Category Archives: Speakers

Speaker information – who is speaking at WordCampNZ

Sunday Sessions 2011

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Jason

On Sunday we are planning a number of workshop style sessions. These will include an Inside wordPress Intro / Refresher overview of WordPress with Miraz Jordan , Jo Couchman and Jason Kemp with plenty of time to ask questions and … Continue reading →

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WordPress, but easier!

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Jason

A wise man once said, “websites are like sausages, no one wants to know how they’re made”. On Sunday Ryan is going to show us how to make all of this easier. Ryan Hellyer is a WordPress plugin and theme … Continue reading →

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Discourse in the House

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Jason

Many of you will know Ben Gracewood and Morgan Nichol from the weekly discourse podcast / radio show. We are really pleased to announce them as speakers on the Saturday afternoon for a short talk. We all know there is … Continue reading →

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Tweet this Goat

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Jason

As a special bonus we are delighted to announce that Vaughn Davis is one of our lightening speakers and will be opening the “show”at 9:15am * on Tweet this book! How to publish, promote and distribute a best selling book … Continue reading →

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Melissa Clark-Reynolds on Kidsplay – Monkey Blogs

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dan

Melissa has been an entrepreneur for twenty years and finally feels she is emerging from her apprenticeship! Breaking news update: Feb 10 – Due to a surprise family event Melissa can’t make it on Saturday as planned – she/ & we … Continue reading →

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Showcase “Futures of” Panel

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Jason

Many WordCampNZ attendees are thought leaders in their own respective fields. We thought it would be great to talk around trends, changes and impacts of WordPress and blogging going forward. This year we have a super panel discussion planned with … Continue reading →

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Scaling WordPress for Hi-Traffic

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Jason

Ryan Allen of Envato is visiting from Melbourne. He is reponsible for managing (server) performance at some of Australia’s busiest websites. Managing traffic spikes is crucial as projects get bigger and Ryan will will speaking about what to do when … Continue reading →

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Julie Starr – Evolving the News

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Jason

WordCampNZ welcomes Julie Starr as a speaker and contributor. If anyone knows about the huge changes in the way that media is produced and consumed it is Julie. The Evolving Newroom is her blog – “a place to think out … Continue reading →

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BuddyPress Comes of Age

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Jason

Paul Gibbs is a core BuddyPress Developer from UK and has recently been contributing to a number of NZ projects. His website is : http://byotos.com/ Paul will be speaking at WordcampNZ about BuddyPress related topics and about the Achievements Plugin … Continue reading →

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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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