Moxy Ox sent us these great items as swag and are also the sponsors for the new banner you’ll see at all our locations!

Jamie of Jamie’s Notebook has been involved with WordCamp Fayetteville since it began six years ago. (Her website is currently going reconstruction, which will be completed in the weeks after WordCamp so please excuse the mess).

Jamie has served on the planning committee four of those six years and this year provided an estimated 40 hours of in-kind services including media relations, website writing, blog organization and writing, speaking, attending meetings, and other organizational and writing needs.

A freelance writer since 2007, Jamie officially named Jamie’s Notebook in 2009 when she started marketing her communications services to the Northwest Arkansas region. Before that, Jamie was the education reporter for the Benton County Daily Record for eight years. Jamie’s Notebook focuses entirely on writing-related services including website copywriting, corporate blogging, news writing, feature writing and other business development copywriting.

Her tagline is “giving you a voice with the written word” because Jamie uses her writing to help businesses and organizations express their thoughts and their brand through words.

Stickers, notebooks, info cards, more stickers and… PLAYING CARDS from our sponsor Jetpack.

The Village Writing School is based in Eureka Springs and they host a variety of workshops in other parts of the region. They are providing great wristbands for WordCampers this year!

From their website:

“Our workshops include an in-depth curriculum in the elements of narrative prose and we offer special workshops in blogging, poetry, playwriting, the graphic novel, inspirational writing, mindful writing, various genres such as horror and mystery, flash fiction, feature writing, oral storytelling and creative nonfiction such as memoir.”

Founded in 2006 with the goal of changing the world of hosting services and providing clients with “superior” managed hosting environment,” WiredTree continues to offer customized hosting packages,, innovative network design, a unique suite of services, and the most advanced server hardware.

They also proclaim to have “unmatched” customer service.

“With years of experience in the industry, we knew what worked and what didn’t, and we used that knowledge to enhance and streamline the support experience,” according to their website. “The final result is the industry’s most reliable, advanced and secure complete managed hosting solutions.”

WiredTree offers fully managed servers, which means the people who build the server are the people who take care of it. They manage the client’s hardware, software, network and security. Not sure what all you need? They have support staff to help guide through the decisions.

Their plans are ideal for a myriad of systems including WordPress.

Northwest Arkansas is known as a hotbed for entrepreneurialism so it’s a perfect fit that this is where Startup Junkie Consulting calls home. Startup Junkie is also a “perfect fit” sponsor for WordCamp Fayetteville 2015 as we added an entrepreneur/business track to the schedule.

Startup Junkie “builds lasting venture communities through proven programs, placemaking, events and networking aimed at talent development, retention and attraction, and capital formation at all stages of the funding continuum.”

Their services include:

• Global mentorship
• Investor relations
• Open innovation
• Regional storytelling
• Ecosystem roadmapping
• Talent attraction.

Startup Junkie’s services are completely free to small business and startup clients.

Mermaids Seafood Restaurant is a local Northwest Arkansas favorite! Mermaids is hosting our speaker dinner and Friday night welcome reception at their location at 2217 N. College Ave.

Their gorgeous restaurant sits back from the road a bit but is easy to know you’re in the right spot because of the painted mermaid pig outside and the classic black awning. A little confused why a seafood restaurant has a fiberglass pig outside? It was part of the PIGSHibition project that helped promote the Ozark Literacy Council.

Mermaids has a lovely dining area and several event rooms that are spacious and inviting. Co-owners Chef Todd and Nickki Golden have created a true experience in their restaurant with delectable food and a charming atmosphere. Not a fan of seafood? No worries! They have a variety of non-seafood items on all their menus. Mermaids also features one of the most popular catering menus in the area.

We hope you’ll join us at Mermaids Seafood Restaurant Friday night for the welcome reception!

Today is the last day to register for WordCamp Fayetteville and still get a tshirt. We’re so excited about all the features we have planned!

Even today we got more swag to share with you. Anyone who attends WordCamp knows how fun it is to get the official WordPress buttons in all the colors.

Haden Interactive is a content-focused WordPress shop based in Fayetteville. They’ve built websites for local organizations like Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas, Economic Opportunity Agency, Clark Partners Realty Group, Multi-craft Contractors (forthcoming), and Uncle Sam’s Safari Outfitters, as well as for remote clients like Lockton Insurance and The Puerto Rico Report.

As content and strategy specialists, they’ve worked with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Walton Arts Center, as well as an Oklahoma goat farm and a wide range of businesses on four continents.

In addition to a far-flung client base, they also have a far-flung team, with team members living in Shreveport, Louisiana; Ft. Collins, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; and Cavite, Philippines as well as in Fayetteville and Lowell, Arkansas.

Everyone on the team is dedicated to creating a web presence for clients that meets their goals, from hardworking websites to creative approaches to social media. Haden Interactive also provides analytics and SEO strategy as well as professional blogging and content marketing.

Rebecca Haden, Josepha Haden, and Tom Hapgood are all speaking at WordCamp Fayetteville 2015, while Rosie Haden and Julianne Darnell are serving as volunteers.