Author: Ashley Schroeder

We want to thank all our Silver Level Sponsors.

• DreamHost
• Happy Prime
• Local by Flywheel
• Luhnar
• Pathfinder SEO
• Sticker Giant
• Vendor Fuel

Please let our sponsors know how much their support means to you as a member of the WordPress Community. Read on to find out more about each one.

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We want to thank all our Gold Level Sponsors. Thanks to the support of our sponsors, WordCamp Boise is able to keep tickets at the accessible price of $40.

• BoiseWeb.net
• GoDaddy
• GreenGeeks
• HubSpot
• Pantheon

Please let our sponsors know how much their support means to you as a member of the WordPress Community. Read on to find out more about each one.

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The countdown has begun!

If you haven’t yet, please register by noon on Thursday, November 7. This is the deadline for getting in food orders to our catering services.

We would gladly welcome a few more volunteers. Technical knowledge is not necessary. If you’d be willing to help, head over to our website to learn more and sign up to volunteer.

And lastly, just a head’s up that we’re putting together an attendee guide and will be emailing that out in advance of the event. It will include info on parking, location, After Party details, etc.

Thank you, Bluehost! As another one of our Platinum sponsors, they’re contributing greatly to the success of the event and we’re grateful for their support.

Continue reading “Sponsor Spotlight: Bluehost” →

We invite you to get connected with others attending WordPress Boise before, during and after the event. You can find us on:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Slack
• Meetup.com

Continue reading “Join the WordPress Boise community online and in-person” →

Ticket sales for WordCamp Boise are now open. We can’t wait for you to join us, November 15-16, 2019, at Boise State University. Tickets are $40, and they cover 2+ days of programming including but not limited to:

• Over 30 speaker presentations, including a pre-Camp workshop on Thursday.
• Lunch and all-day beverage station (coffee, tea, water) on Friday and Saturday.
• Our After Party held Saturday evening.
• Plus opportunities to meet and network with local and regional members of the WordCamp community.

Continue reading “WordCamp Boise tickets now on sale!” →

Thank you, Liquid Web! As another one of our Platinum sponsors, they’re contributing greatly to the success of the event and we’re grateful for their support.

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The moment many of you have been waiting for is here. The WordCamp Boise Schedule that contains full descriptions of sessions is now available.

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the day before WordCamp Boise “officially” starts, we’ll have a beginner workshop about creating a website without code. And then WordCamp Boise kicks off on Friday, Nov. 15, with two full days of sessions, networking opportunities, and more.

Ticket sales are coming soon… we promise!

We’d like to give a warm welcome to our first round of speakers. Their presentations will focus on everything from navigation design to the business case for accessibility to WordPress security, and more.

• Bet Hannon: “The Business Case for Accessibility”
• David Mark Brown: “Pirate Publishing: Own your audience, Build your brand”
• Erik Wardell: “The Basic SEO Site Audit – Does your site meet SEO best practices?” and “Gathering Actionable Insights from the new Google Search console”
• Gillian Hill: “Content Creation for Websites – How content creators and web developers can work together” and “Wireframing: why you want your content creator to be involved in wire framing”
• Heather Carlson: “How to Share Your Story Across Multiple Digital Platforms” and “Creating an Audience-Focused Digital Strategy”
• Jim Harmer and Ricky Kesler: “Exactly how two average guys build multiple blogs to millions of page views (and dollars)”
• Stacy Clements: “WordPress Security; Beyond the Plugin”
• Stephen Locker: “What to Consider When Designing a Website’s Navigation” and “Using Color to Discuss CSS Variables, WordPress Block (Gutenberg) Editor Color Options, and Inline SVGs”
• Theresa Smith: “How to Make Six-Figure Income and Enjoy Your Career More by Specializing in a Niche”

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Speakers and Schedule

As I write this, we’re confirming our speaker lineup and the schedule is almost ready to be released. We’re excited for this amazing group of people to share their knowledge with all our WordCamp Boise attendees.

Tickets

Tickets will go on sale tentatively Oct. 1. The total cost for the two-day event is $40. (A huge shoutout to our sponsors for help making this possible.)

Call for Volunteers

We are looking for non-technical and technical help. Learn more in our call for volunteers blog post.

WordCamp Boise’s success will be in large part due to the help of all our community members! We are looking for non-technical and technical help. Let us know how you’d like to help.

Volunteer opportunities include:

• Registration/tickets
  • Typically a morning duty.
• Room runners
  • Help presenters and organizers with misc. needs.
• Emcees
  • Introduce presenters, keep everything on schedule. Knowledge of WordPress jokes a plus.
• Schedule monitor
  • Responsible for keeping posted schedules on room doors current throughout the day.
• Answer Qs at the Happiness Bar
  • Our goal is to have the Happiness Bar staffed as consistently as possible throughout the event.
• Video editing (after WordCamp Boise has concluded)
  • We’ll train you! The sessions will be professionally recorded but we need some help reviewing the recordings and make basic edits.

An extension to the speaker application deadline; a call for sponsors; and info about volunteer opportunities.

Seeking speakers to talk about design for WordPress

There are still a few openings on the schedule for design-related sessions. If you’d like to pitch a topic, we’d love to hear from you. The speaker application deadline has been extended to September 2 for design-related topics. Apply now!

A few ideas to get the creative juices flowing, if you’d like:

• Best practices for responsive design
• What’s your workflow/design process?
• Mobile-first design
• Typography tips for your designs
• HTML, CSS, Javascript
• Creating a child theme

Sponsor us

We are looking for 3-4 sponsors from within our community to help put on WordCamp Boise. Sponsoring will enable you to give back to the WordPress community and simultaneously capture the attention of a diverse and engaged audience. If you are interested in joining us as a sponsor, or know of someone that might be a good fit, check out our Call for Sponsors.

Volunteer opportunities

We’re looking for non-technical and technical help and will soon put out a call for volunteers. Volunteer opportunities include:

• Registration/tickets
• Room runners
• Emcees
• Schedule monitor
• Answering questions at the Happiness Bar
• Video editing (after WordCamp Boise has concluded)
• And more

Updated 8/21/18 @ 12 p.m.

There are still a few openings on the schedule for design-related sessions. If you’d like to pitch a topic, we’d love to hear from you. The speaker application deadline has been extended to September 2 for design-related topics.

We’re excited to open the call for speakers for WordCamp Boise 2019!

We gathered a general list of ideas and topics our audience might be interested in on our Become a Speaker page for your inspiration. If you have a topic you’re passionate about or are an expert in something we haven’t mentioned, don’t hesitate to apply! We are accepting talks from all areas of expertise and are also open to hearing from relevant experts from outside the WordPress world.

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On November 15-16, 2019, Boise will host the first ever WordCamp in Idaho. The two-day conference will take place at Boise State University.

Fun fact: About 1/3 of all websites in the world are run with the WordPress content management system. That could include your customers and maybe even you!

Sponsors play a vital role in making WordCamps available to so many people at an affordable rate and the event won’t be possible without their support. Sponsoring will enable you to give back to the WordPress community and simultaneously capture the attention of a diverse and engaged audience.

If you are interested in joining us as a sponsor, there are sponsorship levels to fit every budget.

Continue reading “Call for Sponsors” →