April 15, 2016 — WordPress is over twelve years old now. How does the software and the project as a whole continue to move forward, maintain relevance, push boundaries, and assert influence when it has to compete with much leaner, cooler, and more modern alternatives? I’ll attempt to answer these points in this presentation.

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April 14, 2016 — John Jacoby, project leader for BuddyPress, will showcase what’s currently going on with BuddyPress development. He will cover what new features have been recently released for developers and also what’s in store for the next version of BuddyPress. John will also touch on what the future for BuddyPress is farther down the road. If you are a BuddyPress developer, this is a talk you can’t miss.

April 14, 2016 — The panelists offer practical suggestions from their own experiences (less story telling, and more “this is how this applied to me and can apply to others also”). Suggestions and talk doesn’t have to be WordPress specific but feel free to note how a WordPress business is unique is any aspects. Suggestions can also cover recurring revenues or client strategies.

April 14, 2016 — The WordPress community is full of other users just like you! Regardless of how you use WordPress there are likely other folks in the community doing similar things with varying levels of experience. From total beginner to Advanced Developers, Discover ways to get involved while leveling up your skillset.

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April 14, 2016 — Did you know you can launch certain startup ideas and companies on WordPress? I’m going to show you the right situations where you can get your startup up and running faster – all by using WordPress!

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April 14, 2016 — Yoast SEO is one of the leading WordPress SEO plugins in the WordPress world. It has so many features. Aside from that, you’re trying to juggle your own SEO knowledge into the mix.

With so many options on Yoast SEO, there’s a lot to get confused about.

I’m going to go over some basic SEO tips, specifically best practices for using Yoast SEO.

Hopefully using the plugin will be a lot easier after this session. Still not sure how to use certain parts of Yoast SEO? This session should help you.

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April 14, 2016 — Have you found yourself in a situation where you need to drop a client but are worried about damaging your professional reputation? Nearly every freelancer has or will find themselves facing this dilemma. This talk will highlight 1) Which qualities make a client worthy of firing, 2) How to recognize those warning signs ahead of time (as early as during a sales call!), 3) How to break ties cleanly and professionally, and 4) How to avoid attracting “bad clients” in the first place.

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April 14, 2016 — It’s a different world from the early 2000s days of personal blogs. Now we live in a world of Google, anonymous internet trolls and plugins which can contribute – or detract – from conversations. When and how do you curate comments? How do you engage people who use your website from conversations into communities? We’ll use this roundtable as an opportunity to share what has worked, what hasn’t, and swap war stories.

April 14, 2016 — Hello! Hola! Bonjour! Does your business serve customers that speak different languages? If so, your website should too! This session will teach you how to make your website multilingual. We’ll compare some of the plugins that add multilingual support to WordPress, talk about making themes & plugins multilingual ready, and anything else you may need to know to present your business to a global, multilingual community.

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April 14, 2016 — Whether you’re a developer, a designer, or just an user, you’re welcome to help make BuddyPress even better! We will see an overview of ways to get involved and help out in this talk. If you love BuddyPress as much as we do, contribute to the project we all love! Your participation is vital to the BuddyPress project.

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