Upcoming Events 📆 The Speak Up!…

The Speak Up! Black Speakers in WordPress Workshop hosted by WP Engine is still accepting signups. It will kick off on June 5th. 🧑🏾
WordCamp Europe 2021 has announced it will take place online, June 7-10. 🏕️
WordCamp Japan 2021‘s schedule is available, and the event is happening June 20-27. 🗾
The World’s Largest eCommerce Event is being held by Ecom World from June 28-29. 🛒
🆕 WordFest Live 2021 is happening on July 23. They are currently looking for volunteers. 🧡 Free registration for attendees is now open.
WPCampus 2021 Online is a free online conference for web accessibility and WordPress in higher education happening on September 21-22. 👩‍🎓

DAVID’S PICKS 📬

📹 Here are my video picks of the week:

WordSesh: This is an easy pick this week! If you missed any of the talks from this multi-day event you can watch them all here. The live sessions spanned many time zones, so it’s likely some happened when you were asleep. 📺
Underrepresented in Tech: Allie and Michelle discuss some ways for employers and supervisors to advocate for underrepresented employees and team members. Their discussion is based on a recent article from Forbes, “Employers, Here Are 4 Ways You Can Advocate For Your Underrepresented Employees.” 🙋‍♀️

🎙️ Here are my podcast picks:

Start The Snowball is a Podcast for builders and creators “just getting started.” It’s hosted by Cory Miller and Brad Osborne. In the latest episode, they discuss a step-by-step method you can use to know exactly what people want to buy. Then you can know exactly what to sell and how to sell it without having to guess what your customers want. ❄️
Do The Woo hosted David Mainayar from PeachPay. David talked about entering the WooCommerce space and his competitors. (Automattic recently invested in PeachPay, apparently after David connected with Matt Mullenweg in Post Status Slack.) 🛒
Thunder Nerds got legendary web designer Jeffrey Zeldman to share his experiences, background, and lessons learned on his career journey. Zeldman also has some ideas for building a better bat cave. 🦇
WPMRR Podcast features Joe with Marc Benzakein, the Operations Manager at ServerPress LLC. They discuss opportunities for young startup founders and the best work practices to avoid burnout.
Distributed Podcast host Matt Mullenweg connected with Sid Sijbrandij to talk about GitLab, transparency and growing a distributed company. 👨‍💻
Reverse Engineered featured Joe Howard sharing what he feels are the secrets to entrepreneurship. Learn about Joe’s early strategies for attracting new clients and why you should vet prospective clients to ensure they’re a good fit for your business. 👩‍💼