In case you missed yesterday’s announcement, this year we are adding workshops to the WordCamp US lineup.
Our workshops will focus on everything from development to accessibility to how you can improve your business skills, and more.
These workshops will run on November 1 and 2. There is no additional cost. Our master schedule with complete details will be out later this month.
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Chance Strickland
Chance Strickland is an independent frontend developer with a decade of experience in design and client services. His mission is to create a better web that breaks down barriers, and to empower others to do the same.
Presentation Title: Structuring Modern WordPress Sites for Scale
Twitter: @TheNameIsChance
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Francesca Marano
Francesca is the WordPress Community Manager at SiteGround, a web hosting company. She is part of the WordPress community team, organizing meetups and WordCamps in Torino and taking part in many other WordPress events worldwide.
She founded C+B, a blog with an editorial staff of more than eighty authors offering advice for Italian female creative entrepreneurs.
Francesca is a passionate speaker and you can find her in Italy and around the world talking about WordPress, community, open source, women in tech, and small businesses.
Presentation Title: How to Create Your First Business Plan
Twitter: @francescamarano
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Michelle Schulp
Michelle is an independent graphic designer and frontend developer in Minneapolis. Prior to beginning her career, she studied Visual Communications, with minors in Psychology and Sociology. As her work progressed, she also branched into front-end development and user experience design to round our her skillset. This combination of disciplines led her to adopt a strategy-based approach to design, focused on solving tangible problems and achieving real goals based on how people think.
Now, she collaborates on projects with clients ranging from solopreneurs to enterprise. She loves the open source community, and when she is not working on projects she speaks/volunteers/organizes at events and workshops around the country. Her passions are communication and empowerment, and she believes in the power of “Why?”
Presentation Title: Designing Themes in a Block-Based World
Twitter: @marktimemedia
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Rebecca Gill
Rebecca Gill has a well-rounded business background and over twenty years of experience in sales and online marketing. She is the President and Founder of Web Savvy Marketing. In addition to running the day to day activities of Web Savvy Marketing, Rebecca also provides one-on-one SEO coaching, publishes online SEO courses, and hosts an SEO podcast. She loves to teach the latest SEO strategies and tactics to others, helping businesses grow their online footprint.
As an early adopter of blogging, her online marketing efforts have been highlighted by media outlets such as Wired Magazine, Ziff Davis, and IT Toolbox. Her writing has been featured in a variety of publications that range from technology outlets such as Backbone Magazine, Social Media Today, and Search Engine Roundtable to industry-specific magazines such as Contract Manufacturing & Packaging, Food Manufacturing, and Progressive Distributor. In more recent years, she has been featured or mentioned in a wide range of popular websites such as Search Engine Watch, Entrepreneurs on Fire, Search Engine Journal, Copyblogger, GoDaddy, mangools, Ahrefs, Zen Founder, WP Elevation, and HubSpot.
She has appeared on Detroit2020, spoken at Girls are IT, WordCamp Miami, WordCamp Chicago, WordCamp Grand Rapids, WordCamp Ann Arbor, Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup, and is a WordCamp organizer. She has been a guest speaker on a variety of WordPress podcast series and has also guest lectured and presented at the University of Toledo, Grand Valley State University, and Michigan State University.
Workshop Title: Align SEO Efforts With Your Target Market and Today’s Search: Learn How to Perform Keyword Research and Map Them to Content
Twitter: @rebeccagill
You don’t want to miss out on WordCamp US 2019! There will be speakers, workshops, childcare, an incredible sponsor hall, the annual WordFest party, and more. Get your tickets to WordCamp US today!