December 19, 2019 — Grant will walk you through an introduction to Gutenberg – the new editing interface coming in WordPress 5.0 – covering the short-term tactical changes you can expect in WordPress 5.0 later this year, as well as a conceptual exploration of what it means for the future of site building and publishing with WordPress.

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May 6, 2015 — This panel is comprised of the project managers and developers behind three complex and highly-trafficked WordPress sites. They’ll briefly discuss how they use WordPress at scale and the challenges they had to overcome. and will then take questions from the audience.

October 31, 2013 — Panelists discuss their experience running a WordPress Development business. The panel will be moderated by Morten Rand-Hendrikson.

August 22, 2013 — This presentation builds a foundation for why customizing the WordPress Admin is an essential part of every project, it covers varying case studies for customization, and provides real examples of how to do so with your own projects.

If you work with clients, whether you write code or simply wrangle plugins and themes, this presentation gives you actionable steps to create a more simple, easy to use, and effective admin experience for your clients.

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August 7, 2013 — This presentation covers how to identify a stakeholders true knowledge, actions to avoid, actions to take, and some fun stories of my biggest failures. The target audience is semi- to fully-technical designers, developers, or business owners working with clients or teams that are not fully technical.

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January 15, 2013 — For those of us using WordPress as a driver of our business, whether we build products, help small clients, or work with huge corporations, there are a unique set issues we tend to experience. This session will help demystify the traits commonly found in successful WordPress businesses of all sizes, and identify common pitfalls to avoid, and actionable best practices you can apply to your business.

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September 5, 2012 — For those using WordPress as a driver of your business, whether you build products, help small clients, or work with large corporations, there are a unique set of issues you tend to experience. This session will help demystify the traits commonly found in successful WordPress businesses of all sizes, and identify common pitfalls to avoid, and actionable best practices you can apply to your business.