November 12, 2017 — With GDPR’s deadline day just seven months away, there’s no better time to begin incorporating better data protection and privacy practices into your workflows. Using GDPR’s requirements as well as the Privacy by Design framework as our starting points, I will walk you through some of the steps that healthy compliance should involve in both the front end and the back end. These strategies will range from data minimisation in your database to practical consent methods on your front end to the privacy notices in your footer. We’ll also cover good business practices like technical and security safeguards, staff training, and documentation.

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November 12, 2017 — We’ve all experienced it. We publish our blog posts and send them out into the Internet black hole and wait. We wait for people to read our carefully chosen words. But the readers don’t always come. In this talk we’ll look at some real tactics you can use to get people to visit your blog and read your posts. This isn’t your usual talk about quick fixes and cheats. We’ll look at real tactics for building a stronger readership that not only read but share and tell others about your blog.

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November 12, 2017 — Progressive Web Apps (PWA) is a concept related to user experience especially for mobile users, where the focus is to deliver websites that are Reliable, Fast and Engaging. This presentation will cover – Why it is import to start thinking about PWAs and how to apply some technics on your WordPress website.

Technics as the service worker, features as home screen button and immersive full screen, and how to integrate AMP pages with PWA. These are the things that we will see as practical examples.

November 12, 2017 — Whether you’re a current WooCommerce user, or a WordPress user interested in adding eCommerce to your site, I’ll show you different ways to increase your bottom line:

– Add WooCommerce to your WordPress site
– Add features and functionality to an existing WooCommerce site, such as Subscriptions, Memberships, Bookings, Product Add-Ons
– Choose the right payment gateway
– Reassure shoppers – SSL / security

I’ll spend the bulk of our time showing you how to do these with a live demonstration so come armed with your imagination and lots of questions!

November 12, 2017 — In 2006, I started working in a non-profit music school and founded the first ever accessible harp programme in the west of Ireland. Ten years later in 2016, my harp students were invited to perform in a concert of music students from all over the world in the Royal Albert Hall… and they rocked out! My students come from a background of no harp, and/or no music education in their families, so I had to think outside the box to reinforce their learning. I used WordPress to create a site with video tutorials and other resources for them, which was a huge factor in their successful performance.

November 12, 2017 — In this talk you will discover the story of how I arrived in Australia with nothing but a plastic bag, a toothbrush and a pair of boxers (due to a kidnapping incident in Peru), to leaving with a 6-figure SEO business and the ability to travel the world & work from anywhere.

I will show you how you too can live the dream, work 4 hours per week and become a digital nomad.

November 12, 2017 — Unconference Talk: Food at WordCamps and events

November 12, 2017 — WordCamp Split – Goran Šerić (organizer) – Interview

November 12, 2017 — With more and more advanced integrations being possible for WooCommerce the ability to automate your online store and increase your sales productivity is only few clicks away. Automating processes like lost cart recovery, discounting, lead tracking, referral programs and reviews will have a direct impact on your ROI. With automation you can take a more hand offs approach to managing your store so you can put more focus on growing your business. In addition to having more time automation can also help you squeeze every last sale from your website with techniques such as lost cart recovery, exit intent, dynamic re-marketing and intelligent discounting. According Nucleus Research, businesses that use automation on average see a 14.5% increase in sales productivity and a 12.2% reduction in marketing overhead. Imagine what this could do for your business. Take the next step to growing your business and use the tools available for WooCommerce to make automation a reality.

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November 12, 2017 — While there’s always discussion on how social media (our constant need for “Likes” and the consumption of superficial celebrity lives) is damaging to us – I want to take a different approach and highlight how much progress is being made to destigmatise mental health in Ireland by both our own actions and those of organisations across online channels.

I will focus on social media campaigns run by businesses & charities, the increase in mental health blogging by young people, the open sharing of emotions and discussions on mental health issues, and how all of this is actively helping individuals across the country.