2025 site copy updates

docs/_data/portland-2025-config.yaml

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 # Things that change over time, listed in order of change
-flaglanding: True
+flaglanding: False
 flaghassponsors: True
 flagcfp: True
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docs/conf/portland/2025/news/announcing-tickets.rst

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+:template: {{year}}/generic.html
+:og:image: _static/conf/images/headers/{{shortcode}}-{{year}}-opengraph.jpg
+
+.. post:: Dec 12, 2024
+   :tags: {{shortcode}}-{{year}}, website, cfp, tickets
+
+Tickets on Sale for Write the Docs Portland 2025
+================================================
+
+Happy December, documentarians!
+
+We’re thrilled to announce that `tickets are now available for Write the Docs Portland 2025 <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/tickets/>`_!
+
+Join us for our 13th annual conference in Portland. It's a great opportunity to meet fellow documentarians, learn new skills, and get inspired.
+
+We have some high-level information for you below.
+
+Full website is available
+-------------------------
+
+Our `full event website <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/>`_ is live with information about all the events and basic travel information.
+
+The website has lots of information about the conference events. Stay tuned for updates more updates on food, transportation and other information.
+
+Opportunity Grants
+------------------
+
+Interested in attending but need extra financial support? We strive to provide an accessible conference for folks of all backgrounds to join. Our opportunity grant application is now open. 
+
+Visit our `Opportunity Grants page <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/opportunity-grants/>`_ for more information.
+
+Volunteers
+----------
+
+Our volunteers make the conference happen each year, and it's a great group of folks. Want to help out and attend for free? Volunteer with us this year!
+
+Visit our `volunteer page <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/volunteer/>`_ to learn more and sign up.
+
+Call for Proposals
+------------------
+
+Our Call for Proposals is still open, and we'd love for you to be part of the conference this year.
+
+Our `Call for Proposals <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/cfp/>`_ page has more details, and all the information you need to submit a talk.
+
+**Submit your talk by {{ cfp.ends }}!**
+
+Thanks to our sponsors
+----------------------
+
+We appreciate the support of our sponsors. Thank you to the following companies:
+
+.. datatemplate::
+   :source: /_data/{{shortcode}}-{{year}}-config.yaml
+   :template: {{year}}/sponsors-simplelist.rst
+
+Your company can `become a sponsor <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/sponsors/prospectus/>`_ today!
+
+We're excited to see everyone in Portland.

docs/conf/portland/2025/writing-day.md

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+---
+
+What is Writing Day?
+====================
+
+
+<div class="about" id="about">
+    <div class="uk-container">
+      <div class="about-content">
+      <p>
+        Writing Day is modeled after the concept of “sprints” or “hackathons”, which are common in open-source software (OSS) conferences.
+        </p>
+      <p>
+        On the first day of the conference, Sunday, attendees are encouraged to bring and lead a project, or contribute to another attendee's project.
+        </p>
+      <p>
+        The primary goal is to bring interesting individuals into the same room, sharing their passions and aspirations while collaborating to develop creative solutions to solve a problem or issue.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    <div class="picture-set" style="max-width: 45%; padding: 5px;">
+      <span style="padding: 5px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; height: 100%;">
+        <img src="/_static/conf/images/pics/writing-day.jpg" alt="Group photo" style="padding: 25px;">
+        </span>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div><!-- end about -->
+
+If you have a project, we encourage you to submit it before the conference! This is a great way to build momentum and get other attendees excited to participate in your project. We’ll open project submissions in February/March. As usual, day-of projects are always welcome too - you'll have the option to sign up onsite and announce it during Writing Day.
+
+Writing Day is modeled after the concept of “sprints” or “hackathons”, which are common in open-source software (OSS) conferences.
+
+On the first day of the conference, Sunday, attendees are encouraged to bring and lead a project, or contribute to another attendee's project.
+
+The primary goal is to bring interesting individuals into the same room, sharing their passions and aspirations while collaborating to develop creative solutions to solve a problem or issue.
+
+If you have a project, we encourage you to submit it before the conference! This is a great way to build momentum and get other attendees excited to participate in your project. We’ll open project submissions in February/March. As usual, day-of projects are always welcome too - you'll have the option to sign up onsite and announce it during Writing Day.
+
+**There are two ways to participate in Writing Day:**
+
+- Project Lead: You bring an idea, content, or OSS project to work on with contributors.
+- Contributors: You are looking to contribute to various hosted projects.
+
+**Here are examples of projects that you might see at the conference:**
+
+- Open-source software documentation
+- General documentation writing
+- Best practices manual (for your company, or the world)
+- Resume, cover letter, and portfolio reviews
+- Blog posts
+- Tips and tricks
+- Great works of fiction
+- Love letters
+- The Documentarian Manifesto
+
+Find specific examples on the [Portland Writing Day 2023 project list](https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/portland/2023/writing-day/#project-listing).
+
+## Schedule
+
+**Date: {{ date.conference.date }}**
+
+Writing Day is an all day event designed with flexibility in mind. Feel free to check out as many projects as make sense for you and your schedule!
+
+- Morning Session: 
+    - Welcome and overview
+    - Project announcements: Leads give a 2 minute summary
+    - Projects and co-working begins
+- Lunch Break
+- Afternoon Session
+    - Project announcements: Leads give a 2 minute project summary, starting with the afternoon-only projects
+    - Projects and co-working reconvenes
+- Writing Day ends at 5pm
+
+Exact times to be posted on our :doc:`/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/Schedule` page.
+
+## How to Prepare
+
+Come with the following tools:
+
+- Laptop, tablet, or other device
+- GitHub account (you may also want a GitLab account)
+- Text editor of your choice for coding or content creation
+
+## Lead a Project
+
+Leading a project at Writing Day is a wonderful opportunity to engage with documentarians from a variety of backgrounds, experience, and expertise. Their collective wealth of experience can upgrade your documentation and create a more inclusive project. This empowers all of us to work together to create opportunities for each other and bigger, better communities
+
+**Tips to create and lead a new project effectively:**
+
+- **Provide a project overview with a specific focus or goals:** Your overview is a 2 minute pitch that describes your project and clearly defines a focus area or goal. Here’s a good example from Writing Day _____.
+- **Pre-label tasks and issues:** Create a specific event label and label documentation tasks and issues. This empowers new contributors to find tasks that interest them.
+- **Create a task filter:** This helps contributors find issues more easily and see which issues have been assigned.
+- **Clear onboarding:** Ensure your ReadMe, contribution guidelines, or onboarding instructions are accurate and up to date.
+- **Project experts:** We recommend having 1-2 project experts on your project. We love our developer advocates, community managers, and subject matter experts! You’re welcome to ask for virtual reinforcements from your community as well.
+- **Flexibility and understanding:** Reminder that attendees may need additional info to be successful in onboarding to your project.
+- **Submit your Writing Day before the conference:** Projects submitted by April 17, 2025, are featured in our pre-conference blog post and email. Many attendees have shared that their curiosity for specific projects motivated them to attend. Project submissions open in February/March.
+
+These are suggestions and not requirements. It is perfectly valid to show up to Writing Day, tell us about your project day of, and ask for attendee contribution! It’s been done before and it will be done again.
+
+## Contribute to a Project
+
+
+Writing Day is the perfect opportunity to participate and learn about new projects and technologies. You are welcome to stay with one project all day, or project hop. Do what feels right to you.
+
+**Tips to contribute to a project:**
+
+- **Regardless of your experience level, you are welcome here!** We're excited to have you. Even if you feel you lack the right skills, experiences, or have never attended an event like Writing Day before, you’ll be surprised at how much you can contribute.
+- **Explore our guide to writing documentation!** Our [beginner’s guide](<https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/writing/beginners-guide-to-docs/>) is designed to help you get started and spark ideas for how you can contribute to a project.
+- **Ask questions!** If you encounter challenges with new concepts and tools, you are in a room surrounded by friendly people from diverse backgrounds and experiences. You can always ask the Welcome Wagon or Registration staff and volunteers. We will help you connect with the right person!
+- **View the project list.** Check out the projects that have been submitted in advance. Keep in mind that some attendees choose to announce their projects during Writing Day itself, so these projects might not appear on the list in advance.
+
+#### We're excited to have another wonderful Writing Day!