Some of you may be viewing the Attendees Page and wondering, “How did some people get their image up there? And why do I have the default Greendale Human?” The answer is Gravatars! If you would like to have your image appear on the attendees page as well, go to the Gravatars website and register an account (it’s totally free). Then add the email you used to buy your WordCamp ticket to your Gravatar account and associate an image/icon with that email. Once that is done, this site will automatically pull that image up on the Attendees Page. This will also work for any other site makes use of Gravatars, like other WordCamp sites, blog comments, etc.
Friday Workshop WordPress 101
This is it! The first of many updates regarding workshops and talks we will be offering you at the 2015 WordCamp Maui.
Friday, February 13, 2015 will offer 2 all day workshops.
WordPress 101
The first is a WordPress 101 for beginners. We will take you from the very start of setting up your own WordPress website, through managing the back end, widgets, plugins and all the way through to publishing content.
We are super excited about the team coming together to share this information with you. Each of these speakers comes to us with a world of knowledge to share. If you want to learn as much as you can about the foundation of having and running your own website or blog, you don’t want to miss this workshop.
Speakers
Gregg Franklin
Kathryn Presner
Adam Silver
Ben Howard
Keep checking back. We will be posting the outline for this workshop in the coming days.
Registration for WordCamp Maui is now open!
Tickets are now available for WordCamp Maui 2015!
Go to WordCamp Maui Registration to get yours now before they’re all gone*.
* Note: Speakers and sponsors will be getting emailed soon with custom links to redeem complimentary tickets no need to worry.
Two Months Out!
We are currently two months out from our first ever WordCamp Maui!
You’re organizing team has been hard at work and it’s time to start dishing out some very important dates! The most important of course tickets going on sale!
These tickets may or may not sell out quickly, we don’t really know, but we do expect them to sell out, so don’t wait to get your tickets*.
November 25: Call For Speaker Submissions Live
November 25: Call For Sponsors Live
December 13-14: Tickets Go On Sale this weekend!
Yes, we’ll be releasing tickets for sale some time this weekend! We’ll be sending out another post to announce they’re actually on sale, so stay tuned!
December 14: Speaker Submissions Close!
Yes, speaker submissions are closing, if you want to speak hurry and get your submission in fast.
December 15: Speakers Announcements Begin!
We’ll begin with the Friday Workshops! I’m so excited over how these have come together and I can’t wait to share the talent we have lined up for both the beginner and business workshops.
February 13: WordCamp Workshops
February 14: WordCamp!
February 15: WordPress Contributor Day (location pending)
*Note: If you’re flying to Maui book your travel ASAP! Airfare is very low right now thanks to low gas prices, there are more hotels on Maui than WordCamp Maui tickets going on sale but you’ll likely need to hunt a bit. We’ll be posting whatever travel specials we can to twitter with #WCMaui so keep an eye on that hashtag and @WordCampMaui.
Call for Speakers
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED TO SPEAK!
We will be contacting people by next week.
Hey Maui (and beyond)! Speaker submissions for this year’s WordCamp Maui are now open. We invite you to submit as many talks as you would like. We will be choosing one topic per speaker, but the possibility is there to add a second talk to a Friday workshop if applicable and needed.
We’re looking for a FULL range of topics from content development to development.
Are you an amazing blogger using WordPress, we want to learn from your story!
Are you a talented developer using WordPress , we want to learn from your story!
Are you a successful entrepreneur using WordPress, we want to learn from your story!
Don’t be shy we want all your ideas to make WordCamp Maui unique and diverse!
This is a conference centered around WordPress, but that doesn’t mean all presentations have to be strictly on WordPress. We have had talks in the past on non-WordPress specific programming topics like JavaScript and CSS, Social Media, Internet Marketing, SEO, running a business, and more. If you have an interesting idea for a non-WordPress talk, let us know. That being said, we love WordPress presentations and if you have something good we’d love to see it. Our sole criteria is that we believe the presentation will be of value to our attendees.
Your presentation can be of any structure you feel works best. It can be lecture style, demonstration, panel, or something else. We are open to great ideas for unique presentations. We only ask that you be sure it fit in 40 minutes or less. Typically, presenters will give some time within the 40 minutes for questions.
You will need to provide your own laptop (or other device) for use in the presentation. Projectors with VGA connection (and possibly HDMI) will be available at the venue. If you have any other needs please contact us with your questions.
Interested But Want More Information?
Check out this page at the WordPress.org site for more details on what we look for in our speakers.
Our Selection Process
WordCamps get a lot of great presentation submissions and it is a very hard process sorting through them all to find those that will provide the most value to our attendees. We look for the best speakers and topics, but we also may give preference to local speakers in some occasions as we want to feature our local talent alongside national WordPress experts.
The WordCamp Maui organizing committee will review all applications previewing the abstracts and stated qualifications. We will review each speaker and find topics and presenters that provide the best value to our attendees. We base our decisions solely on value to our attendees and our local WordPress community. As stated, because we want to bring value to our local community, some local applicants may be chosen over similar non-local applicants.
If You Are Selected
If you are selected, we are looking forward to having you give a talk at WordCamp Maui! Once we have made a decision we will contact those we have selected within 7 days after the speaker deadline. We expect a prompt response from you, so if you can no longer make the event we can offer your spot to a different applicant. If we start announcing some speakers and you don’t hear from us immediately, we may still be considering your application. We will contact all applicants informing them of our decision within 15 days after the speaker deadline. We may ask some speakers who we have initially declined if they would like to be on a standby list in the case of a speaker needing to cancel.
All speakers will receive one ticket to WordCamp Maui. This will gain admission on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. All accommodations and travel are the responsibility of the speaker. Unfortunately, our budget does not allow us to play for speaker expenses. We will, however, be holding a speaker/sponsor/organizer reception on Friday evening to thank everyone. We will contact speakers with more info on this prior to the event.
Off Island Speakers
If you are coming from the mainland or abroad to speak at WordCamp Maui, it is important to confirm with us when you have secured your travel to the island. We need ample time to find replacement speakers of someone cannot make it after they have been selected to speak! Thank you!