June 21, 2017 — Rahul is the founder and CEO of rtCamp – the only WordPress.com VIP Partner from Asia.

He said in his talk Whether you’re a budding developer, a pixel-perfect designer, or just like helping out, we’re always looking for people to help make WordPress even better.

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June 21, 2017 — Switzerland has four official languages: German, Italian, French, and Romansh. Growing up in the canton of Grisons, I got in touch with the latter early on. Unfortunately, it is a dying language. To do something against this, I decided to translate WordPress into Romansh. And I didn’t even speak the language!

What began with one person, one idea, one passion, got attention from more people outside of the WordPress community and encouraged them to help to translate WordPress. In this process, I not only began to learn the language and appreciate its beauty, I also learned some interesting things by introducing people to WordPress, the polyglots team, and the translation management tool.

June 20, 2017 — Lauren has been building WordPress websites for almost a decade and is currently part of the OnTheGoSystems WPML Customer Support team.

She discussed how to create the perfect directory or Destination Marketing Organization site from the ground up. A directory site or DMO site is regionally focused and typically has many different components that overlap and connect. I’ll discuss the best tools and practices for building these components and also how to organize and tie the content together.

June 20, 2017 — Hari Shanker is a passionate WordPress enthusiast, Hari is currently employed as a Happiness Engineer at Automattic.

WordPress is the perfect tool for startups! Free, open source, has several customization options and is backed by an active community – the perfect tool any startup needs!

Today’s startups face a mélange of issues – one of them is the need for a potent tool to support them. This is where WordPress comes into the picture: From creating enterprise grade websites for their corporate website, to riding the eCommerce wave by setting up a WooCommerce-powered online store, to even providing Web development services through WordPress, the possibilities are limitless!

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June 20, 2017 — You know the services you provide to your clients are valuable, but how do you quantify your impact? Transcend awkward conversations about budgets and confidently price impact-driven work that your clients will view as an investment rather than a commodity. Instead of competing in a race to the bottom, we should collaborate and elevate our community.

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June 20, 2017 — As you progress in your professional life as a WordPress user, you’ve probably considered starting your own business on WordPress. Maybe you’ve had a few paid freelance jobs. Or perhaps you’ve been refining your skills in your free time. However you arrived at this point, the logical next step is to start your own Business.

June 20, 2017 — Nirav is called the entrepreneur geek. One who likes technology as much as businesses.

WooCommerce has become the most popular e-commerce platform in a quick five years. But can it solve your business needs? If you are already running WooCommerce, how can you amplify your results?

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June 20, 2017 — Emily has been working in WNC since 2007 as a marketing and business development specialist.
According to Emily, A website is the heart of any brand, but most WNC organizations need help to bring their site into the modern age. However, the process of ReBranding is much more complicated than simply launching a new website. Modernizing an existing brand requires leaders to refine their message, deliver engaging content, and manage a robust platform around the website to maintain a more sustainable relationship with customers.

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June 20, 2017 — John is the lead communications manager at 10up. Having learned WordPress as a front-end developer, he knows the craft necessary to produce great websites.

In this talk, he explores words to avoid when interacting with words, and ways to temper both writing and reactions to other people’s words. In a time when needs unity more than ever.

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June 20, 2017 — Adam W. Warner first discovered WordPress in 2005 and has since founded several WordPress-focused businesses that provide education, plugins, and consulting services for online business owners.

In this session, Adam details his story of creating a sustainable plugin business. He shares actionable advice that audience members can put into practice immediately to grow not only a user-base, but also a customer-base.

Adam also explained the techniques, uses to guide free-users to premium product. Attendees will learn everything they need to know to create a plugin that people will love, and recommend to others.

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