Category Archives: Speakers

Speaker information – who is speaking at WordCampNZ

KiwiBlog is the Comment King

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Jason

David Farrar has probably the busiest WordPress blog in New Zealand. What makes it all work is lots of comments – up to 500 per day… David will be speaking about running a busy blog and what is involved making … Continue reading →

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SEO for WordPress – Michael Brandon

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Jason

We are very pleased & delighted to bring back Michael Brandon of Searchmasters as  a speaker. Michael presented some very practical insights last August at WordCampNZ. He works with many WordPress sites and is winner of NZ SEO competition. “More … Continue reading →

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Justin Sainton on Group Deals

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Jason

Justin Sainton is the founder of Zao Web Design, LLC, a web firm based in Portland, Oregon USA. Justin will be speaking at WordCamp NZ about WordPress & Group Deals. Working exclusively with WordPress and an array of other open-source … Continue reading →

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John Ford Speaking

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Jason

John Ford has been to NZ last year and presented at WordCamp SF 2010. We are delighted to announce he will be speaking at WordCampNZ 2011. In Wellington he will be giving special attention to security ( & just guessing … Continue reading →

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2010 Speaker Presentations

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Jason

Here are some of the speakers presentations & slideshow  – we will update this list as more links come in Jo Couchman on A plugin for every occasion @cjlambert: My #wordcamp preso on slideshare http://goo.gl/B9cy @wordcampnz (Courtney Lambert) @Jghazally: Just … Continue reading →

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Justin & Sam – Vital Linking

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Jason

We invited Justin Scott and Sam Dalton from Vital Link Group to give a short intro to their fair trade project. They were a wildcard entry to the speakers list when they popped up in the twitter stream and engaged. … Continue reading →

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WordCampNZ 2010 What is Next?

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Jason

Thanks again to all of you who were here Sat and those who have come back Sunday. With apologies to the original author – Bill Bennett says it was Blaise Pascal “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, … Continue reading →

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Thanks Speakers WordCampNZ 2010

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Jason

What a day:)  Special thanks to all our speakers – do go to their websites – check them out. Thanks again. Jayson Bryant – Winevault TV Getting your Video Blog Cranking Rachel Cunliffe -  Cre8d Design Blog designer & Community … Continue reading →

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WordcampNZ 2010

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Jason

Here are some of the wonderful people that make up the WordPress world in NZ and Australia. See schedule for latest updates. They all volunteered to give up some of their weekend to be our #wordcampnz 2010 speakers.

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Custom Post Types Anthony Cole

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Jason

Anthony Cole is one of the co-organisers for WordCamp NZ this year and last year as well. Before that he co-organised WordCamp Au in Sydney 2008. Custom Post Types have been made much easier with WordPress 3.0. There will be … Continue reading →

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