23–24 June 2018
Rachel McAlpine first saw a web page in 1995 and jumped right in, boots and all. As a writer, she instantly saw that the World Wide Web was a game-changer for all communications, first for business and government and eventually even for literature. When Rachel retired from business (Contented.com) at 75, she turned her attention to writing for non-commercial reasons.
Rachel will introduce you to the wonderful world of seniors blogging for personal reasons.
Mike Eastwood designed and developed his first website, in 1994, for the Arts Marketing Board of Aotearoa (AMBA). Since then he’s worked with clients in Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand. Mike’s business Webalite is a Certified HubSpot Partner Agency that creates custom Themes and Plugins to extend WordPress websites.
Ralf Klis is still enjoying programming, despite running the WordPress Agency FutureLab. Originally backend Perl and PHP developer Ralf has been with WordPress since 2009. As one of the organisers of Auckland Meetup and WordCamp Auckland Ralf tries to attend as many WordCamps in the region as possible.
Both Mike and Ralf will discuss Life with Gutenberg during our panel.
Haley Brown is straight-shooting head honcho of Brand Shack. Your guru in all things design and branding, on a mission to create cutting edge design that knocks your socks off.
Haley will share her way of reaching freelance work/life balance. In this talk, you will learn different ways on how to manage a healthy work/life balance and relieve the stress of self-employment while ensuring a recurring income.
Brendan Woods works as a Team Lead with XWP, managing large-scale WordPress solutions, though Brendan has also had substantial experience in the Product Owner role.
With a keen interest in data analysis (currently completing a Masters of Data Analytics), Brendan has quickly become one of XWP’s resident GDPR experts, working with companies to assess the impact the incoming legislation will have for how technology companies operate in the EU.
Brendan’s talk will provide an overview of the major changes brought in by the GDPR, what businesses need to know in order to comply, and why data privacy is becoming an even greater issue in the minds of consumers.
Have you planned your WordCamp Wellington weekend already? To make it easier for you, we keep introducing our speakers.
Hannah Malcolm loves pixels and code. She can usually be found in front of a screen, researching front-end techniques, or embarking on a new digital project. Hannah will share her journey of creating WordPress-ception: a WordPress website that creates new WordPress websites. You will learn about the process and tools she used to automate bespoke WordPress theme design and development entirely.
Talia Carbis is a teacher, artist and mother from Brisbane, Australia.
She has been using WordPress since 2005 in many capacities including blogging (personally and professionally) and consulting.
Talia will focus on diversity:
Dear all, we tried to address all your dietary requirements and requests in our catering orders. Just in case you need to know a bit in advance what kind of food we’ll serve during the event:
Pomegranate Kitchen is our caterer for the day. Welly people know Pomegranate really well – this is a great social enterprise that employs cooks from a refugee background. And the food is delicious. You can take a look at their catering menu on their website. We’ll serve wraps and sweets.
We’ll serve Hell Pizza (who can customize their pizza and make it vegan, vegetarian or gluten-free). And Sweet Release will provide sweets for coffee breaks. There will be gluten-free and vegan options.
We are lucky to have our own barista from Ripe Coffee both days. The menu includes full espresso menu, tea option, decaf, soy, almond and rice milk options.
We provide 3 drinks a day for each participant – we’ll give you coupons for that during the registration. Coffee will be served from 9 a.m. on Saturday, from 9.15 on Sunday. Please let us know if you need more caffeine, we’ll sort it out.
WordCamp Wellington is just in two weeks. We hope to see you there. Meet two more WordCamp Wellington speakers.
Tarei King has started his WordPress journey from some ‘cowboy coding and horrible customisations’, now he is a WordPress engineer at Human Made. WordPress as a software project, community and philosophy has become a guiding part of his life. Tarei will focus on the realities of remote working as a WordPress engineer for a completely remote company.
Caelan Huntress is the creative director of Stellar Platforms. As a digital producer at the intersection of artist and geek, he creates websites, content marketing campaigns, and videos that connect dramatically with an audience. Over the last eight years, he has worked from many locations around the world, from mountaintops in Costa Rica to cafes in the United States. Caelan will share his experience in building a successful freelance business with WordPress.
Hi there! Meet two more WordCamp Wellington speakers!
Ricky Blacker, like many of us in the WordPress community, self-taught himself some web-development, and now works for WP Engine as a Pre Sales Engineer, providing a Digital Experience Platform for WordPress. If you need a hosting survival guide, Ricky’s talk is a must!
Peter Mahoney, SEO expert, web developer & designer, who focuses on SEO over the past decade. Using case studies and examples, Peter will demonstrate how proper SEO can revolutionize your visits AND engagement.
We are working hard on WordCamp Wellington! All participants will get unique #WCWelly2018 pins!
We made more tickets available for you on the website, so come and have your Welly Wapuu pin!
Hi there! Have you seen our list of speakers? It’s the most epic dozen of experts in WordPress, business tools and development, content development and promotion…
Today we are highlighting Luke Carbis and Dee Teal.
Luke Carbis, a trained teacher who decided to trade moody teenagers for programming, will discover Gutenberg editor’s hidden features and workflow tips to help optimise our writing flow. He’ll also discuss editing and layout trends enabled by Gutenberg, to help our content stay fresh and engaging.
Dee Teal is a legend of Southern hemisphere WordPress community and a Project Manager for large scale WordPress projects as a ‘Human’ with Human Made. Dee will show how to make yourself indispensable to your clients, without becoming a doormat.
Grab your tickets, and we’ll see you at the WordCamp!
