Birgit Olzem (@coachbirgit) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: March 27th, 2012
Location: Gerolstein, Germany
Website: coachbirgit.com
GitHub: CoachBirgit
Job Title: WordPress specialist
Employer: Self-employed
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Bio

Excerpt of my Speaker Bio: Birgit Olzem, a WordPress enthusiast extraordinaire, juggles diverse roles and advocates for mental health awareness, diversity, and unsung contributors. A proud mother and grandmother, she also consults on personal branding and explores surface pattern design. Birgit embodies the WordPress spirit, champions community, and connects humanity with humor and warmth.

Interests

Managing my big family and work, doing great stuff with WordPress, reading and writing articles and books, nordic walking, dancing, meditation, having fun, laughing, photography,

WordPress Origin Story

Using WordPress since its first release. Contributing to WordPress in various teams since 2010. Locale manager of de.wordpress.org, former Polyglots global team mentor, Speaker and Volunteer at WordCamps, Founder of WP Meetup Eifel, Team-Rep local make/Marketing DE, spearhead of the new DEIB working group, member of the Release Squad for 6.4, mentor at the contributor mentorship program,

Contributions

Birgit Olzem contributes 15 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Core, Sustainability, and Test.

Contribution History

Community Contributor
Marketing Contributor
Marketing Team
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Test Contributor
Training Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Wrote a new post, Das erwartet euch an Essen und Trinken, on the site WordCamp Deutschland 2023:
Don't speak German – see the English text below Vorträge, Workshops und anregende Gespräche machen…
9 hours ago
Wrote a new post, Verabredet euch hier: Mitfahrgelegenheiten und Fahrgemeinschaften, on the site WordCamp Deutschland 2023:
Don’t speak German? See the English text below Das WordCamp Deutschland 2023 findet in Gerolstein…
5 days ago
Wrote a new post, WordCamp Shuttle Köln Hbf – Gerolstein, on the site WordCamp Deutschland 2023:
Don’t speak German? See the English text below Wie wir vor einigen Wochen hier schon…
5 days ago
Received props from @chanthaboune in Slack:
Props to the folks who helped during the 6.4 Beta 1 release party, wrangled excellent…
6 days ago
Received props from @webtechpooja in Slack:
Props to @annezazu, @CoachBirgit, @annebovelett and @rashiguptaa for reviewing and contributing to Help Test WordPress…
6 days ago
Closed issue #1 on the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Getting Started
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #5 on the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Agenda & Objectives for DEIB Session at WordPress Community Summit
2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Deutschland 2023: Dein Guide zum Ablauf!, on the site WordCamp Deutschland 2023:
Hallo Stefan, danke für deine Nachfrage. Kühlmöglichkeiten sind vorhanden. Weitere Details zum Ablauf der Warm-Up…
2 weeks ago
Received props from @Patricia70 in Slack:
Props to @CoachBirgit for leading the start of the #deib-working-group (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging),…
3 weeks ago
Completed the course How Decisions Are Made in the WordPress Project on learn.wordpress.org
3 weeks ago
Created ticket #7265 on Meta Trac:
Grant access to "announcement" and "here" commands to #deib-working-group
3 weeks ago
Translated 3 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
1 month ago
Created issue #5 in the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Agenda & Objectives for DEIB Session at WordPress Community Summit
2 months ago
Created issue #4 in the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Update the README.md
2 months ago
Created issue #3 in the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Create a CONTRIBUTING.md file and add it to the repo
2 months ago
Created issue #2 in the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Add a code_of_conduct.md file to the repo.
2 months ago
Received props from @francina in Slack:
Props to all the wonderful people that joined the testing party: @shuvo586, @annezazu, @webcommsat, @JeffPaul,…
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordCamp Deutschland im Oktober 2023, on the site Deutsch:
Geschrieben vom Organisationsteam des WordCamp Deutschland Es ist uns eine große Freude, eine besondere Ankündigung…
2 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.3 RC1, on the site Deutsch:
Diese Version der WordPress-Software befindet sich in der Entwicklung. Wie immer bei Entwicklungs-Versionen auch hier…
2 months ago
Reviewed 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal for Establishing a Make Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (“DEIB”) Team within the WordPress Community, on the site WordPress.org Project:
+make.wordpress.org/core/ +make.wordpress.org/polyglots/ +make.wordpress.org/support/ +make.wordpress.org/docs/ +make.wordpress.org/training/ +make.wordpress.org/test/ +make.wordpress.org/photos/ +make.wordpress.org/updates/
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal for Establishing a Make Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (“DEIB”) Team within the WordPress Community, on the site WordPress.org Project:
TL;DR: This proposal suggests establishing a Make Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (“DEIB”) team within…
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Bedarfsabfrage Shuttle Köln/Koblenz – Gerolstein, on the site WordCamp Deutschland 2023:
For the English version scroll down or click here to jump there. Wir wissen, wie…
3 months ago
Received props from @harishanker in Slack:
Props to all the WordPress Contributor Working Group Members for all their hard work and…
3 months ago
Wrote a new post, Willkommen zum ersten WordCamp Deutschland!, on the site WordCamp Deutschland 2023:
Wir freuen uns, verkünden zu dürfen, dass das WordCamp Deutschland 2023 offiziell in den Startlöchern…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Linking to Supporting Orgs, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Thank you Matt! After discussing with @harishanker during the contributor day, I've felt encouraged to…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Day 20: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks, on the site Make WordPress.org Marketing:
🎉 Celebrating #WP20! It's been a transformative two-decade journey with WordPress, filled with growth, challenges,…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Recap of the Contributor Working Group’s Mentorship Chat on May 18, 2023, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Awesome initiative and progress so far @harishanker! @chanthaboune mentioned your ongoing efforts for the community…
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Preparing for the Next Women & Nonbinary Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I‘d love to be part of it with mentorship. 6.3 & 6.4 in whatever role…
6 months ago
Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago
Translated 1479 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago
Reviewed 104 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
6 months ago
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Reviewed 355 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
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Reviewed 1186 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
8 months ago
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12 months ago
Created a topic, Enhancement: Pexels search by collections, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, Thank you very much for providing and maintaining…
1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Grundsatz-Diskussion Übersetzung ‚line height‘, on the site Team DE:
Derzeit findet im #polyglots Channel eine Diskussion statt, wie man den Begriff line height im…
3 years ago
Wrote a new post, Marketingteam DE – Meetingprotokoll vom 26.06.2019, on the site Team DE:
Marketing Team Notes (DACH) 26. Juni 2019 Teilnehmer: coachbirgit, Phil, Nikolai, sabine abels, marc, reimark,…
4 years ago