January 14, 2020 — Many great projects, products, and companies have grown out of side projects or hobbies. Apple, Twitter, and even Gmail exist because someone dedicated their spare time to testing the waters. Most of your favorite WordPress themes, plugins, and websites were probably brought to life during someone’s day off.

But not all side projects need to be huge, life-altering excursions. Whether it’s building a WordPress plugin, learning a new software package, or building an entire website, they can be whatever you need them to be; from developing a new skill to bringing in extra income to simply having a little fun. Side projects can also be a great way to learn what you’re made of, try new avenues, and build relationships with other web professionals.

Join Rachel to discuss the pros (and cons) of side projects, learn about a few projects that turned into so much more, and hopefully leave with a few ideas of your own.

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January 14, 2020 — The workshop shall revolve around Elasticsearch, its importance in your WordPress website, why and when Elasticsearch should be preferred instead of WordPress default search. There will be discussion about setting up your own Elasticsearch instance and how to integrate it in your WordPress website. Further, workshop shall throw some light on getting “query” relevant content faster by unleashing the power of Elasticsearch.
Integration of Elasticsearch in various cases with WordPress APIs like WP_Query shall be discussed.

January 13, 2020 — February 26, 2019 – What if there was a way that you could communicate directly with search engines? You could help Google understand your content and give them more information to make your website stand out in the search results.

We’ll talk about Structured Data and how it tells search engines exactly what’s on your site. We’ll also discuss on how you can implement it, submit to Google and test the results.

January 13, 2020 — November 9th, 2017 – There are many people that are curious about making a career with WordPress, but don’t know where to begin. It can be difficult and overwhelming to try and make sense of all the information that is out there.

Sam went from being a Firefighter/Paramedic to being a self-taught website developer and digital marketer. He is working part-time at a web design agency, and on his way to a career with WordPress. He is going to tell his story and provide a guide for those interested in using WordPress to make a living.

January 10, 2020

January 10, 2020 — Arpit works with Google in the Global Product Partnerships team and is currently focussed on building partnerships that improve the user experience on the Web in India. Prior to joining Google, he has worked with an e-commerce player, a smartphone OEM and a Telco and seen the rapidly evolving mobile ecosystem first hand.

His session will guide us to:
User-first websites are critical to acquire, engage, convert and retain customers. Immersive and delightful content, in the format your users prefer, is at the heart of user-first websites. According to research done by Google, 75% of users rate the page load time, as the most important UX element.

January 10, 2020 — Imran is a WordCamp Speaker, MeetUp Organizer, Translation Contributor, Plugin and Theme Developer currently associated with rtCamp. He also has experience in Node, React and Laravel. Imran is the author of the popular twenty nineteen WordPress theme ported over to Frontity in React.

His session will guide us to:
Progressive Web App is a hot topic on the web right now.As per recent studies ( Comscore ), users spend more time ( 87% ) on the native app compared to the mobile web because native apps are more predictable, they work offline, show notifications and have access to mobile sensors.

January 7, 2020 — Speaker Describes How to optimize your website to attract journalists and media. Also with more details on Two sides on public relations, Scenarios.

January 7, 2020 — Everybody uses stereotypes and prejudices. They help people to make sense of the world. That being said, prejudice is the enemy of equality and inclusion.In this talk in will talk about how prejudice affects women. I will look into women in general, but also zoom in to women in the tech industry and women in WordPress. I will explain the origin of prejudice from a sociological perspective and I’ll talk about the consequences of prejudices against women in our present day western society and in the WordPress ecosystem. To conclude, I will try to offer some solutions to overcome prejudice and to try to make our society a more equal and inclusive place. I promise, there will be jokes too!

January 7, 2020 — When I first started to attend conferences I looked up to speakers as if they where unreachable rockstars or better yet Gods who descended on our little blue planet. All-knowing creatures to educate us mere mortals. Let me tell you a secret… that’s not true! They are just like you and me. Down to earth people who want to share their knowledge and experience to help others. You can be the one on this stage too. Impostor syndrome is just a mind trick. I’m sure you also have something interesting to share which will benefit others. And guess what? Conference organizers are always on the lookout for new talent. I will show you how to get started. How to pick a first topic and craft your first talk; how to get confident on stage and benefit from public speaking. And let’s bust some myths along the way too, shall we?