May 15, 2019 — “A deep dive into WordPress performance enhancements with a resounding impact on organic traffic, content engagement, and conversions. Users are expecting more and more from the web experiences that they interact with, and want their sites to load instantly.

In this talk, I’ll take you on a journey how to speed up your website using the tools available to you to measure, optimize and monitor your performance.

Whether you’re new to WordPress and curious how to make your website faster, or you’re an advanced professional looking to speed up your clients’ sites, this session is for you.”

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January 11, 2019 — Having your site load quickly is important for many reasons. Having a faster site impacts your SEO, sales, and user engagement. In fact, a 1-second delay in page response can result in a 7% reduction in conversions!

In this talk, we will be discussing the reasons why your WordPress site may be slow and showing you ways to make your site faster. You will learn about different tools to test your site speed as well as how you can make the changes these tools suggest.

December 30, 2018 — You’ve no doubt heard a fast loading website is critical to success. With Google’s recent algorithm updates, this is more true now than ever. Many plugins and services claim to speed up WordPress, but which are most effective? Should you spend money on a service or find something free? How can site owners improve performance without writing code? This beginner-friendly talk covers the basics of site performance and recommends simple strategies and tools to boost performance. Sprinkled throughout will be pro tips for power users who want to take these concepts to the next level.

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May 4, 2018 — Part 2
If you’re running an online store you already know how important speed is. It drives session length. It drives conversions. But how do you do it? Does it mean you need to be an expert developer to have a fast store? In this presentation we’ll walk thru simple steps and strategies for speeding up your online store without a computer science degree.

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May 4, 2018 — If you’re running an online store you already know how important speed is. It drives session length. It drives conversions. But how do you do it? Does it mean you need to be an expert developer to have a fast store? In this presentation we’ll walk thru simple steps and strategies for speeding up your online store without a computer science degree.

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February 9, 2018 — Carbon Fields is a developer focused custom fields plugin, featuring new ways to config and display fields. We will demonstrate how to setup a real estate agency CMS.

January 24, 2018 — Perché è importante avere un sito veloce? Cosa significa veloce? Si può essere veloci senza usare plugins? In questo talk oltre a fornirti tutte le risposte, ti mostrerò le strategie più efficaci ed attuali che utilizzo per rendere i siti più veloci e abbattere il muro del secondo.

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January 14, 2018 — If your website is slow, your visitors won’t stick around…and worse, Google will actually penalize a slow site in the search results. In this session, we’ll cover the basics of site speed optimization, including how web pages work (so you’ll know what to optimize), and a variety of plugins, resources, and strategies for speeding things up on your and your clients’ sites. You’ll walk away with a punchlist of concrete steps that you can implement right away!

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January 8, 2018 — These days, everyone is using the fastest hosting, superior caching, the minimal amount of plugins, etc. (right?). Of course, these form the basis of having a fast and reliable WordPress website. However, did you know that there are many other aspects that you can optimize to improve your loading speed even further? Some examples include using image compression, removing dynamic Google Maps, optimizing your fonts and using lazy loading. For these, and many other issues we’ll provide actionable fixes, so you can start improving your website tomorrow.

November 15, 2017 — Unconference Talk at WCDublin 2017, on how using task runners can speed up your WP development time.