Presentation that I did during the Contributor Day of WordCamp Europe 2016, to the group of people interested in helping with WordPress.tv This presentation explains the project and the various possibilities of how you can contribute. Informations: https://2016.europe.wordcamp.org/introducing-the-wceu-2016-contributor-day-and-workshops/ WordPress TV Team Recap: https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2016/06/29/contributor-day-at-wceu-2016-wordpress-tv-team-recap/

1. WordPress TV
Olegs Belousovs
Contributor Day – WordCamp Europe 2016

2. What is WordPress TV?

3. WordPress TV is a visual resource
on the WordPress world, started in 2009
as a project of Automattic.

4. Article by Matt Mullenweg on the launch of WordPress TV, posted in January 2009: http://bit.ly/1StXT20

5. On WordPress.tv there are videos from
various WordCamps in the world, and even
the Meetups and other WP related events,
in addition to the tutorials on WordPress.

6. The WordPress.tv website home page.

7. Where do the videos come from?

8. The WordPress Foundation has several
A/V kits, which are available to the
organizers of WordCamps and can be
shipped worldwide.

9. List of the equipment contained in WordPress Foundation A/V kits: http://bit.ly/1qe9pFF

10. Personal equipment in possession of a
WordCamp organizers and volunteers
can be also used to make A/V recordings.

11. My personal kit to make audio/video recordings at WordPress Meetups and WordCamps.

12. Who makes the A/V footage?

13. Normally, shooting is done by volunteers or
by organizers of a WordCamp. In some
cases, such as for WCEU and WCUS,
professional firms are hired.

14. Professional video operators at the WordCamp US 2015. Photo by Noel Tock.

15. What happens to taken videos?

16. The raw video footage, or already post-
produced, is loaded on an Amazon S3.
This space is provided by Automattic, and
to have access you need to ask about it in
Making WordPress #wptv Slack channel.

17. To have access to this resource and upload videos, ask about it in #wptv Slack channel.

18. The links to video files to be edited or to be
uploaded on WordPress.tv are placed in a
shared spreadsheet, in the respective
WordCamp tabs, and the contributors
can self-assign videos to work on.

19. Spreadsheet shared on Google Drive, with videos to edit and upload to WordPress.tv: http://bit.ly/1pIcgpE

20. Once finished, the videos are uploaded to
WordPress.tv from the dedicated page,
or directly from WordPress.tv backend,
by contributors who have access.

21. WordPress.tv website section dedicated to video uploading: http://wordpress.tv/submit-video/

22. After uploading to WordPress.tv, before
being published, videos are moderated by
the team. We control the audio and video
quality, the brightness, the presence of
advertising and we complete metadata.

23. WordPress.tv backend used by moderators for controlling and publishing videos.

24. Which are the WordPress.tv
numbers?

25. Since the project was launched, the
uploaded videos have grown by 881,88%.
138 uploaded videos in 2009, 1355 in 2015.
The WordCamps that joined, rose from 49
in 2009 to 89 in 2015.

26. The exponential growth of published videos on WordPress.tv. Thanks to @johnparkinson for this data.

27. WordPress.tv receives on average
3,000 views per day, mostly from
English speaking countries.

28. The statistics showing the data of WordPress.tv views in recent months.

29. The videos on WordPress.tv
are only in English?

30. Currently on WordPress.tv there are videos
in about 24 languages, and WordCamps in
the world are increasing every year.

32. How can I start contributing
to WordPress TV?

33. First thing to do: subscribe to #wptv
channel on Making WordPress Slack
and show the desire to help. One of us will
answer all your questions and explain
every detail on how to get started.

34. The guide that explains how to subscribe to Slack of Making WordPress: make.wordpress.org/chat/

35. Participate regularly to weekly meetings
on Slack, where we discuss things to do
or new projects with the team.
The WordPress TV team leads are
@jerrysarcastic and @roseapplemedia.

36. Team meetings in #wptv Making WordPress Slack channel are every Thursday at 19:00 (CEST).

37. Read the guides in WordPress.tv
Handbook, containing all the information
related to WordPress.tv and you can find
them in the TV section of Make WordPress.

38. The Handbook containing all the information and answers about WordPress.tv: http://bit.ly/1Ry8tTd

39. Participate on the WordPress TV P2 blog
where we publish our progress, status
reports and occasional geek debates.
Subscribe to the blog via email and follow
the posts and write your comments.

40. The P2 blog of WPTV team where the various discussions are published: make.wordpress.org/tv/

41. Which are the main activities
to help WordPress TV?

42. Making audio and video recordings at one
of the WordCamps, WordPress Meetups
or other WordPress related events.

43. Editing shooted videos with a software like
Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro.

44. Uploading to WordPress.tv videos that
have already been edited by you or any
other contributors.

45. Moderating the uploaded videos in
accordance with criteria established by
the WPTV team and in the Handbook.

46. Improving existing videos already
uploaded to WordPress.tv, correcting
audio, brightness and removing logos.

47. Uploading videos from WordPress.tv
also on the official YouTube channel.

48. Recording and uploading video tutorials
on how to use WordPress.

49. Transcribing, translating and/or editing
subtitles for already uploaded videos.

50. There are other WordPress TV
satellite projects?

51. From January 2015 we started the official
WordPress TV channel on YouTube.
For now, videos are uploaded manually,
and we are waiting to automate it.

52. The official WordPress TV channel on YouTube: youtube.com/c/WordPresstv

53. There are a number of other projects
related to WordPress TV, as a plugin to
show videos in wp-admin, helping
organizers of WordCamps, writing and
reviewing the Handbook…

54. A complete list with all the active projects related to WordPress TV: http://bit.ly/1MSnfCn

55. Thanks for your interest and time.
I hope to see you contribute to WordPress.
;)

56. Olegs Belousovs
WordPress TV, Community & Polyglots contributor.
Email: contact@olegs.be | Twitter: @sgelob
WordPress.org: @xtraboy | Making WordPress Slack: @oleg