Category Archives: Speakers

Speaker’s Presentation Links

Here’s a list of all the speaker’s presentations. Some are still coming in and we’ll add to the list as we get them.

Speakers: if you haven’t already, email asheville@wordcamp.org and we’ll update this page with the link.

Keynote

Judi Knight — Keynote: How Did We Get Here?

Beginner

Evan Zimmerman — Blasting off with Jetpack
John Dorner — PHP: The Basics
John Saddington
Jonathan Daggerhart — Introduction to using WordPress
Jonathan Ross
Josh Levinson — WordPress e-commerce… eCommerce… Ecommerce?
Lydia Roberts — Customize your website with CSS for Beginners
Marc Beneteau
Rich Owings — Getting Found on Google
Russell Fair — Getting Help with WordPress — a Beginner’s Guide to Getting Unstuck
Sommer Collier — Blog Monetization: How to turn your Passion into an Online Business
Tony Zeoli — How to Hire a WordPress Designer & Developer

Designer

Andrew Kinnear — Create Effective Videos for the Web!
Dan Jaworsky — Responsive Design (kind of) Demystified
David Hickox — Designing for Content
Erick Arbe — WordPress Navigation in Responsive Design
Jess Jacob — Child Themes 101
Julien Melissas — Building Better Websites through Collaboration, Communication, and Consistency
Nancy Thanki — Photos & Colors & Layouts! Oh My!
Sarah Benoit — Designing for Sales and Conversions
Scott Fisk
Steffi Rausch — Theme Selection for Clients

Developer

Alisa Herr — “Caching in” with the Transients API
Daryl Learn-Houston — Anatomy of a Code Review
Doug Cone
Evan Volgas — WordPress and Git
Julien Melissas — Building Better Websites through Collaboration, Communication, and Consistency
Kyle Kirkpatrick — CMS Migration to WordPress
Micah Wood — Getting started with Vagrant
Peter Baylies — Debugging and Profiling in WordPress: What is My Site Doing?
Steven Slack — Information Architecture has Everything to do with your Custom Theme
Will Haley — Angling Angular in WordPress
Jonathan Daggerhart — Introduction to WordPress Plugin Development

User/Content

Adam Sewell — WordPress Business: The Basics
Alicia Murray — Work, Life, Blog Balance
Chip Oglesby — Using Google Analytics with WordPress
Cindy Reed — What’s Your Story? Engaging Your Readers with the Power of Personal Narrative
Diana Brewster — Moving Your WordPress Site
Josh Mallard — WordPress User Experience
Michael G. Calvert — 5 Steps for Building a More Active Online Community
Nick Romanos and Laurel Scherer — Mind Your Media – Effective Image Management
Ray Mitchell — Power Up Your Non-Profit Website
Sarah Benoit and Jennifer Saylor — Social Media Do’s and Dont’s
Sarah Giavedoni and Jim MacKenzie — Your 10th Post: How to Keep Going After the Initial Euphoria Dies Down

Deadline for Speaker Submissions Approaches

The deadline is approaching quickly for speaker submissions! If you’ve been on the fence about what to propose, now is the time to finalize your idea and send it to us. If you’d like to talk at WordCamp Asheville but need a little push, feel free to contact us and we can let you know what requested topics haven’t been covered — but hurry, you’ve got until Monday, March 31st.

Submit your topic now »

For those who have already submitted: Thank You! We’ll be reviewing all the submissions after the deadline has passed and will be in touch with you. Stay tuned, Campers!