February 10, 2020 — GROW YOUR MEETUP!
This workshop will cover how to grow an established meetup and will cover popular main topics:

Marketing: Tactics for how to grow your meetup size and how to advertise/attract potential sponsors and other surrounding meetups.

Formats & Creative Ideas: What formats and ideas have some meetups successfully used to avoid getting themselves into a “rut”?

WordCamps: How to use meetups to set up those who are interested in volunteering for organizer or speaker roles at the local WordCamp.

A wide variety of general tips will be shared that will be applicable to all meetup organizers and volunteers – even if you are just beginning to start your first meetup, this workshop will ensure you are starting off on the right foot.

February 10, 2020 — Opening Remarks WCUT2018

February 10, 2020 — Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute, and before we’ll begin, I’ll tell you how I got the idea to walk to Berlin.

February 10, 2020 — For long I was dreaming of starting my own business and traveling a lot. But I had to pay my monthly mortgage, loved the security of a permanent contract and thought that a comfortable house was essential to live a happy life.
Until I dared to leave everything behind, start my own business as a Virtual Assistant, work location independent and travel the world.
Now I go where I want to go, make a living of all sorts of online business support, of which building WordPress websites is one of the core activities.
Now I know that all fears that kept me happy with my permanent contract were just imaginary borders.

February 10, 2020 — Structure:
-Intro: A thing is useless if you don’t use it.
-I’m subscribed to 600+ lists. Here’s what I’ve noticed.
-You want to build trust and do something to turn your leads into customers. Here’s how to connect with your audience.
-Overview of the first 5 emails to write and when to send them out.
-What to write in each email (hooks addressing headaches, personal stories).
-Bonus: Painful lessons/tips.
-Conclusion/key takeout: Write your first 5 emails to send to subscribers.

February 10, 2020 — Understanding the types of hosting available, what their perils and pitfalls are as well as their benefits. With the eventual endpoint being that the viewer can choose great hosting that suits them without fear.

February 10, 2020 — He is a multidimensional octopus with WordPress coloured ink and tentacles across the full stack. As a enthusiastic and slightly opinionated rule breaker he is inspired to make WordPress easy

His session will guide us to:
Themes are dead, long live the theme! Creating a ‘themeless’ WordPress website using 2nd generation page builders – for non-developers interested in total layout and design control.

February 10, 2020 — His session will guide us to:
With the advancement of voice technology, the era of search technology over the internet is also varying. Nowadays, people have already preferred to use voice search technology as their primary mode of doing online searches. Voice technology is already creating a lot of publicity that affects people’s attention.

February 10, 2020 — At the end of 2000, I first became acquainted with the internet and I had no idea back then that a mother of 5 and grandmother of 1 could have built a successful life that literally saved my own.

For the last fifteen years, I’m proud to say that WordPress, and it’s thriving community, has been a large part of my life. I’ve enjoyed making friends, attending WordCamps, and being part of Make WordPress.

The Internet has been a place where we share our joy. But what happens when life is interrupted? There are many things that will interrupt your life. Death. Divorce. Illness.

I’ve experienced all three. In this talk, I’ll share some of vital the lessons I’ve learned from being a part of such helpful and friendly community. Please join me during this session to not only hear my story, that many of us have experienced, but also for practical advice.

February 10, 2020 — If you are a theme, plugin or core developer/designer you need to test your work for accessibility errors, but how to do this and what are the guidelines to follow?
In this talk I will give you an overview of useful test tools, how to use them and how to integrate testing your development workflow.
Also, I will give you tips on additional testing that can’t be automated, like using and testing your work with only your keyboard.