June 13, 2015 — Nous connaissons bien le concept de maintenir notre santé, nos maisons, nos voitures…alors pourquoi est-ce que cette notion de maintenance – de soin préventive et de l’entretient quotidien – rentre si difficilement dans l’esprit de certains quand il s’agit de nos sites Internet ?

Je vais tout d’abord vous parler de l’importance de la maintenance d’un site web, de quoi il s’agit exactement, comment mieux en parler entre le prestataire et le client. Puis, je vous parlerai des outils qui existent pour optimiser tout cela.

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June 13, 2015 — Comment utiliser l’intégration continue et la validation des développements, dans le cadre de WordPress?

Comment automatiser les tests, les déploiements, le workflow de développement et les intégrer dans son travail quotidien?

Il n’est pas très courant aujourd’hui de se poser ce genre de question quant à la vie du code d’un site web. Ce ne sont pas des projets qui sont traités avec le même égard au niveau de la qualité du code, parce que c’est « juste » de l’intégration…

Stéphane Hulard propose de revenir sur son expérience autour de la mise en place de pratique pour la fiabilisation des développements autour des projets utilisant WordPress avec une explication détaillée des outils et méthodes qu’il utilise de la mise en place du projet en passant par la mise en ligne jusqu’à la maintenance.

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June 10, 2015 — Welcome To WordPress. Keynote address for WordCamp Seattle 2015: Experienced Edition

June 9, 2015 — This presentation looks at design and development decisions and principles including mobile-first, accessibility, responsive design, and information architecture, and takes a deep dive into the structure of the Underscores theme to show the audience how to build a theme from the ground up to become what you envisioned and more.

June 9, 2015 — A panel discussion on How Non-Profits Can Have an Impact Online by some of the presenters.

June 9, 2015 — Do you know what it takes to make a website that works for everyone? Come to this info-packed session to learn about website accessibility, WordPress accessibility initiatives, and the role that YOU play in making the web more accessible. There are resources, tips, and code snippets galore!

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June 8, 2015 — This talk goes through 10 best practices you can undertake to ensure the website you turn over is sustainable, that client and provider leave the experience happier and we all stop wasting each other’s time. Practices covers internal processes as well as inherent WP tools to create better workflow and UI on the dashboard.

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June 8, 2015 — Dans cette conférence, je vais vous raconter mon parcours, comment Internet et plus particulièrement WordPress, m’ont aidé à prendre un virage professionnel.

Nous verrons les galères pour trouver les premiers clients, les devis mal rédigés, les prix mal maîtrisés et comment je me suis adapté pour arriver à la visibilité qui est la mienne aujourd’hui.

Je vais m’attacher à répondre sur comment se vendre, comment se former, comment travailler sa visibilité et son réseau, pour enfin trouver votre place dans cet écosystème qu’est WordPress.

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June 8, 2015 — How not to give appalling user support
Franz Vitulli
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/franzvitulli/how-not-to-give-appalling-user-support
The talk touchs on the benefits and challenges of a great user support and training. I’ll share the most common problems I encountered whilst dealing with support. It will also look at how I give the best support I can and the tools that enable me to do so.

WordPress for Good
Tom Greenwood
This lightning talk presents the history and motives for the project, showcase a few “good” WordPress sites and inspire others to use WordPress for their positive projects and submit them to the showcase.

Forging a Career with WordPress: the Possibilities
Rachel McCollin
In this interactive talk I’ll inspire you to think again about the career options open to you with WordPress, and bust some myths about the kind of person you need to be or the kind of background you need to have if you want to make a living from WordPress.

Smart tips and tricks for managing freelancers
Annabel Kaye
“Freelancer is the ‘new employment’. Most organisations use freelancers for some tasks but some even build an entire business model on using freelancers.
In this talk Annabel explores the status of freelancers, how labels can be deceiving and suggests ways to approach hiring freelancers that will protect your business from harm.

5 ways to get better customers and sack the low value ones
Michael Killen
This talk is about how even small ‘1 person working out of their bedrooms’ businesses can:
no more negotiating on price, stop feeling like a bedroom business and look like a professional service, stop low value customers even getting through to you, how to feel more competitive towards other businesses, the responses you need to give to difficult customers

June 8, 2015 — This talk is about the different options out there, your clients’ learning styles, and how to better understand what your clients need while making sure they are comfortable moving forward. And the most common needs people have when looking for support and documentation, as well as strategies for making your documentation easier for your customers to understand.