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Let’s Share the Love

Brandon — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:45:57 +0000

The countdown begins. We’re less than a week away from Orange County WordCamp and we’re stoked about all the stuff we have for you.

But, we want to go bigger.

A lot of you are coming to Orange County WordCamp, but there are people all across the world who can’t make it to the conference due to the sheer distance they’d have to travel to get here. We have no doubt that WordPress fans around the world would also benefit from the presentations you’re going to experience first hand this weekend. So, we got to thinking…why should we limit our audience to those who can make it in person? Why shouldn’t we try to spread the WordPress love all around the world?

We started talking to Joe Christensen of Blaze Streaming Media. They’ve streamed other WordCamps live in the past, so they know what to expect. The other benefit of having them in Orange County is that they’ll be able to archive our presentations on WordPress.tv so that you can go back and use these presentations as a reference.

There’s only one problem…and it’s a big one.

It’s a bit out of our budget to bring these guys to the event. We haven’t gotten as great a response to our call for sponsors as we’d hoped and we’re already over budget. If you have it in your wallet, or you work for a company that does, please help us bring Joe and his crew to OC WordCamp. Any amount of donation you can make will help to make this happen.

Unconference/Ignite Sessions

Brandon — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:57:09 +0000

@Mac_Boy mentioned a sort of niche topic in a comment on the CMS talk teaser post. It got me thinking…Is anyone interested in giving some short informal talks during lunchtime? We have the rooms all day, so we might as well use them. The topics can be anything you’re comfortable presenting on (hopefully WordPress/blogging/Internet related) and that you think people would be interested in.

Leave a comment on this post if you’d like to hear a presentation on a specific topic, or if you have a topic you’d like to present on and we can get a list going.

5 Lucky Attendees

Brandon — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:26:09 +0000

Thanks to Wiley (@WileyTech), publisher of all kinds of awesome WordPress books, five lucky attendees will be walking away from Orange County WordCamp with one of the fine titles shown below.

OC WordCamp Badge Widget

Brandon — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:30:43 +0000

We know there are a lot of you already coming, but we’ve still got room for more. To help get the word out, we’ve built a little WordPress widget that you can install on your blog to help promote the Orange County WordCamp event. You can download it at the link below.

Click Here To Download

To install this on your blog, follow these simple steps:

Unzip the files and upload the entire oc-wordcamp-badge folder to the plugins directory of your WordPress powered site.
Go the the plugins panel in the admin and activate the plugin.
Add the widget to your sidebar in the widgets panel in the admin.
That’s it!

Brainstorming Session

Brandon — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:52:06 +0000

I heard through the grape vine last week that a local group was considering organizing a WordCamp for Orange County. Imagine my surprise! I got in contact with William, one of the organizers, and we’ve been talking about how to work together to put on a successful event. The OCPHP group is having a meetup next week, and they’re going to have a planning session to discuss ideas for OC WordCamp. For all of you who want to pitch in some ideas, or just meet other like-minded people, I encourage you to show up and say hi. The brainstorming session will start at 6PM on Jan. 27. You can get more info and RSVP at the OCPHP Meetup page. I hope to see you all there, and look forward to hearing some exciting ideas.

Put In Your 2¢

Brandon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:52:34 +0000

We have a good idea what we want to see at Orange County WordCamp, but we won’t be the only ones in attendance. We want this event to be as meaningful for everyone as possible. Fill out the poll below and let us know what you want to experience at Orange County WordCamp 2010.

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