April 18, 2018 — Brand is a popular buzzword, lately. And yet, it is an old and established concept, one that tugs to some very remote and deep strings within us.

So, HOW did we become brands? And how should we tend to our “personal brand”?

In this talk we will discuss what brands are, how they are built, and what we need to pay attention to, both to care for our own public image as well as to “see through” some of the glamorous limelight that may surround others.

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April 17, 2018 — With the release of WordPress 5.0, users will encounter a whole new publishing experience in WordPress. The classic editor that we’ve used for the past 14 years, will be replaced by something revolutionary: meet Gutenberg!

Will you see a big difference and will it affect your everyday workflows? The answer is yes! However, it is nothing to be afraid of. In this talk, you will find out what potential opportunities Gutenberg brings to WordPress in the near future.
In this talk, which includes a short live demo, you will learn a brief overview of the possibilities of the new editor, what it means for your current installed theme and plugins and how you can contribute.

April 17, 2018 — When you started your web design company you fantasized about doing all day the one thing you love most: creating beautiful websites, writing code and making the internet a better place. Fast forward a few years: you love and appreciate most of your customers.

However, every once in a while you get a client that drives you bananas! Shitty clients can drain your creativity, make your life difficult and take a lot of your time. They are every business owner’s nightmare and almost everyone in the web development has an outrageous “client from hell” story to tell.

That’s why we need to develop a “shitty client radar” for pre-screening purposes and learn how to respectfully ‘fire’ a not-so-nice client. Over the years I have worked with many great clients, but some were just beyond reasonable. I have developed a set of tactics which prevented me from ending up in potentially toxic situations.

In this talk I am going to share some of my tactics and get you starting on developing your own “shitty client radar” for your WordPress business.

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April 16, 2018 — Nikola and Koji, founders of Paiyak, husband and wife, give a great talk on creating productive partnerships, giving examples of how they manage their own company together, how they complete each-others’ skills and how this helped them in maintaining better relationships with their clients.

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April 16, 2018 — The first WordCamp in Japan happend in 2008. Since then, Japan have had over 20 WordCamps. Japan is well known for the strong community base, including the creation of Wapuu. So, what is behind its strength? In Japan, people are having many kinds of events, not just usual events with sessions and Q&A. For example, photo shooting events, just come and work on anything events, Onsen events, WordPress set up for the first time events, and training camps etc. In this session, I will collect all the interesting examples from all over the country and will do a show-off. The ultimate purpose of this session is to encourage folks to be creative when planning and running events. While learning and sharing are the core factors of meetups, getting close to each other and having many ways of interactions is the key for fostering great communities.

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April 16, 2018 — It’s annoying sometimes that you break your website a lot, because you’re new to WordPress and keep breaking the theme or plugins. But There is a way to prevent that ! Let’s learn how Git Changes can change your life too …

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April 12, 2018 — In this talk we will cover what Gutenberg blocks are, how to start programming them, and answer the question “Is Gutenberg really the future of WordPress?”

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April 12, 2018 — A journey from a student who was a ghost writer for blogs to make pocket money to working as an editor and then jumping into freelancing and now working on customer support. All the while using WordPress in different roles and being able to put food on the table. With time learnt few lessons on how to work on the internet and make a living while learning how to learn, contribute and grow. WordPress taught me openness and inclusivity.

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April 12, 2018 — My WordPress journey started with working on small projects as a freelancer. Over nine years, we have grown to reach the other end of the spectrum, regularly handling large enterprise WordPress projects. At this scale, the rules for “selling” WordPress change. WordPress’ traditional advantages don’t necessarily apply anymore.

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April 12, 2018 — This session will explain in details why providing “Support” is important for WordPress Business, how better “Support” can grow your business by multiple times and provide more customer retention, how to provide friendly and helpful “Support”, thinking from users’ viewpoint and above all, how to create a support friendly eco-system to grow your business.

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