microsponsor at WordCamp events when I'm not a co-organiser -- I was a mentor and facilitator in the recent cohort 2 (Feb-March 2024) of the Contribution Mentorship program -- worked with the GatherPress team -- act as a "bridge person" between local (Switzerland/France) and global teams, and between other topics/groups among the community - Contributing to the Sustainability team -- take part in meetings -- focus on the social sustainability in connection with the Five for the Future initiative. -- bring back the topics of sustainability to the local Swiss community (Meetup and upcoming events) - Contributing to the DEIB working group (not a formal team for now) -- take part in meetings -- bring back the topics of DEIB to the local Swiss community (Meetup and upcoming events)

WordCamps are non-profit events, organized by people from within the community on a voluntary basis. Regular meetups in Swiss towns and cities like Baden, Bern, Chur, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano, Monthey, Neuchâtel, Sion and Zürich contribute towards a strong sense of community.

Swiss WordCamps give local and international friends and colleagues the opportunity to participate, share ideas, get to know each other, and exchange knowledge and ideas about how to improve WordPress and the sites it powers.