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WCMaui Speaker Slides

February 23, 2015Slides and VideosJon Brown

We’ll be updating this post with slide and video details as we get them, so please check back for the latest!*

Friday Beginner Track Slides & Videos

Gregg Franklin – Intro To WordPress – Slides – Video
Adam Silver – Intro to WordPress Themes Workshop – Slides – Video
Kathryn Presner – Passionate About Plugins and Wild For Widgets Workshop – Slides – Video
Ben Howard – Hosting and Security Workshop – Slides – Video

Friday Business Track Videos

John Hawkins – Services & Products (how do you decide?) – Video
Jeff Milone & David Morgan – Getting into themes – Video
Vladimir Prelovac – Getting into plugins – Video
Sam Hotchkiss – Free Plugins – Video
Jake Goldman – Starting an agency (the first hires) – Video
Karim Marucchi – Developing a Network of Partnerships – Video
Syed Balkhi – Building a Marketing Engine – Video

Saturday WordCamp Slides & Videos

Kimanzi Constable – How to Start and Market an Online Business Through WordPress – Slides – Video
Ben Lobaugh – Interacting with External APIs – Slides – Video
Sam Hotchkiss – 10 Ways to Make Your Site Better With Jetpack – Slides – Video
Jack Lenox – Building Themes with the WP Rest API – Slides – Video
Rosie Warfield & Nathan Hutchinson – How we converted an entire state to WordPress – Slides – Video
Tracy Apps – How not to Design like a Developer – Slides – Video
Chris Norberg – Viral Blogging Tactics and Outreach – Slides – Video
Mendel Kurland – Why you should implement structured data right now! – Slides – Video
Kevin Bates – Your First Profitable Facebook Ad – Slides – Video
Tammie Lister – Theme, Don’t Be My Everything – Slides – Video
Travis Totz – Working Off Grid and Remote – Slides – Video
Tamara Olson – The Power Of Outside-in Thinking: Providing A Better UX For Both Your Clients And End Users – Slides – Video
Arlen Nagata – I’m Not A Developer Or Designer, But Still A WordPress Pro – Slides – Video
Kirk Wight – A Call for Simplicity – Slides – Video
Ben Howard – Sell Your Stuff with WordPress – Slides – Video
Adelle Lennox – Longterm Benefits of Using WordPress – Slides – Video

*Note: the videos get published to WordPress.TV and then linked to from the WordCamp site here. We’re uploading them to the WordPress.TV moderation queue as we receive them from post production but they get published when approved by WordPress.TV’s amazing volunteer moderator team. Usually it’s within a few days to couple weeks.

WordCamp After-party!

February 14, 2015Attendee InfoAfter PartyJon Brown

Hey Campers! We wanted to make sure you were aware that the WordCamp fun doesn’t have to stop at 5:20pm on Saturday.

Come join your new WordPress friends at the WordCamp Maui after-party Saturday evening. The fun starts at 6:30PM. Super casual, super cool.

Charley’s

142 Hana Highway
Paia, HI 96779

Map, parking and latest details can be found on the website here.

Parking and Check-in Information

February 11, 2015Attendee InfoJon Brown

We can’t wait to see you all this weekend, here’s the latest info!

Location & Parking info for WordCamp are here on the website! Please always check the website for the latest information.

Location Address:

University of Hawai’i Maui College
LAULIMA BUILDING
310 W Kaahumanu Ave,
Kahului, HI 96732
View Map

NOTE: Conference will take place in the Laulima and Pilina Building.

Parking Instructions:

Free all day parking is available on the backside of the school, entrance is opposite the Maui Arts and Cultural Center (MACC).

Note that on saturday we’ll be competing for parking with the swap meet for parking. You can safely ignore anything their parking attendants may tell you and still park wherever you like in the designated lot.

Check-in:

Check-in opens at 8:00AM. There will be tables just outside the front door to the Laulima Building (inside if it gets windy) on both Friday and Saturday to collect your badges. There is plenty of time to socialize, have a coffee and get over to the Pilina building for open-remarks.

Weekend Schedules

Don’t forget to check the schedules on the website for last minute changes:
Friday Focus Tracks
Saturday Sessions

Food:

Coffee and snacks will be available in the morning and throughout the day.

Lunch will be provided in the afternoon and we are offering vegetarian, gluten free and meat options.

For more information on getting the most out of your WordCamp Maui 2015 experience, check out this post.

WordCamp Maui is Sold Out!

February 3, 2015Attendee InfoJon Brown

It took us 53 days to sell out the first ever WordCamp Maui. That is a wee bit longer than it took our friends at WordCamp San Diego yesterday. Your organizers are all very excited though to be hosting all these fabulous attendees for the first ever WordCamp Maui.

We have an amazing two days planned for you:

Check out these speakers!

Check out these Friday tracks!

Check out these Saturday sessions!

How excited are you?

Hope for tickets

If you missed out on tickets, watch this page (see below for why), subscribe to blog post updates by email in the site sidebar and keep an eye on @WordCampMaui . We make no promises but if we’re able to release a few more tickets it’ll be announced there.

Refunds & Cancellations

If you purchased tickets and have changed your mind, you’re crazy! However, if something’s come up and you just can’t make it you can refund your ticket by following the link that came in the email titled “Your Ticket to WordCamp Maui”, doing this will release those tickets immediately back to the waiting masses.

Friday Focus Tracks & Saturday Sessions Schedules Announced

December 27, 2014Attendee Info, Friday WorkshopsJon Brown

In addition to the 16 sessions we will be having on Saturday, we will be having two workshops or focused tracks.

These all day intensives are intended for two very specific groups of people: beginners wanting a complete introduction to WordPress from A to Z and professionals (or wannabe pros) that use WordPress.

These two tracks were originally planned as 2 hours workshops, but so many amazing and talented people wanted to pitch in that we expanded them to full day tracks. Everyone is welcome on Friday we just want to be sure you know what to expect. We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have them share their amazing wealth of knowledge with you.

Registration will open at 8:00am on Friday, February 13th with opening remarks at 8:45am and the Friday Focus Tracks starting promptly at 9:00am.

WordPress A-Z Track	WordPress Business Track
Intro to WordPress Gregg Franklin	Services & Products (how do you decide?) John Hawkins
Intro to WordPress Gregg Franklin	Getting into themes David Morgan & Jeff Milone
Short Break (10 min.)	Short Break (10 min.)
Intro to WordPress Themes Adam Silver	Getting into plugins Vladimir Prelovac
Intro to WordPress Themes Adam Silver	Free plugins Sam Hotchkiss
12:00-1:30 – Lunch
Passionate About Plugins and Wild For Widgets Kathryn Presner	Starting an agency (the first hires) Jake Goldman
	Developing a network of partnerships Karim Marucchi
Short Break (10 min.)	Short Break (10 min.)
Hosting and Security Ben Howard	Building a marketing engine Syed Balkhi
Panel discussion/Q&A	Panel discussion/Q&A

*Note: The order of the business tracks could change based on interviewee availability so be sure to check back for the latest schedule information before WordCamp