Birgit Olzem (@coachbirgit) – WordPress user profile

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

I’m using WordPress since its first release in 2003. After messing around in several forums, I got aware of WordCamps. This opened the realm of how to contribute to the project. Since 2010, I have been an active contributor to the WordPress open-source project.

– Locale manager for de.wordpress.org since March 2012
– Participant at Community Summit 2024, San Francisco, CA and 2023 National Harbor, MD
– Played a crucial role in the revamping of the German-speaking WordPress Community in 2014
– Global Polyglots team mentor for several years in row
– Co-Organizer of two editions of the Global WordPress Translation Day
– Multiple times table lead on Contributor Days for Polyglots, Marketing and Sustainability
– Credited as a noteworthy Release Team member for WordPress 6.4
– Speaker at multiple WordPress Events, including WordCamp Europe and Accessibility Day
– Co-Organizer of WordCamp Europe in 2018 and 2019
– Co-Lead-Organizer of WordCamp Germany 2023
– Facilitator of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Session at the Community Summit 2023
– Composed and published the Proposal for Establishing a Make Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (“DEIB”) Team within the WordPress Community
– Spearheading the WordPress DEIB working group
– Awarded by the Yoast Care Fund in 2023 nominated by Hari Shanker

“Birgit Olzem is an exceptional WordPress contributor. She has single-handedly proposed and kicked off the WordPress DEIB working group, which is working towards making WordPress diverse and more inclusive” – Hari Shanker, Open Source Program Manager at Automattic

To make a meaningful contribution, I am seeking financial support for approximately 20 hours per week. This will allow me to dedicate focused time on the DEIB initiative, collaborate with other teams, and drive impactful projects that benefit the entire WordPress ecosystem without distractions.

This funding would compensate for the potential income from client work and also cover travel expenses related to speaking engagements, thereby enabling me to maximize my contributions towards the growth and inclusivity of the WordPress community.

Your support in sponsoring these DEIB related work will not only foster a more inclusive and innovative WordPress community but will also set a precedent for open-source projects globally. Let’s lead the way in making open-source truly open for everyone.

Contributions

Birgit Olzem contributes 1 hour per week to the following teams: Community.

Member Since: March 27th, 2012
Location: Gerolstein, Germany
Website: coachbirgit.com
GitHub: CoachBirgit
Job Title: Head of SupportOps
Employer: Codeable ApS
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Contribution History

Community Contributor
Core Contributor
Marketing Contributor
Marketing Team
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Photo Contributor
Plugin Developer
Sustainability Contributor
Sustainability Team
Test Contributor
Training Contributor
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Created issue #41 in the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
[WCUS 2024] Contributor Day
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Wrote a new post, Addressing Overlapping Initiatives and Improving Collaboration Across Teams, on the site Team Updates:
A meeting was convened to address the overlapping initiatives among various WordPress contributor groups and…
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Closed issue #34 on the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
[WCEU 2024] Prepare for the Contributor Day
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[Blog post] Announce Handbook Project Overtaking by the DEIB Working Group
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Wrote a new post, WordPress Project Contributor Handbook v2, on the site WordPress.org Project:
In March 2021, Josepha introduced the proposal of a WordPress Project Contributor Handbook. This handbook…
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Feedback on new desired handbook structure
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Adapt new structure
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Adapt new structure
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Update to new structure
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Update to new structure
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Created issue #34 in the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
[WCEU 2024] Prepare for the Contributor Day
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Closed issue #13 on the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Panel discussion proposal for WCEU 2024
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Created issue #11 in the WordPress/contributor-handbook repository:
[Documentation proposal] Guides and templates for contributors to propose "Five for the...
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[Blog post] Announce Handbook Project Overtaking by the DEIB Working Group
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[Blog post] Update on DEIB Working Group Progress and Goals
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Create a tutorial on how to use GitHub for this working group
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Wrote a comment on the post New WordPress.org Theme for your Rosetta Site, on the site Translate WordPress:
Thank you very much!
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Wrote a comment on the post New WordPress.org Theme for your Rosetta Site, on the site Translate WordPress:
@nao or @tobifjellner please switch to the new theme on de.wordpress.org – even if there…
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Closed issue #4 on the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Update the README.md
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Create a CONTRIBUTING.md file and add it to the repo
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Create ISSUE Templates for easier contributions
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Add guidance docs to the repo
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Submitted pull request #27 to WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker:
Add guidance docs to the repo
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Create ISSUE Templates for easier contributions
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Created issue #25 in the WordPress/DEIB-Issue-Tracker repository:
Proposal for DEI Metrics Assessment Across WordPress Teams
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Overhaul the DEIB statement on w.org
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Check on proposal for linking supporting orgs on WordPress.org
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Wrote a comment on the post Thank you and bye (for now), Jill!, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Dear Jill, As I reflect on your departure, I'm taken back to 2014 when we…
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Received props from @foosantos in Slack:
Props to @harishanker @Nao @annezazu @CoachBirgit @chanthaboune @properlypurple @jordesign, thank you for all the help…
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Posted a reply to Version 5.1.3 causes Fatal Error on activation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The problem still exists. You can take a look for yourself. Even with the quick…
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