June 18, 2020 — In todays digital age, every single one of these places can be your office. Are you curious what it is like to work remotely while traveling the world? I am happy to share my experiences as I ventured off to China, Japan, Europe, and more over a 2 month span, in addition to many other adventures I have taken. If you have been provided with the opportunity to work from home I highly recommend taking the opportunity to travel while doing so. During this session you can learn tips and tricks that can help you start traveling the world today all while being successful at your day to day job, and learn why you HAVE to try it!

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November 19, 2019 — Is there a topic you are itching to discuss but it didn’t make it into the speaker lineup this year? Is there a plugin you just have to tell everyone about? Here is your chance to be a part of the WCUS speaker lineup and make that topic a reality.

August 11, 2019 — Everyone knows their site needs to be secure. But, just what does it take to make sure your site is optimally secure from compromise? In this workshop, whether you’re advanced or just starting out, we will help walk you through virtually every step it takes to make sure your WordPress environment is secure. We will start out with basics like what is security and general concepts about security. From there, we will walk you through selecting a secure hosting provider and choosing a secure password. Finally, we will go into more specific configuration details and the do’s and don’ts when securing your WordPress environment. By the time you walk out of this workshop you should feel like a WordPress security pro.

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June 5, 2019 — It can take as little as .29 milliseconds to crack a simple 7 character password. That is fast. I am here to help walk you through some of the tips and tricks of the trade to creating and storing secure passwords that will help defend not only your WordPress site, but also your personal life. I will walk you through some through some of the history behind passwords, what constitutes a strong password safe from compromise, and what is takes to securely store some of these incredibly unique and defensive passwords. We can make the web a safer place one site at a time, one password at a time.