Why WPML enjoys sponsoring WordCamps

This is a blog post from one of our sponsors. Be sure to visit all of our sponsors at the event and thank them for their support!

WordPress is the most widely used open source content management system in the world and WordCamp events bring together WordPress users all over the World. This is an amazing community, in which  OnTheGoSystems loves to play an active part by supporting it as it grows.

At these events, people come to share and you won’t believe what you can learn! You can have a coffee and talk with a great developer, an agency owner or just a WordPress beginner, it doesn’t matter, everyone is there to share.

We have opportunities to meet with actual clients using our plugins, especially WPML, who like to share their experiences with us. It’s awesome to hear users thanking us for our products and how their lives were saved! Two  members of our company attended WordCamp London in April 2016 where they met one of the co-founders of WordPress.  We discovered that he not only uses our plugin Toolset but he also teaches Toolset in his advanced WP class!

As a global company, with 79 members in 35 different countries, our team members are encouraged and supported to take part in WordPress related events throughout the  world and not only by attending and speaking in WordCamps. We also organize meet-ups, contribute to the core and help with support.

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Here you can find some examples of the activity done by some of our OnTheGoSystems people::

https://profiles.wordpress.org/bornforphp/
https://profiles.wordpress.org/jennypl
https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmilczarek
https://profiles.wordpress.org/jadpm
https://profiles.wordpress.org/codex-m
https://profiles.wordpress.org/5um17
https://profiles.wordpress.org/kouratoras

The last 4 have been core contributors in the WordPress 4.5 release.

And the list goes on… 🙂

Since we all make our living out of WordPress, WordPress has a big impact on our work.  WPML and Toolset plugins run on WordPress.  Also our translation service, ICanLocalize, offers translations for WordPress sites.

We’re 79 people constantly working to improve our products and support with the aim of making users’  lives easier with each release.

There’s a good vibe in the WordPress community, which we love.  People are not only into what they can gain out of the community but also what they can give or share with everybody else.  The WordPress community has an open-minded spirit and is eager to help and share knowledge. Everyone is treated the same. All are taken into consideration and are welcomed to participate and collaborate.

Some of the best things we enjoy as a company are also reflected in the principles of WordPress and Open Source: respect for others, willingness to help and share ideas and knowledge, and the desire to create great things through collaborative work which others may use and help make greater.

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About Michelle Schulp Hunt

Michelle is based in Minneapolis, MN, and is currently the Director of UX Engineering at Lone Rock Point. She has previously collaborated with clients ranging in size from solopreneurs to enterprise as an independent consultant. Michelle employs a strategy-based approach to design and development focused on solving tangible problems and achieving real goals based on how people think. She loves the open source community, and when she is not pursuing professional, personal, or wellness goals, she enjoys giving back through speaking and connecting with others. Her passions are communication and empowerment, and she believes in the power of "Why?"