Category: WordCamp

WordCamp is around the corner and to help spread the word and prime the pump we are holding a help desk meetup April 20th. We are looking for anyone who has WP skills to come out and share your knowledge.

• http://www.meetup.com/NashvilleWordpress/events/219797321/

The goal of help desk is to spend 5-10 min per attendee to give them hands on help with their question. We do ask that there are no code edits during the meetup so as to avoid issues.

Are you willing to help?

If you are willing and able please email [email protected] so we can add you to the list for that evening.

Others from the community that are on the WordCamp help desk list will be there as well to share the influx of attendees.

We are excited to announce that we are having our 2015 WordCamp kickoff meeting Monday Jan 12th 2015 from 7pm 8pm. We encourage everyone to come out and be a part of the team. There will be around 16 items to cover and about 5 or 6 available team lead spaces to handle these items. We will be using a buddy system so that no one person is handling their items alone.

Please RSVP through the meetup event – http://www.meetup.com/NashvilleWordpress/events/219293315/

Volunteer Signup

Here are the following areas that will be handled by team leads. If you are interested in volunteering for any of these items please use the form on the “Volunteer Signup” page of WPNashville.

http://wpnashville.com/community/wordcamp/form-volunteer-signup/

Nashville community interaction

The Nashville community is what makes WordCamp possible and with out everyones input our camps would become stagnant. We want input at every turn, and to help facilitate this we have a community portion of WPNashville. The “Community” portion of the site is dedicated to communicating publicly all things “WordCamp planning” (and meetup) so you and everyone may voice their opinions and be involved.

• http://wpnashville.com/community/category/wordcamp/

WordCamp Resources

For those of you who are interested in learning more about the details that go into planning a WordCamp please check out the following resources.

• http://plan.wordcamp.org/first-steps/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWQnu9XpK3ze10STZv9ORLg/videos
• https://make.wordpress.org/community/category/wordcamps/
• https://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/11/19/fixed-terms-for-wordcamp-lead-organizers/

As part of my WordPress as an Entrepreneur talk at Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center, I wanted to share some of the great projects people in the Nashville community have done on WordPress for entrepreneurs as of late.

In the comments below, please include your name and business/entrepreneur and a link to the page you would like me to showcase.

Submissions are due by Friday September 13th.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday, September 16th at Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center !

I’ll start….

– John

As part of my community building talk at WordCamp Nashville this year, I wanted to share some of the great projects people in the Nashville community have done on WordPress since our last WordCamp (sites you have created from April 2012 to present).  In the comments below, please include your name and business and a link to the page you would like me to showcase.

Submissions are due by Tuesday April 16th.

Lastly, please make sure you are signed up for our email list over on the right so we can stay in contact throughout the year.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on April 20th!

I’ll start….

– John

WordCamp Nashville, a one-day event on April 21 2012, will introduce new users to WordPress as well as offer tips for more experienced hands.

Tickets are $20 and attendance is limited to 250. Tickets are on sale now here, on the official WordCamp Nashville website: http://2012.nashville.wordcamp.org/tickets

Speakers will address issues for beginners, such as setting up their first site, and advanced users, such as using WordPress for e-commerce.

Local WordPress users and businesses who are partnering with the WordPress Foundation are putting together WordCamp Nashville, one of a series of WordCamps held by fans of the software throughout the world. The local event will be held Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville’s MetroCenter area.

WordPress is among the most popular and powerful publishing platforms available for bloggers as well as companies wanting to make maximum advantage of their online presence. It’s free, and users don’t need to write code to use it.

Recently, with the release of version 3.0, WordPress has moved to help manage and power sites that belong to big, household names, including major brands, country music stars and professional athletes. WordPress powers more than 70 million websites, half of which are hosted on wordpress.com.

For more information on WordCamp Nashville sponsorship or corporate involvement, call John Housholder at 615-618-7287, email him at [email protected]. For camp and speaker updates, check back here and follow @wordcampnash on Twitter.

PURCHASE TICKETS

This month we are having an official WordCamp planning meeting and volunteer signup. We were approved Friday (02-10) by WordCamp official, and we are now on the move. We will be spending this month walking you through the current details and plans for the WordCamp.

To be involved head over to the meetup group and RSVP »

Here is a short list of what we will be covering.

• WordCamp Theme & Design
• Sponsorship
• General Finances
• Day of Planning & Volunteers
• Speakers & Sessions

Our goal is to solidify a group of Volunteers and divide up the tasks so that we can all to our part. One of the overall goals is to make the event as enjoyable for those of us putting it on as it will be for the attendees.

Our Meetups are as important to us as they are to you, and we hope that you will come out to be involved in the making of Nashville’s first WordCamp. If you have never heard of WordCamp or think it’s just another conference please read up, you will like what you find!

http://central.wordcamp.org
http://2012.nashville.wordcamp.org