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#WPMIA – WordPress Meetup

April 7, 2015 Jeazy

wpmia-meetup_steven You don’t have to wait for our annual WordCamp Miami to learn, share and network with other bright, inspiring minds. You can learn all-things-WordPress year-round, by joining local Meetups around South Florida.

We offer a broad range of topics and presentations to address diverse skill sets and user needs. Among our Meetup topics are: WordPress for beginners, WordPress for entrepreneurs, web design and development, content creation and much more. If a Meetup topic of interest to you is not offered, you can suggest one or initiate dynamic discussion to enhance the group.

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Through WordPress Meetups, you’ll discover unique networking options to encounter new people and businesses. You may even find industry experts who can assist you with your own WordPress projects. We currently host three Meetups in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area. Click here for locations and other details.

Hope to see you there!

Davie Location:

Nova Southeastern University, Carl DeSantis Building

Every first Thursday of the month, we have the WordPress User Meetup.

Every third Thursday of the month, we have the WordPress Developer Meetup.

Miami Location:

Miami Ad School | 571 NW 28 Street, Miami, FL 33127

The space is incredible, centrally located and has free parking!

Take a look of what others have said about past meetups:

Your client wants you to ballpark cost? Never estimate the unknown @chrislema #wpmia

— Megan Rose (@meganrose625) May 11, 2014

Just attended a great session “Wordpress and Journalism” by @rsm at the Feb WordPress Meetup #wpmia

— Laura Whalen (Geek Girl) (@Laura_Whalen) February 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/jorgevalens/status/431583773873160192

Using Ad Sense With A Responsive Web Design Layout http://t.co/KiHLBPZ24Y #wpmia #wordpress #adsense

— Lupita Eyde-Tucker (@lupitatucker) December 2, 2013

Site Announcements

May 2nd & May 29th Courses

April 3, 2015 Jeazy 4 Comments

In addition to grabbing a ticket for the weekend (May 30th and 31st), there is also a limited number of tickets for full-day workshops (or what we are also calling “courses”) this year. These courses have limited availability and sell out quickly. We are urging people to read the information below and only buy a ticket if you know you are able to attend.

Note: No computer or tablet is required for these full-day courses – but feel free to bring your own laptop or tablet since no computers are provided at the beginner’s 101 courses or any other courses.

WordPress 101 Beginner’s Course

This full day class is especially tuned for those new to WordPress. Topics covered include everything from hosting, making your first post, finding themes, and basic installing of plugins. We have TWO beginner’s course days to accommodate those from Broward/Palm Beach and those in Miami to be able to attend a beginner’s course fairly close to them (one is in Davie, FL on May 2nd and the other is in Miami, FL on May 29th). Both courses are IDENTICAL, so you only need to attend one.

If you already know how to use WordPress to publish, chances are this workshop is NOT for you. This course is targeted for those who have barely or never used WordPress before.

We are encouraging people attending the 101 Beginner’s Course to bring a laptop or tablet – we will be providing a WordPress site for you to login into (even if there are wifi issues at the venue – which hopefully there won’t be – you will still have a WordPress site to play around with after the day is over). We will not be providing computers at these courses. The format will be 2-3 speakers leading you through a progressive tutorial through their slides and presentations.

Location: The Beginner’s Course on May 2nd will be at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, FL and registration will start at 8am EST. The Beginner’s Course on May 29th will be at FIU (same location as where we will be over the weekend) in Miami, FL and registration will start at 8am EST. (We will be posting venue location information here shortly).

BuddyCamp Miami

This full day class is for designers, developers, and ANYONE wanting to learn more about BuddyPress. We’ll start the day taking everyone for a test-drive with BuddyPress. Then experts from around the globe will be on hand to discuss topics ranging from design, scaling, and how to grow a community with BuddyPress.

You can read more about BuddyCamp Miami here.

Location: BuddyCamp Miami on May 29th will be at FIU (same location as where we will be over the weekend) in Miami, FL and registration will start at 8am EST. (We will be posting venue location information here shortly).

Front-End & WordPress Theme Course

This full day class is especially for front-end developers or designers who already know HTML/CSS coding but want to improve their skills in coding and their ability in building WordPress Themes. This is a NEW workshop course for WordCamp Miami and we are excited to have some great developers and theme-builders present pack alot of knowledge in just one day.

To be clear, this full-day course is for those already knowing some about HTML and CSS. This is not for those wanting to learn HTML or CSS basics. If you fall into that category, come by on the weekend and we’ll have people that can help you with that!

Location: Front-End / WordPress Theme Course on May 29th will be at FIU (same location as where we will be over the weekend) in Miami, FL and registration will start at 8am EST. (We will be posting venue location information here shortly).

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Say hello to Wrecking Ball

April 3, 2015 Jeazy

We have a passion to create engaging experiences, tell stories and build platforms. We are designers, developers, strategists, technologists, writers, and educators. We are old school and new school. We live and breathe the digital space, and have lived through traditional media. We understand. We listen. We consistently succeed. We work with great clients and are encircled with great people. We are Wrecking Ball. Join us in a conversation about what we do all day and all night.

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Meet Our WordCamp Miami 2015 Organizers

March 14, 2015 Jeazy

We wanted to introduce you to the highly dedicated volunteers that are donating their time and effort into making WordCamp Miami 2015 a memorable event – our WordCamp Miami organizers! They are putting in blood, sweat and tears so that everyone that is attending can learn, grow, play and network at WordCamp Miami.

Steven Alig

Information Architect and SEO specialist – I build, manage and market with WordPress

soflaweb.com | @salig

Syed Balkhi

Technically Awesome. Marketer with Design & Dev Skills (that’s lethal). I created @wpbeginner @list25 @optinmonster @soliloquywp @enviragallery etc.

syedbalkhi.com | @syedbalkhi

David Bisset

David is a full-time freelancer developer living in South Florida. He’s a WordPress developer and specializes in BuddyPress sites/applications along with stand-alone PHP work. Also a speaker, meetup organizer, conference organizer, and father of three.

davidbisset.com |@dimensionmedia