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# WordFest 2021 Part Deux

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Seth Goldstein

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July 24, 2021

Sol 2442

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To this moment in time, I still can’t believe the team over at [Big Orange Heart](https://www.bigorangeheart.org/)
 did the second [Wordfest](https://wordfest.live)
 in 6 months. The first one was in January and was excellent. The other one was on Friday (July 23rd) and was even better.

I was glad that [Goldstein Media](https://goldsteinmedia.com)
 was able to be a micro sponsor and that I was able to help out, even just a little, with the digital swag bag and helping throughout the day.

The event was held over 24 hours. Yes, 24 hours. With 48+ sessions and interviews/talks with [Matt Mullenweg](https://ma.tt)
 and [Mike Little](https://mikelittle.org/)
, the co-founders of the WordPress open source project.

Part Deux of Wordfest had more mental health topics than the first one, I think, and it was very much welcome.

The core team and all the volunteers did a great job putting on a great event.

Rumor has it that they will probably be keeping up with the cadence of 2 a year, just not so close together.

I hope that I’ll be able to help out more on the next one.

Not only did they throw a great event. They raised over $11k for A Big Orange Heart, which is a non-profit aimed at helping remote workers with their mental health.

[WordFest also had challenges that people took on to raise money. It was a really great event.](https://vzit.bz/boh-fundraising)

It was all recorded and you can go back and watch the sessions at WordFest.Live.

If you’d like to join the community check out [Big Orange Heart.org](https://www.bigorangeheart.org/)
.

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