More Fun. More WordPress. #wcfay
Travis Pflanz comes to us from Kansas City, where he is a WordCamp organizer and the owner of Web Works of Kansas City. In his free time, Travis volunteers at Wayside Waifs Humane Society, serves on the Spay & Neuter KC Advisory Council and organizes the Kansas City Dog Club
Travis spoke last year at WordCamp Fayetteville for the first time. This year he will be sharing ways to integrate WordPress and Facebook — and to automate the process.
See Travis’s presentation from WordCamp KC 2018 below.
Rachel Korpella is a local WordPress designer who also does branding and print design. You see some of her designs on this website.
Rachel is speaking on UX design — that is, user experience — this year. She’s ready to share the basics of creating a WordPress website that leads people through the site in comfort. A website like this increases conversions, too, so it’s a win-win for business or blog owners.
Read a blog post from Rachel on her networking journey. Then get your WordCamp Fayetteville 2018 ticket. Not only will you have the chance to learn about design, content, publishing, and entrepreneurship, but you”ll also find a great networking opportunity.
https://nwanetworking.com/my-networking-journey/
Wolf Bishop is coming back to WordCamp Fayetteville this year from his homestead near St. Louis. He spoke last year and we’re delighted to have him back.
Wolf is a Certified WordPress Developer who has developed custom themes and plugins as well as a variety of WordPress websites.He is also the founder of WP Top Hat, a WordPress maintenance company which is one of our sponsors.
Wolf and Top Hat will be live streaming some sessions of the conference, as well as some conversations. You can vote for the sessions you’d like to see live streamed.
Get to know Wolf a little by reading a post at Pressable, describing Wolf’s life as a remote worker:
https://pressable.com/blog/2017/07/27/wolf-bishops-remote-worklife/
Charmaine Beleele has worked as a teacher, a reporter, a medical executive assistant, a photographer, and more. She brings all this life experience into her current work as a professional blogger.
Speaking for the first time at a WordCamp this year at WordCamp Fayetteville, Charmaine is presenting “Blog in a Bag,” a structure for new bloggers — or experienced bloggers who are ready to add a little structure.
Charmaine’s presentation will be full of tips and tracks for bloggers! Read her post to get a taste, then buy your ticket so you won’t miss out.
https://angelkissedseoservices.com/blog-bag-little-help-new-blog-writers/
Mat Casner comes to this year’s WordCamp from Mound City, Kansas, where he is mayor. He’s also the owner of Freelance on Fire, a business coaching company.
Mat was a graphic designer, web designer/developer, photographer, multimedia producer and webmaster — working unhappily in a cubicle for a giant corporation.
He changed his life for the better. Having been freelance for 17 years now, Mat is bringing WordCamp Fayetteville his insights on how the “freelance lifestyle” can bring you joy — if you follow his tips on how to find great clients.
Check out a post from Mat’s blog on how to charge clients for some freelance wisdom. Then buy your ticket so you won’t miss out!
Local writer Jamie Smith has been presenting at WordCamp Fayetteville almost from the beginning. This year, she’s sharing 5 reasons your organization needs a blog.
Jamie is also a sponsor of WordCamp Fayetteville this year. Read her blog post on why she decided to support this community event.
Check out Jamie’s presentation “Anatomy of a Website.”
Mike Demopoulos, who goes by Mike Demo, is a big fan of open source and a community builder. Mike is an Evangelist at Bold Grid, and we appreciate their sending him to share his A/B testing expertise with us at WordCamp this year.
Mike is also a contributer at Huffington Post and Treasurer for Open Source Matters.
Watch Mike’s talk on open source and how it all works together, from WordCamp Phoenix.
Dominick Montgomery is coming back to WordCamp Fayetteville with “WordPressneur,” a presentation on making money with WordPress.
Dominick is the owner of the Montgomery Group in Tulsa and
Chief Marketing Officer at Create The Movement LLC, also in Tulsa. He’s also known as a videographer.
He enjoys celebrating his clients’ successes.
Here’s some food for thought from Dominick’s blog.
Mary White is a WordPress designer and trainer in Kansas City. She also teaches at Johnson County Community College in Kansas.
Mary is a new speaker at WordCamp Fayetteville, but we’ve enjoyed meeting her as a participant in the past. She’s bringing us a session on integrating WordPress with YouTube.
Social media can work with WordPress to strengthen your online presence, and Mary will give you lots of details on how it’s done.
Read a post from Mary’s blog:
Lance comes to us from Little Rock where he is active in the WordPress community. He has many years of computer experience including a wide range of software and hardware knowledge.
He builds and maintains WordPress websites, and has been building sites for 20 years.
Lance is bringing us best practices for editing in the new Gutenberg editor. Gutenberg has been creating a lot of uncertainty and anxiety as the roll out gets near.
Lance will be demonstrating the use of Gutenberg, acquainting us with the Gutenberg blocks. If you’ve been stressing about Gutenberg, get your ticket so you don’t miss out!
Read Lance’s web maintenance tips.
2018 WordCamp Fayetteville is over. Check out the next edition!