September 16, 2019 — “The popular ElasticPress plugin enables anyone to leverage the power of Elasticsearch to supercharge the search experience on their WordPress site. But did you know that ElasticPress can do much more? For example, ElasticPress can surface related posts for your content, speed up the largest WooCommerce installations, and give you industry-leading features like fuzzy matching and autocomplete.

In this talk, we’ll cover the basics of ElasticPress and Elasticsearch, and then dive into some of the cool, lesser-known integrations the plugin offers. We’ll also touch on some free local and cloud-based development options for running an Elasticsearch instance so you can get a feeling for what ElasticPress can do for your site!”

September 16, 2019 — We might all have staging sites but it’s clear we don’t all use them. Why not? Are we negligent or lazy? Or do we simply not understand the true value of a test and deploy workflow? We’ll cover the whys and hows staging. I’m talking to you, a WordPress site owner of any skill level. No development skill required!

September 16, 2019 — With all of the technologies changing in the development industry constantly, how do you know what to follow, how to implement and how fast to implement? Here’s a helpful guide to get you on the right road.

September 16, 2019 — “This presentation makes the case for using page builders to accelerate development, rapid prototyping and advanced wireframing.

We can now build better websites, deliver better value in half the time and make more money.

Page builders now give us the opportunity to style WooCommerce pages, blog posts, 404 pages and more.

We will review a partial list of the alternatives in the marketplace, recommendations, and resources for your exploration in this emerging capability. We will compare Divi, Beaver Builder, and Elementor and share a list of other possible choices.”

September 16, 2019 — “We all know that sometimes the game can be stacked against us. But sometimes we have to play whether we want to or not. Taxes, 9/11, regulations, these are games we have to play.

But what about the game of business? How can you win when the odds are stacked against you?

Let former Army Ranger and startup veteran Pete Parker tell you about he time they were in a war game in Germany, behind enemy lines, with only the stuff they could carry on their back, surrounded by 40,000 enemy soldiers, while forced to hide in the woods, and outnumbered 100 to 1.

In 4 days they found and captured the enemy headquarters, and the two Commanding Generals.

How did they win a game so stacked against them?

And how you can do the same in your business – because in business you are outnumbered a heck of a lot more than 100 to 1.

You can work harder (until you collapse), or you can Change the Game.

We all hear about game changers – but what are they really, and how DO we change a game?

Technology alone isn’t enough. People have wants and needs – understanding these needs drive every successful game changer.

The Game Changer itself may be technological, but Game Changers always come down to a better way serving peoples needs.

Come learn how to change the game of business – and life.”

September 16, 2019 — How to attract and close good deals while avoiding the crappy ones…

September 16, 2019 — “Do you know that if you have a picture of a duck having it face left or right can increase your conversions by 40%?

Think this sounds silly? It is but backed by research. Spend some time to learn about what a/b testing is, what things to test, testing methodology and the best tools to use for your site.

Everyone will get a handout of the very same checklist I use when A/B testing our client’s sites. One of our clients, an insurance company, increased leads by making just a small 2px change.

When you launch a website, you are guessing. Sure the guesses are educated based on experience and data, but you can maximize your ROI with good A/B testing.”

September 16, 2019 — Amber Hewitt: How to Use Brand Strategies for Growing Your Blog and Social Media

September 16, 2019 — “While you might conjure up images of Indiana Jones carrying a whip (and screaming “”This Belongs in a Museum!””) anthropology is more than just digging up lost artifacts from past civilizations and being chased by boulders.

This primer on anthropology will force you to rethink your processes, allowing you to design better prototypes by studying your clients and adopting cultural relativism. Through topics such as enthnographies, holism, participant observation — and yes, even trowels — you can impact your clients and projects by knowing when (and how) to dig deeper.”

September 16, 2019 — “In this presentation, we will test “”new”” web technologies to see what are the real world impact on a site.

we will be evaluating performance difference between PHP 5.6, 7.0, and 7.1.

We will also cover performance of classic http, http/2 and QUIC Protocol.”