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Category Archives: Speakers
Sunday Sessions 2011
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!
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
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
Tweet this Goat
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
Melissa Clark-Reynolds on Kidsplay – Monkey Blogs
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
Showcase “Futures of” Panel
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
Scaling WordPress for Hi-Traffic
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
Julie Starr – Evolving the News
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
BuddyPress Comes of Age
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
KiwiBlog is the Comment King
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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