Speakers

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Keynote Speakers

Mike Vardy, vardy.me
WordPressive: WordPress Delivers the Goods
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Target: Bloggers, Writers, Entrepreneurs, Community Managers

Rebecca Bollwitt, Miss604.com
Time Management with WordPress
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Target: Bloggers, Writers, Entrepreneurs, Community Managers

Featured Speakers

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Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Pink & Yellow Media
Can WordPress really do that? A case study of vierderduer.no
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Target: Designers, developers, idea crafters

Chris Burdge, bWEST Interactive
Leveraging Social Media to Generate Blog Community
Level: Beginner
Target: Bloggers

Stuart Hertzog
Multisite – One Installation Shall Rule Them All!
Level: Intermediate
Target: Bloggers, Content Managers, technical-minded users

Craig Spence, YOUCommunications.ca
Why WordPress works so well as a Dynamic Creative Writing Environment
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Target: Creative writers

Cheryl DeWolfe, Those DeWolfes Creative
Multimedia Plugins: Adding Sizzle to the Steak!
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Target: Bloggers and Designers

Chris Whiteley, Chriswhiteley.ca
Blog Comments: Validation of How Awesome You Are
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Target: Bloggers, Writers

Al Davis, TELUS
After the install: Ten things you should do before writing your first post
Level: Beginner
Target: Bloggers, writers, small business owners, non-profits

John S. Richards, Plus Associates Designers and Consultants
Screen Casting: Tips, Tricks & Techniques. Unleash the TV Studio in Your Laptop.
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced
Target: Bloggers, Writers, Web Developers, Programmers, Designers, Codex Hackers

Angela Crocker, Beachcomber Communications
Take Your BuddyPress Community from Blah to TA-DAH!
Level: Intermediate
Target: Bloggers, web developers, BuddyPress users

Adam Ungstad, UNGSTAD Information Architects
10 Easy Ways to Improve the User Experience of your WordPress Site
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Target: Bloggers, designers, writers

Beth Campbell Duke, Campbell Duke Personal Branding
Using WordPress to Find Work You LOVE
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Target: job hunters, career changers and those with a message to get out to the world

Beth Cougler Blom, Beth Cougler Blom Facilitation
Genuine Blogging
Level: Beginner or Intermediate
Target: Bloggers

Ben Lobaugh, Microsoft
The Proof is in the Pudding – Yep it works with Microsoft
Level: Intermediate
Target: Developers

Catherine Novak, Netscribe Communications
Wild About Weaver: A (nearly) WYSYWYG CSS Wrangler
Level: Intermediate
Target: Bloggers, web designers, writers, community managers

Janis La Couvée and Brenda Johima
Disclaimers, disclosures, attribution and copyright
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Target: Writers, bloggers, community managers, social media users

Raul Pacheco, Hummingbird604.com
Grow Your Online Community Around Your Blog Using WordPress
Level: Beginner and Intermediate
Target: Bloggers who like doing their own stunts. (Self-hosted.)

Mike DeWolfe, Those DeWolfes Creative
Drupal to WordPress
Level: Advanced
Target: Web Developers, Programmers

Robin Heppell, Heppell Media Corp.
Building Your Virtual Marketing Platform on Your WordPress Website
Level: Beginner and Intermediate
Target: Bloggers, writers, business owners

George Plumley, SeeHowTwo
Embracing, Not Just Understanding WordPress
Level: Beginner
Target: Bloggers, writers, business owners, content creators

Graham Nott, Star Global
Blog Search Using Solr
Level: Intermediate
Target: Web Developers, programmers

John Overall, JohnOverall.com
WordPress 101
Level: Beginner
Target: Bloggers, writers, business owners, content creators

Lorraine Murphy, Raincoaster.com
WordPress for Activism
Level: Beginner
Target: Bloggers, Writers, Activists

Previous Speakers at WordCamp Victoria
See a list of past speakers.