All things related to WordPress in Rhode Island
Fourteen years after WordPress’ initial release, the platform is widely adopted and well-respected by major media organizations. Many industry leaders still view it exclusively as blogging software.
In this talk, Stephen Tiszenkel will explore why this idea persists and how to overcome it. He’ll take a comprehensive look at some of the tools you can use to meet all the needs of a progressive, digitally savvy, growth-minded multimedia publisher.
Stepping into theme development can be daunting. Sure anyone with a little PHP skill and a basic understanding of the loop can create theme templates, but there are a number of things you can learn which can take your theme development to the next level. We’ll discuss the skills that can take you from a beginner theme developer to a master.
See the slides from this talk here: https://amandagiles.com/enlightenment
Check out Amanda on Twitter @amandagilesnh
Mike Toppa has been a web developer and IT staff manager for over 20 years, since the days of HTML 1.0. Highlights of his career include:
● Director of a team of 16 web developers, designers, and project managers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
● Senior Engineer at ElectNext, a 7 person start-up
● Lead Engineer of the R&D team for the Ask Jeeves Shopping Advisor
● Lead Developer for the New England Journal of Medicine website at Stanford University’s HighWire Press
● Passionate advocate for Agile and Lean practices
He’s given over a dozen conference and Meetup presentations in recent years, including Philadelphia’s Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference, the Wharton Web Conference, Villanova University’s Computer Science Colloquia series, and WordCamps in Philadelphia, New York, and Nashville.
This talk will explain some core Agile and Lean concepts, and how to go about trying them out in a way that can maximize their benefits while minimizing risk and disruption to your work.
Agile practices such as Scrum, and Lean practices such as Kanban, have become some of the biggest buzzwords in tech, and are top keyword in job descriptions. But they’re also frequently misunderstood, and constantly argued about online, which can make them seem intimidating and confusing.
They can affect everything from how you write code, to how you organize your work, and how you relate to your customers.
See the slides from this past Meetup here:
https://www.slideshare.net/mtoppa/the-promise-and-peril-of-agile-and-lean-practices
And check out Mike’s site and blog here: http://www.toppa.com/
At the July Meetup, Aileen McDonough from 3am Writers provided the group with valuable insight about content planning.
So, you have a blog. Are you inundated with ideas, or staring at a blank screen? Don’t let blog planning make you peevish. Learn how a content calendar can set you free. We’ll go over a few simple tools that can help you generate great ideas, create compelling content, and finally tame your blog.
See the slides from this talk here!
A published author with nearly 20 years of experience in writing, editing, marketing, and publishing, Aileen McDonough runs a communications company called 3am Writers, LLC, and teaches classes on content strategy for continuing college and business education programs: Her mission is to inspire and teach people to be part of creating great content in the world. Aileen has spoken about blogging at WordCampRI and other conferences.
Come learn how to set-up your website or blog on WordPress.com! WordPress.com gives you what you like best about websites: your choice of how the site looks with the ability to easily add your content including copy, images, and video. WordPress.com also does the heavy lifting for you by taking away the need to worry about security updates and patches – you just focus on creating the site you want!
Lydia is the Senior Communications Officer Web Producer for Lifespan and also an Adjunct Professor of Social Media and Communications for the Community College of Rhode Island.
Check out Lydia’s How 2 Site from this past Meetup:
Modern JavaScript and browser APIs are as easy to use as jQuery and provide the same cross-browser compatibility. Learn vanilla JavaScript and level-up as a web developer.
In this talk, you’ll learn:
You can check out Chris’ slides here: https://speakerdeck.com/cferdinandi/vanilla-js-for-beginners
And find lots of other valuable information over at Chris’ site https://gomakethings.com/
Chris Ferdinandi helps people ditch jQuery for vanilla JavaScript. He loves pirates, puppies, and Pixar movies, and lives near horse farms in rural Massachusetts. He runs Go Make Things with Bailey Puppy, a lab-mix from Tennessee.
How can your audience benefit from learning the most common roadblocks across three phases of developing a digital marketing strategy?
In this presentation, David will share the most common challenges companies face when seeking to transform their business into a more sophisticated digital force before their competitors race ahead online. The audience will walk away with the key to making intelligent decisions and managing risks that derail digital efforts in most underprepared companies.
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About David J. Bradley, MBA
David Bradley is the CEO of Bbg, Inc., a digital strategy firm that helps companies find their customers online. As a consultant and author, Bradley works with B2B and B2C companies to strengthen existing digital efforts or transform a traditional business to incorporate digital.
Author of best-selling book, Getting Digital Marketing Right, Bradley has also published over 50 articles, been featured in a number of publications, and consistently writes on the topics of digital marketing and strategy. As a speaker, he focuses on delivering actionable insight, so the audience can begin generating more leads and cash in their business immediately from online activities.
Special thanks to our speaker, David J. Bradley, for offering his insights into the world of Digital Marketing!
Slides from this Meetup are available here: http://davidjbradley.com/speaker-digital-transformation-slides/
Your Face to the World: A Practical Guide to Web Branding
Joanne D’adamo, Project Manager & Chris Lucock, Creative Director
View slides from the talk here: http://bit.ly/2gTgjy9
Hanna Furey – Digital Project Manager, Oomph
How to Create a Comprehensive Training Manual for Your Clients
Creating an effective training manual for your clients isn’t an easy task. When you’ve gotten your project to the final stretch, and it’s almost time to hand the keys over to your client you want to rest assured that your client has the proper training to successfully take the lead.
This workshop is meant to give you the know how and the tools you need to create a training manual for your clients at any technical skill level.
See the slides here: https://www.slideshare.net/Oomphinc/how-to-create-a-comprehensive-training-manual-for-your-clients-67305926