February 6, 2018 — This is the first of FOUR interviews we are doing in February 2018. This series is focused on the upcoming new block-based editor coming to WordPress 5.0, named Gutenberg. In this first interview, we chat with Joost de Valk, founder of Yoast.com about how he and his team are preparing his pluins for Gutenberg. There is a 25 minutes interview, followed by an AMA section from our AWP members.

June 22, 2017 — Matt is Head of Support and Community Outreach at GiveWP.com and WordImpress.com.

Matt said during his talk “This presentation will discuss the ways in which you can greatly improve your ability to “WordPress” simply by collaborating with others. Matt will provide first hand accounts of successful business owners and solopreneurs who have benefitted by working closely with other WordPressers both more skilled and less skilled than themselves. Matt will also provide resources and strategies for enhancing your collaboration techniques and ways to find more avenues to collaborate.”

April 20, 2017 — Thinking of WordPress as just software restricts your ability to learn it quickly. WordPress is software, it’s a learning platform, it’s a Community, and it’s freedom — literally. Matt will show you how to get the most out of WordPress in your job, in your personal growth, and in your life.

October 8, 2016 — Scaling Your WordPress Support for Growth

Supporting your products well is one of the best ways to ensure solid growth of your company. But growth also puts additional strain on your support team. This presentation will give you tools to understand how to scale your support before your team gets overwhelmed.

There are several important factors that go into scaling a support team. The primary ones revolve around the following:
Understanding Support is Generated from Sales
Knowing How Much Support You Can Sustain
Knowing How Much Time you Need to Train New Staff
This presentation will cover those items in detail with tools, resources, and live data based on our experiences at WordImpress

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August 1, 2016 — Matt is the Head of Support and Community Outreach at WordImpress, who built the Give Donation Plugin. He also is plugin and theme developer.

Matt is married with four children and also dabbles in U.S. history, politics, religion and music.

February 21, 2016 — This WordCamp Presentation is designed for WordPress product developers, or site admins who provide support to their visitors. Support is the best way to get to know your customers better and to learn from their experiences and get educated and informed feedback on your product. But in order to do that well, you need to provide several easy and convenient ways for your users to interact with you.

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October 6, 2015 — This talk focuses on Best Practices in getting started with WordPress. Or “Things I Wish I Knew When I First Learned WordPress”.

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July 2, 2015 — This How-To session is designed for bloggers and web admins who have very active blogs on their site and want to make sure they are getting the most out of their images. The How-To covers how to Optimize your images for size, quality, responsiveness, and search engine optimization.

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