March 3, 2020 — This talk / workshop will explore what we can you do to foster, promote, and support diversity and an inclusive space in our communities. By the end of this session, participants will walk away knowing four things.

1. What diversity and community means in our WordPress context
2. How to make our community welcoming and safe, both in-person and online
3. How to step up to be speakers, leaders and better allies in our community.
4. Participants will walk away with an action list to start making changes right away.

March 3, 2020 — There are many ways to share and work on huge projects together. Remote is the new normal. i will be sharing about how to work with others using the Git versioning system.

March 3, 2020 — This topic would explore how millennials are using blogging as a tool to;

Speak on topics that were previously not talked about, for example, periods, gender equality, GBV, depression, LGBTQ+ etc
The change/impact that these topics have to the readers.
How we can tell stories that impact change.

March 2, 2020 — The web has grown quite a bit over the last decade, and WordPress has fallen behind ever so slightly. More applications are being brought to the web with JavaScript and more dynamic websites are being built with languages like Python and Ruby.

WordPress core and even a few professional WordPress developers feel that WordPress’ heavy reliance on PHP and minimal use of
JavaScript has become far too outdated. This is something the WordPress REST API is meant to solve.

This doesn’t mean WordPress is moving away from PHP, but it does mean developers should consider learning JavaScript if they want to take advantage of what this API has to offer.

March 2, 2020 — Culture; workplace culture, team culture, remote working, collaboration, team building, communication

March 2, 2020 — Now that your business has a website, what next? Your website should market and make sales. Will show you how to integrate the HubSpot CRM to your website and how to use it as a lead funnel to engage and convert your website visitors into customers.

February 25, 2020 — The average conversion rate of a website is only 2%. Do you know why the other 98% of your visitors didn’t convert? Do you even know what made the 2% convert with you instead of your competitors? Getting answers to the questions above is one of the key aspects needed to increase your conversion rates. But how can you get these questions answered?

In this talk, I will explain three methods to help you with this. For each method, estimated time/cost, suggested tools and recommended tasks/questions will be provided to help you get the most out of your research efforts.

February 25, 2020 — I would like to talk about recent serious security incidents had with WordPress installations and Start with the general points that anybody who is going to use or currently using WordPress needs to put their attention compared with driving a vehicle. Then I will suggest few plugins and services that I use and will request the audience to engage and let their suggestions too.I have mastered Art of hardening WordPress installation more than 30+ in Sri Lanka and other clients abroad.

February 25, 2020 — Through all these excuses and some legitimate reasons, as business owners we must continue to provide the impeccable white glove service our clients have come to expect from us. In this talk, Charles will go over ways of handling different clients with and scenarios with the same level of compassion and service his and hopefully your company has become known for. Key areas such as listening, responding with empathy, learning how to avoid the drama queens and what to do when you find yourself in business with them.

February 25, 2020 — This topic has picked up a lot of traction thanks to tireless work by a few individuals in our community, but ethical thinking should be in all of our minds while working. We’ll look at a few ethical frameworks and standards, as well as some examples for how they can be applied. It’s time for a discussion on ethics in the web, how we can individually apply ethical thinking in our work, and how to share this with others.