In the prelude to the WordCamp Pontevedra 2022, we will hold a do_action where we will teach the registered people to create a page with WordPress.

As a practice, two websites will be created for non-profit associations in our city that lack a digital presence.

At the end of the day, we will hold a meetup at the Faculty of Fine Arts where we will present the results of the experience, from the hand of its protagonists.

If you want to participate, you can find all the information, schedules and registration form on this page: Do_action Pontevedra (in spanish).

This event is canceled this year, 2021.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are canceling do_action Nigeria, 2021. We hope to bring this event back to you in 2022. Thank you for bearing with us.

What is a do_action Charity Hackathon?

Over the course of the selected duration, groups of volunteers from a local WordPress community and the participating non-profit organizations will come together to plan, design and build the NGOs a brand new, high quality & useful professional website.

About the Nigerian Community

The WordPress Nigerian community is a network of developers, designers, content creators, digital marketers, polyglots, and WordPress users who believe that WordPress is a tool for personal and professional empowerment. For the last three years, our communities have hosted the do_action WordPress Charity Hackathon in some of our cities physically where we have spent a full day building brand new websites for a selection of local charities and NGOs.

This year, for the 2nd annual regional do_action Nigeria event, we are going to be repeating this for a handful number of charitable organizations!

Who can participate?

In order to bring these websites to life, we are looking for applications from registered NGOs who do not have a website and volunteers from all over the country to be Project Managers, Developers, Designers, Social Media Managers, Content Managers, and Quality Assurance Testers to work with each non-profit organization. As soon as the NGOs are selected, volunteers can begin to sign up for different roles.

I’m an NGO! How can I apply?

You can submit an application below, please. The application closes on the 10th of October 2021.

Sponsor our event!

If you would like to sponsor, you can head to Open Collective and click the ‘Become a Sponsor’ button and choose how much you want to contribute. We don’t have fixed sponsorship amounts and will accept any donation amount. Most importantly, we welcome tools donations (plugin & theme licenses, hosting, domain name purchase, tees, and branded items), please email us if you would like to support our event.

All sponsors will receive:

• Company logo on the site
• Company description on the site
• Link to company website from the site
• Logo on a slide projected during the event
• Tweets and/or posts to Facebook about your company
• Thanks in pre-and post-event emails
• Thank you in opening or closing remarks

Find out more general information about do_action hackathons at the page and video here or contact the team on nigeria@doaction.org if you have any questions.

WordPress Karnataka is an enthusiastic community united through the Open Source vision of WordPress. Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka has already seen a successful do_action in 2019.Now in the time of pandemic when in-person events are not possible, we come together as a regional community to organize this regional do_action hackathon. “do_action Karnataka is an online charity hackathon where WordPress enthusiasts come together to build cool websites for non-profits as a gesture of gratitude for the wonderful work they do in service of the society.”

do_action Karnataka will be a week-long event: 07 – 15 Aug 2021 This is an online do_action hackathon.

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The Protagonists of the do_action Charity Hackathon

The non-profits / Charity Organizations

The first protagonist of the do_action hackathons. The whole hackathon is built for them. They are the cool people who do the real work that impacts the society, they go out and make the change happen in the society. They serve people, they lobby, they protect and save animals, they clean the environment, they protect and plant trees/saplings, they go out and help people in disaster scenarios and other time. They are the people who go beyond their own life and change something in the society, especially in this time of unprecedented calamity of a pandemic.

At do_action charity hackathons, we build beautiful, functional WordPress websites for these amazing organizations for free as a token of our appreciation for their hard work.

If you know any non-profit/charity organization that needs a website for their organization or a project or an event, connect them to do_action in your area.

If you are a non-profit / charity organization that needs a new, beautiful, functional website built on the most popular CMS platform on the web, fill in the form at the bottom of the page.

The Organizers

This is the next protagonist in the do_action. They do the action to make the hackathon happen. They are the community people with heart who put in time and effort to contact the non-profits, select the deserving non-profits from the applications, get the participants, contact the sponsors, and make sure the non-profits get lovely websites they deserve. We have a fantastic team of organizers for do_action Karnataka 2021 online charity hackathon.

Sponsors

The next protagonist in the do_action who enable the hackathon. They are usually the organizations and/or individuals who wish to give back to the society in kind. They sponsor the do_action hackathons in various ways.

At do_action Karnataka 2021 Online Charity Hackathon, we are looking for organizations/individuals with heart to sponsor following things:

• Hosting and Domain names for the websites developed at the do_action hackathon
• Themes that can be used for the websites
• Plugins that will be needed for the websites
• Support for the sites  after the do_action hackathon

The Sponsors get an opportunity to help non-profits to have their own website and in addition they get:

• Mention on the social media of the do_action thanking them publicly.
• Mention at the online event.
• Logo and link on the event page.

The Participants

The last protagonist in the do_action.

They are the WordPress experts in their own area (content writer, designer, tester, developer, team leader, Social Media expert, content manager, other important roles which we missed here)

These participants are the one more group of cool people who will offer their time and effort to build beautiful, functional websites for the non-profits / charity organizations.

We need participants for these roles:

• Team leader
• Content Manager
• Designer
• Developers (2)
• Front-end Developer
• Project Manager
• Quality Assurance Tester
• Social Media Manager

Once the non-profits / charities are selected, the call for participants will be open for each of the non-profit/charity. If you wish to participate, but find that your roles are taken for all the projects, drop us an email at doactionindia@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you.

WordPress India is a diverse community spread across India, with different languages, different cuisines, different cultures; all united through the Open Source vision of WordPress. There have been a number of successful do_action local events in cities across India, but this is 2020 and almost all in-person events are on hold. The inability to meet in person doesn’t dampen the altruistic zeal of the community, so we have organized a virtual do_action hackathon at national level. “do_action India is an online charity hackathon where WordPress enthusiasts come together to build cool websites for non-profits as a gesture of gratitude for the wonderful work they do in service of the society.” Keep visiting for updates.

do_action India will be a week-long event, held from August 15th to August 23rd. 

The event will be held online, and all the event coordination will happen on the WP India Slack group. 

The Protagonists of the do_action Charity Hackathon

The non-profits / Charity Organizations

The first protagonist of the do_action hackathons. The whole hackathon is built for them. They are the cool people who do the real work that impacts the society, they go out and make the change happen in the society. They serve people, they lobby, they protect and save animals, they clean the environment, they protect and plant trees/saplings, they go out and help people in disaster scenarios and other time. They do everything we are used to seeing super-heroes do. They are the people who go beyond their own life and change something in the society.

At do_action charity hackathons, we build cool, functional WordPress websites for these amazing organizations for free as a token of our appreciation for their hard work.

If you know any non-profit/charity organization that needs a website for their organization or a project or an event, connect them to do_action in your area.

The call for non-profits to be part of the do_action india 2020 is open, we’re closing the applications at 11:59 pm on the Wednesday, July 29th, 2020. The call for non-profits for do_action India 2020 has closed, and we have finalized the NGOs for do_action India. 

The Organizers

This is the next protagonist in the do_action. They do the action to make the hackathon happen. They are the community people with heart who put in time and effort to contact the non-profits, select the deserving non-profits from the applications, get the participants, contact the sponsors, and make sure the non-profits get lovely websites they deserve. We have received a good response to the “call for organizers” for do_action India 2020 online charity hackathon.    

Sponsors

The next protagonist in the do_action who enable the hackathon. They are usually the organizations and/or individuals who wish to give back to the society in kind. They sponsor the do_action hackathons in various ways.

At do_action India 2020 Online Charity Hackathon, we are looking for organizations/individuals with heart to sponsor following things:

• Hosting and Domain names for the websites developed at the do_action hackathon
• Themes that can be used for the websites
• Plugins that will be needed for the websites

The Sponsors get an opportunity to help non-profits to have their own website and in addition they get:

• Mention on the social media of the do_action thanking them publicly.
• Mention at the event.
• Logo and link on the event page
• At do_action India 2020, we’ll add the Sponsors’ logos and links on this blog as well.

Thank you very much for the response to the ‘Call for Sponsors’, we can feel the love you wish to share with the good people who are doing good for the world.

We have closed the call for sponsors.  We will be announcing our amazing sponsors soon.

The Participants

The last protagonist in the do_action.

They are the WordPress experts in their own area (content writer, designer, tester, developer, team leader, Social Media expert, content manager, other important roles which we missed here)

These participants are the one more group of cool people who will offer their time and effort to build beautiful, functional websites for the non-profits / charity organizations.

We need participants for these roles:

• Team leader
• Content Manager
• Designer
• Developers (2)
• Front-end Developer
• Project Manager
• Quality Assurance Tester
• Social Media Manager

Once the non-profits / charities are selected, the call for participants will be open for each of the non-profit/charity. If you wish to participate, but find that your roles are taken for all the projects, drop us an email at doactionindia@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you. 

**Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event has been postponed. A new date will be added as soon as it’s confirmed.**

Over the course of one day, groups of volunteers from the Orlando WordPress community will come together to plan, design, and build a new professional website for local non-profit organizations at no cost! Giving these organizations a successful online presence better enables them to expand their mission and grow their community.

do_action Orlando will take place from 9am – 8pm at Full Sail Labs, part of Full Sail University.

Meals, refreshments, and snacks will be provided.

For more info, please email Sam at doactionorlando@gmail.com.

Who can apply?

We have already chosen our non-profit organizations but please contact us if you’d be interested in participating in our next event.

Who can volunteer?

Most of our teams have already been filled, but we can always use extra help!

How can you sponsor?

We are also looking for sponsors to make this event successful. We expect a participation of around 40 people from all different industries. We have no fixed sponsorship amounts and will accept anything from $100 and above.

All sponsors can receive:

• Company logo on the site
• Company description on the site
• Link to company website from the site
• Logo on a slide projected during the event
• Tweets and/or posts to Facebook about your company
• Thanks in pre- and post-event emails
• Thank you in opening or closing remarks

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the recommendations by the South African government, this year’s do_action event will be 100% remote and online.

The WordPress South Africa community is a network of developers, designers and website builders who believe that WordPress is the perfect platform for any organisation to use to build their online presence effectively. For the last six years, our community has hosted the do_action WordPress Charity Hackathon in Cape Town where we have spent a full day building brand new websites for a selection of local charities and NGOs. This year, for the seventh annual do_action event, we are going to be repeating this for a completely new set of 10 charitable organisations and we’re going to be taking it national!

Who can participate?

In order to bring these websites to life, we are looking for volunteers from all over the country to be Project Managers, Developers, Designers, Social Media Managers, Content Managers, and Quality Assurance Testers to work with each non-profit organisation. You can sign up below! You can select the organisation you would like to work with and then select your role on the team – this way you will know what you will be doing when the event kicks off. Project Managers will receive the contact details of their chosen non-profit as well as the other participants on their team so that they can make preliminary plans with everyone before the event starts.

How will the event work?

During the event, you will work together with your team to build a fresh online presence for your selected non-profit organisation and the websites will be hosted for free (for life) by xneelo.

As this is the first time we will be running this event online we are still ironing out the details, but the expected plan is to use four weeks as do_action weeks in South Africa, starting on 1 June 2020. During that time, the teams working on the websites will be meeting on our community Slack group to make plans and do their work. The plan will be as follows:

• Each team will have 1 week (Monday to Sunday) to work on the websites together, with 5 teams working each week (so the whole event will take place over a 2 week period).
• We will start the week off with a group video call for everyone taking part, then you can break off into separate “rooms” and plan your week together – you will be able to communicate in your team’s dedicated video room, as well as a Slack channel just for your team.
• As a team, you will plan your schedule for the week together, and can even work asynchronously if you wish.

You can use any online tools you like to track your work together as a team, and if there are any premium online services you think would be valuable then please let us know and we can reach out for sponsorship funds to cover those costs.

You can find a whole bunch of additional information in our detailed event FAQ.

Thank you to all of our volunteers!

Our event was a resounding success, and we are delighted that the following websites were produced with the help of our do_action() teams.

The Pickle District

Healing Smiles

iDareDream

Invisible Illnesses

G.I.F.T (Giving Independence for Tomorrow)

Women in Tech[+] WA

Techtrails

A massive shout out to our Project Managers who were integral to getting these sites live after the event, and a huge thank you to the team from House Digital for their assistance finishing off some of the sites.

What is a Do_Action Charity Hackathon?

Over the course of one day, groups of volunteers from the local WordPress community and the participating non-profit organisations will come together to plan, design and build them a brand new, high quality & professional website.

Awesome! How can I be involved?

Holding an event like this relies on the whole community to come together. While the 2020 event is done and dusted, we’re hoping to hold another equally awesome event in 2021. If you’d like to be involved, we’ve left the details from this event below for your information.

Become a Sponsor

This event is free to attend, but we do like to feed our hardworking volunteers. We expect 50-80 attendees on the day.

If you would like to sponsor, you can head to Open Collective and click the ‘Become a Sponsor’ button and choose how much you want to contribute. We don’t have fixed sponsorship amounts, and will accept any donation above $50 AUD.

All sponsors can receive:

• Company logo on the site
• Company description on the site
• Link to company website from the site
• Logo on a slide projected during the event
• Tweets and/or posts to Facebook about your company
• Thanks in pre- and post-event emails
• Thank you in opening or closing remarks

Find out more general information about do_action hackathons at the page and video here or contact the team on doaction@wpperth.org if you have any questions.

Volunteer

It takes lots of hands working together to build a single website in a day, let alone a bunch of them. Each website will be built by a team of 5-6 people filling the following roles:

• Project managers (one per team)
• Designers
• Developers
• Content Creators
• QA Testers

While we will be aiming to fill these roles for each team, we would love to hear from you if you have other skills you feel would contribute. For example, it would be great to have a photographer or two!

If you’re in Perth and have some experience with, or interest in, WordPress – we want YOU! Apply to join a team below. If you’re not sure where to apply, please contact us at doaction@wpperth.org.

I’m a Non-Profit! How Can I Apply?

Unfortunately we have already completed the application process for this event. If you would like to go on the shortlist (in case we are able to accept additional NFPs) or mailing list for future do_action events, please contact doaction@wpperth.org.

Non Profits

WordPress Mumbai Community is all set to organise the first ever do_action Charity Hackathon for local registered nonprofit organisations in Mumbai. do_action is an event hosted by local WordPress community that aspires to contribute to the nonprofit organisations by creating their online presence using WordPress. Don’t settle for an average website with your hard-stretched funds that can be invested in greater good. Instead get top notch website built by the passionate and talented volunteers of the WordPress Mumbai Community. All you need to do is fill this application form and send your representative to the event with the necessary content and voilà! We also offer WordPress training to any representatives of yours to take over the charge of the website completely.

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Volunteers

If you’re looking to contribute to the endeavour of these nonprofit organisations or networking with proficient professionals of our WordPress community, please participate. Each website will be built by a team of 6 to 7 volunteers in the following roles:

 

• Project Manager

The Project Manager oversees the creation of the new website. Assigning tasks to team members, liaising between the organisation and the team, and keeping tabs on the team’s progress are all required tasks of the Project Manager. The Project Manager will also be put in touch with the non-profit organisation before the event in order to make preliminary plans and to get a better idea of the project requirements.

 

• Developers

The Developer role is responsible for building the actual website. This includes implementing the chosen theme, finding and setting up required plugins, and possibly writing custom code to meet the requirements of the non-profit organisation.

 

• Designer

The Designer is responsible for the overall look and feel of the new website. This involves selecting the theme that will be used, as well writing any custom CSS that may be required. In some cases this will also involve the design of a new logo or other assets.

 

• Content Manager

The Content Manager is responsible for writing new content for the new website, as well as integrating existing content into the new design. It may also involve assisting with mailing list setups and advising on content strategy.

 

• Front-end Developer

The Front-end Developer is responsible for building the front-end of the website according to the design specifications – this usually involves writing custom CSS, HTML and sometimes Javascript, depending on the needs of the organisation.

 

• Social Media Manager

The Social Media Manager is responsible for setting up any required social media accounts and assisting with getting content flowing on them. The role also includes training the non-profit organisation on how to use their social media accounts and how best to integrate them with their new website.

 

ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO CARRY YOUR OWN LAPTOPS TO WORK ON THE PROJECTS.

IT IS A HACKATHON AFTER ALL 🙂

 

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Sponsorship

Not a web developer? Still want to contribute to our cause?

There are multiple levels at which you could be involved in this event as sponsors. Our Venue and refreshments are sponsored by Insider taking a big burden off. However, we’re still looking for sponsorship of meals and swags for best participant experience.

Moreover, website creation requires numerous paid services such as themes, plugins, domains, hosting etc which do_action aims at offering for free until the website goes live. Sponsoring for these services will broaden our scope of work and help us create the best for the organisation as per their requirements. Any contribution will be appreciated. Please eMail us at doaction@wpmumbai.org.

You can make your monetary contribution here or pay for a specific task from here.

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Cost: FREE to attend; Only your time and efforts

Inclusive: Meals, vast networking opportunities & remarkable experience

Date & Time: Sat, 19-Oct-2019 The schedule will be shared, closer to the event.

Venue: Insider’s Office, Todi Mills, Lower Parel, Mumbai.
It is thrilling to know that Insider follows a Zero Waste policy and our compliance with their benevolent effort will be encouraging

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Stay up to date via our SLACK Team via https://wpmumbai.slack.com #do_action channel

doaction@wpmumbai.org

WordPress Mumbai Community

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Welcome to Cheltenham’s first do_action event!

Organised by people from the local WordPress community for the local community.

do_action events are community-driven events that bring together technically skilled people from the community that use WordPress to provide local charitable organisations with their own online presence in a one-day hackathon.

Skilled volunteers are put together in small teams and include a Project Manager, Designer, Developers, Content Creator, Social Media Advisor and a Quality Assurance Tester. These highly focused small teams ensure the hackathon delivers a fresh and dynamic online presence for the charitable organisations.

At least one representative of the non-profit is required to attend the event on the day so training can be delivered to manage the website after the event. This will be a structured full-day event starting at 9am until 5pm with food and refreshments provided. 

Who can apply?

If you run a non-profit registered charity in Gloucestershire and your non-profit doesn’t already have an existing website then you can apply using the form at the end of this page.

Who can volunteer?

If you have an interest or any expertise in using WordPress and you have the time to spend the day with like-minded people then you are more than welcome to apply as a volunteer if space is available as teams are kept to a minimum of 5 per team. The volunteers we will be looking for will include Project Managers, Designers, Developers, Content Creators, Social Media Advisors and a Quality Assurance Tester.

Sponsorships

We are also looking for sponsors to make this event successful. We are mainly looking for sponsorship to cover things like venue hire and food on the day for all participants. Sponsorships can be made directly online via our Open Collective platform – just click the ‘contribute’ button and choose the amount you would like to sponsor. For further information please email Elliott Richmond to discuss how you can sponsor this event.

All sponsors can receive:

• Company logo on the site
• Company description on the site
• Link to company website from this site
• Logo on a slide projected during the event
• Tweets and/or posts to Facebook about your company
• Thanks in pre- and post-event emails
• Thank you in opening or closing remarks

Find out more general information about do_action hackathons at the page and video here.