Okay So, Lorelle Is No Surprise!
One might expect to see Lorelle VanFossen, THE Lorelle of Lorelle on WordPress, to be speaking at an event such as WordCamp Dallas. But, I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been invited to participate as well.
The event, WordCamp, was started by WordPress founder, Matt Mullenweg, and has become an international event. Here’s a bit of the history described by the Weblog Tools Collection Blog.
The first WordCamp conference was held in July of 2006 in San Francisco. Matt Mullenweg pulled this event together in only three weeks time and ended up with about 300 people in the Swedish American Hall. The first international WordCamp event was held in Beijing China on September 1st, 2007. However, not too many people knew of the event. So the first KNOWN international WordCamp event took place in Israel on October 25, 2007. Since then, there have been WordCamps all across the world including Hamburg, Melbourne and soon to be Dallas.
WordCamp Dallas is a two-day event being held in Frisco, Texas at the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center on March 29 and 30, 2008. Here’s the list of speakers and what presentations are about.
- WordPress 2.5 and Beyond
Matt Mullenweg - 45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog
John Pozadzides - How to Prevent, Detect and Stop Content Theft
Jonathan Bailey - Geekbrief Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell
- C’mon, Let’s Talk! Building Influence and Interaction with Blogging
Liz Strauss - WordPress Power Tips
Lorelle VanFossen - The WordPress Podcast Live
Charles Stricklin and friends - SEO for Bloggers
Chris Smith - Aaron Brazell
- Panel: The Business of Blogging
Mark Ghosh, Liz Strauss and Aaron Brazell - Testing with WordPress
Jacob Santos
You can see plenty of reasons to attend! Click this logo to register now!
Let me know if I’ll get to see you there!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!
Karen Putz says
February 3, 2008 at 12:13 PMOh, that looks like an educational and fun one!
ME Liz Strauss says
February 3, 2008 at 12:30 PMHi Karen!
It does, and I’m sure it will be. Other WordCamps have been overwhelming hits on those fronts. 🙂
Jeffro2pt0 says
February 3, 2008 at 1:10 PMI’ll be there Liz. Looking forward to meeting you and everyone else 🙂
Deb Ng says
February 3, 2008 at 1:14 PMLooks like a great event, wish I could be there!
Liz Williams says
February 3, 2008 at 2:21 PMI went to the first one in San Francisco, and it was great! What a wonderful group WordPress users are. I learned a ton. Congratulations on being invited to speak.
I’d love to hear your talk, Liz, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed you’ll soon accept a speaking engagement a bit closer to California – maybe even *in* California.
ME Liz Strauss says
February 3, 2008 at 2:21 PMHi Deb!
I think I’ll learn a whole lot from attending. I can’t wait to meet the people there. Wishing you were coming too. 🙂
ME Liz Strauss says
February 3, 2008 at 2:24 PMHi Liz!
I can’t wait to meet you too! I know the WordCamp folks are wonderful. We have so many values in common . . . community, education, giving back when we can. 🙂
Uncross those fingers . . . We need to figure out who needs me to head out near and give them a call. 🙂
Liz Williams says
February 3, 2008 at 2:33 PMXlnt idea, Liz. And I love scheming…
ME Liz Strauss says
February 3, 2008 at 2:36 PMHmmm. what’s in a name?
ME Liz Strauss says
February 3, 2008 at 7:22 PM#3
Hi Jeffro2pt0!
What fun to know you’ll be there! Can’t wait to meet you. It’s great to make connections in person. Thanks for letting me know to look for you. 🙂
Jonathan Bailey says
February 4, 2008 at 4:04 PMLiz: Look forward to seeing you there! I’m very excited about WordCamp and meeting yourself, Lorelle and a few others for the first time!
Eric says
March 13, 2008 at 8:10 AMHey, Liz. I’m a late registrant, but I’ll be there in two weeks!! 🙂
ME Liz Strauss says
March 14, 2008 at 7:06 AMHi Eric!
I can wait to meet you! Be sure to come up to say “hi!”