June 7, 2025 — Taco will bring a team of experts to join him, creating a multi-disciplinary team experienced in various aspects of building a website. In a panel-like setup, the team will invite the audience to share their websites with them. They’ll review a few sites live on stage. From experience, Taco knows that every website has things we can learn from, either because they’re doing things really well, or because there are things to improve. By using real-world examples, we provide direct value to those who are brave enough to give us their site, and to those who secretly wished they had the guts to put their site in our crossfire.

They will make sure that there’s a fine balance between compliments and improvements, and that several websites will be reviewed.

April 30, 2025 — Gabriella Laster Michelle Frechette Neel Shivdasani Noel Tock Taco Verdonschot February 21, 2025 2:00 PM Meeting Room 1 – Rizal (Room 1) A 2023 Cisco survey discovered that most organizations believed that AI would have a significant impact on their business operations, yet few of them were actually prepared to deploy AI technology. So, why is there such a massive gap between vision and reality? Business leaders view it as a magic button, but few people understand AI and how to implement it. This campfire session aims to dispel some of the myths, and cut through much of the noise. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of AI’s capabilities, ideas for leveraging it in their work, and the benefits and pitfalls of using AI.

December 15, 2023 — Keyword research is the foundation of any successful SEO strategy, yet it can be a daunting task. Where do you even start? In this workshop on keyword research, you’ll learn how to do proper keyword research for your site and uncover the keywords that your audience is using. During this hands-on workshop, we’ll guide you through the steps of keyword research, giving you the tools and knowledge you need to find the keywords your audience is searching for. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a powerful list of keywords for your site. You’ll have so much inspiration for making new content! And best of all: it will be content that your audience is actually looking for.

December 10, 2021 — Do you need to recharge your social battery by meeting people in the WordPress community? This lightning talk shares a some ways to help and inspire you before your battery gauge goes to zero!

June 28, 2021 — Does your local community have that blank stare while attending your online meetup? Do you want to get them involved more? In this workshop, our presenters will share 10 ways to get your audience on their feet!

Practical tips to make your WordPress online events more engaging and welcoming. Many of these tips can apply or be adapted for Meetups, WordCamps or team meetings.

Come and join this session presented by two of the Community’s Team deputies, Angela Jin and Taco Verdonschot.

You don’t need to be a current event organiser to attend.

December 21, 2017 — When you first experience the WordPress Community through a WordPress Meetup or WordCamp, chances are that you’re impressed. Impressed by the number of attendees. Impressed by the quality of the presentations. Impressed by the relaxed and friendly atmosphere. But there are many more things that make a WordCamp amazing. After this presentation, you’ll understand why WordCamp Utrecht is a true masterpiece, and not just another conference…

December 11, 2016 — Contributor Panel with Michael Arestad, Gary Pendergast, Joe Dolson, Taco Verdonschot and Tina Kesova

May 31, 2016 — Open source outside the realm of software

John Blackbourn

I’ll talk about how the philosophies behind open source software apply to many other areas of life too, particularly sports, health, and other areas of technology, and I’ll give some examples of it in action.

Your local meet up is only a few steps away

Taco Verdonschot

If you’ve been in the WordPress community for a while, you’ve probably heard someone say that you should really organise your own local meetup, if there isn’t one yet. Right. That’s easier said than done, isn’t it? Where to start? What do you need for a local meetup? Are people going to show up? We’ll cover the basics for getting started with your own local meetup!

Teaching WordPress to Kids: What it taught me

Rachel McCollin

I run a Code Club for 10 – 11 year olds at my son’s school and as well as teaching them Scratch, HTML and other technologies, I’ve been using WordPress to teach them how to create their own websites. In this talk I’ll share my experiences and look at what it taught me about learning WordPress and how easy (or not) it is to learn site admin with WordPress.

May 30, 2016 — Translate WordPress to Dutch with Taco Verdo, Global Translation Editor for the Dutch locale.

April 12, 2016 — This talk consist of two parts.

1. Attending and organizing a local meetup. What is it that makes the tech industry so eager to meet up? Why are you here at WordCamp Torino? What hidden treasures can be found when attending a gathering of developers? What value do we all get from it? Even though there isn’t a single answer to answer all these questions, I’ll give a couple of answers to help you understand.
2. Organizing a local meetup So what if there’s no local meetup to attend? I’ll give some basic tips and tricks to help you start your own, successfully!

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