Megan is an Ohio-based web developer and community builder. She was a WordPress Community Team Rep for some of 2022 and is also on the WordPress Incident Response Team. She previously co-hosted a WordPress development podcast called In The Loop.
When not at a computer, Megan enjoys competitive swimming, reading, and spending time with her pets.
This year, we’ve been extremely fortunate in the support of our WordCamp through In-Kind sponsorships. Sponsoring In-Kind for an event means getting to see exactly where your money is going.
We are incredibly grateful for our In-Kind sponsors:
Unity Lab
Unity Lab, a student-run design agency at Lorain County Community College, provided sponsorship through their students volunteering to record and edit the video for our WordCamp to be published on WordPress.tv.
Travel eSolutions
Ron and Claudiu from Travel eSolutions paid for all our event t-shirts. Their support is appreciated and we were happy to be able to provide higher quality shirts this year because of their generosity!
KHM Travel Group
KHM Travel Group is a repeat sponsor, but this year they purchased our AMAZING enamel Wapuu pins. (Check out https://wapu.us/ for more pins! Thanks for the design, James!)
Xplore
Drew from Xplore supported WordCamp Kent by paying for our printing costs. This includes everything from your badge to the directional signage and the schedules outside the room.
StickerGiant
StickerGiant provided us with the awesome sticker sheets to show off your WordCamp Kent pride!
This post was submitted by Liquid Web, a WordCamp Kent sponsor.
For over 20 years, Liquid Web has been delivering products, services and support designed specifically for mission-critical sites, stores and applications. Known for our high-performance services and exceptional customer support, we own and manage our own core data centers and provide a diverse range of fully managed hosting offerings, including Managed WordPress, and Managed WooCommerce Hosting. Our recent acquisition of iThemes continues to evolve our service offerings to meet the ever-changing needs of our web-reliant, professional customers.
Liquid Web has a dedicated team of WordPress professionals who have been actively involved in the community for years. Beyond contributing code to the WordPress project, they’ve also been speaking at WordCamps, participating in WordPress-related groups and meetups, and creating open-sourced plugins that are used by WordPress users around the globe.
As an industry leader in customer loyalty, we’re known for our secure, reliable, fast, hassle-free hosting, backed by the Most Helpful Humans in Hosting™ (24x7x365 by phone, chat or ticket). At Liquid Web, we power content, commerce and potential for SMB entrepreneurs and the designers, developers and digital agencies who create for them. Everything we do is about being that partner you can trust.
This post was submitted by GreenGeeks, a WordCamp Kent sponsor.
GreenGeeks is an independently owned and operated hosting provider.
Our specially engineered platform offers WordPress users web hosting that is designed for the fastest, most secure and scalable hosting available in multiple data centers. Our WordPress hosting makes deploying and managing WordPress websites easy with automatic 1-click install, managed updates, real-time security protection, SSD RAID-10 storage arrays, PowerCacher and expert 24/7 support to make for the best web hosting experience.
Since our launch in 2008, GreenGeeks has been the industry’s leading eco-friendly web hosting provider putting back 3 times the power we consume into the grid in the form of renewable energy. We are based out of Los Angeles, California with a global workforce that provides a better web hosting experience to customers from over 150 countries.
GreenGeeks is actively engaged within the WordPress community and is a proud sponsor to various WordCamps around the world.
This post was submitted by GoDaddy, a WordCamp Kent sponsor.
GoDaddy Pro offers a robust suite of free tools to web developers & designers to help them save time managing all their clients and sites. With GoDaddy Pro, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage all their WordPress websites from one place. Exclusive time-saving tools let you update WordPress core, plugins and themes with one click, as well as automate WordPress backups, cloning and migrations. Get real-time performance, security and uptime monitoring across all your websites. Additionally, your free membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support.
When you pair GoDaddy Pro with GoDaddy hosting products, the benefits are even greater.
This post was submitted by Bluehost, a WordCamp Kent sponsor.
Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.
This post was submitted by A2 Hosting, a WordCamp Kent sponsor.
A2 Hosting is your high powered WordPress hosting provider and proud sponsor of WordCamp Kent! We cater to our clients by offering scalable hosting accounts, which run on robust servers, at an affordable cost. As part of our commitment to the WordPress community, we sponsor a great number of WordCamps and WordPress MeetUps around the globe.
As our business has grown, so have our product lines, and we are compelled to give back to this great community that has given so much to us. Additionally, in 2018, we launched a Managed WordPress hosting solution. This service was built with the needs and wants of the WordPress community in mind; providing you with an enhanced WordPress environment that cultivates both creativity and prosperity. We offer all the tools needed to successfully run a scalable, fast, and secure WordPress site out of the box.
A2 Hosting is proud to support WordCamp Kent and the WordPress community so that this fantastic community continues to flourish.
This post was submitted by WooCommerce, a WordCamp Kent sponsor.
WooCommerce is proud to participate in the WordCamp Global Sponsorship Program.
Launched in 2011, WooCommerce is a WordPress-based eCommerce solution used by millions of stores and hundreds of agencies. WooCommerce is fully customizable and allows you to build a store tailored to specific business needs and objectives. Sell anything, anywhere, with no restrictions. And because it’s developed and supported by a distributed team across the globe, it’s accessible, flexible, and constantly improving.
WooCommerce lets you sell physical and digital products, offer subscriptions and memberships, and accept payments for services, reservations, and tickets. It integrates seamlessly with major payment gateways like PayPal and Stripe. There is an official marketplace of WooCommerce extensions plus hosting options for new, growing, and enterprise-level businesses.
WooCommerce core is free to download, install, and use — and because it’s based on WordPress’s structure and values, you maintain complete ownership of all your data, forever.
This post was submitted by Jetpack, a WordCamp Kent sponsor.
Jetpack is excited to once again be a Global WordCamp Sponsor this year. Not only do WordCamps help us spread the word about our product, they allow us to connect directly with the passionate WordPress and Jetpack communities.
Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that provides the essential tools for securing, growing, and building your site. It gives you the power and flexibility to:
customize your site with beautiful themes, custom image galleries , and rich media content.
increase your traffic through automatic social sharing, related content, and faster load times.
stay safe with secure logins, 24/7 downtime monitoring, automatic plugin updates, and protection from brute force attacks.
rely on our global team of WordPress experts, who are ready to help you be successful with your site.
All of these core features are free, or you can add advanced features like real-time backups, spam protection, and SEO tools with any of our affordable plans.
To learn more about Jetpack or to get started for free, visit jetpack.com.
This post was submitted by DreamHost, a WordCamp Kent sponsor.
DreamHost loves Kent! The seasons are gorgeous, the food makes you feel like you’re home, and the people are lovely. We thought to ourselves, “We kent not sponsor WordCamp Kent!” So we are!
DreamHost is proud to be a sponsor of WordCamp Kent 2019!
Here’s a crazy statistic! On average, we have 1.8 WordPress installations for every single customer at DreamHost. That’s a whole lot of WordPress all over our servers. With WordPress powering over a quarter of all sites on the web, it’s hard to see why anyone wouldn’t get excited about its incredible ability to give voices to the voiceless through lovingly-crafted lines of poetic code.
DreamHost supports WordPress with our time, with our talent, and with our technology. We’ve built incredible managed WordPress hosting options like DreamPress that make it run like lightning!
WordPress brings the creativity of people and the power of computers together in a way that few platforms have been able to accomplish. The WordPress community is incredible and never ceases to amaze us! It’s full of thousands of helpful people, all focused as much on improving the core platform as it is to ensuring that anyone who wants their voice heard online gets that chance.
WordCamps take the best of the WordPress community and bring it offline. WordPress users, designers, and developers of all skill levels gather together for two days of learning and networking in one of the most supportive environments you’ll find in the tech world.
We’re thrilled to be sponsoring WordCamp Kent this year!
WordCamp Kent would not be possible without the support of You! Yes, you, our sponsors! In addition to our amazing global sponsors that contribute to all WordCamps in a certain region of the world, we need the help of our community sponsors to make Kent the best WordCamp it can be.
WordCamp Kent will be happening this year on June 15th-16th at the Kent State University Hotel & Conference Center.
What You Are Supporting
Last year, our sessions ranged from blogging/content writing, web design, development, and freelance, to project management, SEO, and business tips. We even had a Community and Mental Health track! Each year, we dedicate a track to for WordPress 101 as well.
WordCamp Kent is organized by members of the Northeast Ohio WordPress Meetup group. Our community has a great mix of technical and non-technical individuals. We have a lot of Meetup attendees that run their business on WordPress or make money setting up and managing WordPress sites for clients. Our Meetup group has traveled to a handful of Northeast Ohio cities and is a great platform for new speakers. We’re a laid-back and supportive group that meets twice a month near the Cleveland and Akron areas.
In order to keep a safe and welcoming environment, we require all speakers, sponsors, and attendees to follow our Code of Conduct. Sponsors must comply with WordCamp Central guidelines for promotional materials, use of the WordPress name and trademark, etc. Those guidelines are available in the community handbook and a pdf copy will be sent along with the sponsor agreement (after acceptance and before payment).
If you want to get involved in our community by sponsoring, we have several different sponsor levels to choose from:
$1,500 Gold (Limit of 3 Community Sponsors) 2 Left!
4 tickets to WordCamp Kent
Large logo placed on the site
Large logo on promo material
Blog post & social media update(s) introducing your business as a sponsor
Brief introduction during remarks at WordCamp Kent
Dedicated sponsor table in the main networking area.
$1,000 Silver (Limit of 3 Community Sponsors)
3 tickets to WordCamp Kent
Medium logo placed on the site
Medium logo on promo material
Blog post & social media update(s) introducing your business as a sponsor
Brief introduction during remarks at WordCamp Kent
Shared sponsor tables in the main networking hallway.
$500 Bronze
2 tickets to WordCamp Kent
Small logo placed on the site
Small logo on promo material
Blog post & social media update(s) introducing your business as a sponsor
$250 Small Business
1 ticket to WordCamp Kent
Mention on the website of your sponsorship
In-Kind
Fill out the form below and ask how to help in-kind by paying for the Speaker Dinner, Speaker gifts, After Party, donating your time for video editing, etc. We’ll share our expense list so you can sponsor whatever fits your budget!
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