Preparations for the upcoming Tazzu WordPress Camp is well under way. We have 8 wonderful presenters, therefore we won’t be able to have more on the spotlight this time, so if you would like to show us the blogger genius in you, there will me many more similar events organized and hosted by the Tazzu community in the future so please stay tuned.
The presentation schedule will be posted within the next 24 hours.
Tazzu WordPress Camp Presenters
Rebecca Bollwitt
TOPIC: Adding photos [flickr, permissions, links, gallery plugins, badges] to your WordPress blog.She is a blogging and social media star. A Podcaster, hyper-local blogger, new media outreach wiz, mainstream media pundit ~ Vancouver’s new ‘blogebrity’ - Rebecca Bollwitt has been blogging about Vancouver since 2004 on Miss604.com, podcasting RadioZoom since 2005 and is a co-host of The Crazy Canucks Podcast. You can find Rebecca live blogging at many of the social media conferences around BC - watch for her!
www.miss604.com
Bruce Byfield
TOPIC: The Joys of Amateur Blogging.
Bruce is a contributing editor for the SourceForge sites Linux.com and the IT Manager’s Journal. Among other topics, he reports on the Debian Project, the Free Software Foundation, licensing issues, and office applications. He also writes a monthly blog for the Linux Journal website, which tends to center on varying aspects of OpenOffice.org, the free software office suite. In addition to his online publications, he has published in such magazines as Linux Journal, Maximum Linux, and The New Internationalist.
www.brucebyfield.wordpress.com
John Chow
TOPIC: How to make money using a WordPress Blog.
Residing in Richmond BC, and hailed as a Dot Com Mogule - John has received much publicity (The Province, Vancouver Sun, Entreprenuer Magazine, BC Business, Globe and Mail, and T.V.) for his ability to make money - LOTS of it - by blogging. His free eBook “Make Money Online with John Chow dot Com” is a huge success, and documents everything he did to take his blog from $0 to over $10,000 per month in just eight months.
www.johnchow.com
Monica Hamburg
TOPIC: Blogging & Social Media.
Monica is a Freelance Writer and Social Media Evangelist/Consultant who calls Vancouver BC home. Me Like The Interweb: Thoughts & Articles @bout Social Media (Crowdsourcing and more) is Monica’s blog where she writes engaging and insightful articles about her investigations and observations on this new phenomenon.
www.monicahamburg.wordpress.com
Jeff Kee
TOPIC: WordPress for total website development.
Jeff is a young, ambitious business man who owns Jeff Kee Companies and its subsidiaries, one of which is Synchronous Design & Marketing. His Synchronous website is ENTIRELY developed with WordPress - some people don’t want to believe it, he’s going to explain how he did this.
www.synchronous.ca
Greg Andrews
TOPIC: Good Typography in WordPress.
Greg Andrews is a Writer and Web Developer and for Techvibes. Born and raised in Edmonton, Greg was blogging about his high school drama long before it was fashionable. In the Spring of 2007, half a year out of school, Greg moved to Vancouver in search of interesting technology and the Canadian dream.
www.miscellani.ca
Kulpreet Singh
TOPIC: Using WordPress to create a custom library, catalog, or other mashup-type site.
Kulpreet is the Communications Manager at Creative Gift Solutions, and has extensive experience in web design, web progamming, graphic design, desktop publishing, copywriting, fundraising, public relations, advertising, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, social media optimization, blogging, content management systems, ebusiness, marketing management, and other types of integrated marketing communications.
www.creativegiftsolutions.com
Duane Storey
TOPIC: WordPress and mobile blogging - i.e. how to read and write from an iPhone
Duane is a Principal Engineer at CounterPath Corporation as well as freelance Photographer and Software Developer. Currently he offeres services in the fields of software development/testing/documentation, web development, Facebook application development, document layout and typesetting, writing, or general geekery.
www.duanestorey.com
This event is sponsored by
We would also like to thank our sponsors who have made this event possible. This event is organized mainly by the Tazzu community members.
WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. This project is maintained and funded by www.Automattic.com
www.wordpress.org
Invoke is an Interactive Agency that specializes in transforming ideas into tangible results executed within a complete interactive brand strategy. As a full service agency, they ensure you receive the best of everything - from a world class website to effective marketing campaigns.
www.InvokeMedia.com
TinyMassive - shop compare share! Site to be launched any minute now!
www.tinymassive.com
Culinary Copik Multimedia is a distinctive company, offering reliable and cohesive Visual Communications for the Food and Beverage industry.
www.culinarycopikmultimedia.ca
BlueFur.com provides fast, reliable and affordable hosting for websites across the globe through advanced technology and knowledgeable support team.
www.bluefur.com
Citizens Bank is a virtual bank owned by Vancity. Hi interest savings, low/no fee chequing and operates for the triple bottom line: people.planet.profits. It embeds corporate social responsibility into all aspects of its business, and gives a portion of its profits back to the community.
Our Media Sponsors
Thank you so much for spreading the word!
Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604): www.Miss604.com
Angela Hubbard (Hubbard Photography): www.hubbardphotography.com
Amanda Abrams (Professional Photographer): www.AmandaAbrams.com
Phillip Jeffrey (Fade to Play): www.fadetoplay.com
Lisa Bettany (Mostly Lisa): www.mostlylisa.com
Jeff Kee (Synchronous Design & Marketing): www.synchronous.ca
Ash Sanieyan (PeerGlobe Technology): www.PeerGlobe.com
Beyond Robson (Thank you Anna): www.beyondrobson.com
John Chow: www.JohnChow.com
PBase Media Ltd. (Presentation Solutions): www.PresentationSolutions.com
Raul Pacheco (hummingbird604): hummingbird604.wordpress.com
(Raul I am really really sorry I forgot your name on the schedule sheets! - Rastin )
Jeremy Costin (webLawg.net): www.weblawg.net
(Thanks Jeremy for the video webcast and archives of the event!)
Sweet, happy to be a part of it.
Thanks for the opportunity, I’m looking forward to it!
Thanks, Rastin! See you all soon!
The miss604 link at the end is broken.. goes to RMD studios.
Thanks for the mention!
Thanks everyone, it’s going to be a great time!
@ Jeff, thanks, I’ve fixed the link.
Should be fun!
the list or topics/presenters looks very promising. look forward to the event.
Just passed on the word to the Vancouver Blogger Meetup about the event
http://blog.meetup.com/30/messages/boards/thread/4586036/#17178635
I’m looking forward to it.
Is this something I can attend? (i.e. like a drop in and say hello sort of thing).
cheers
dave
(scq.ubc.ca scienceblogs.com)
@David - Of course you could
lol maybe I’ll finally learn what i’ve been trying to do, for the past year!
I’ll be there will all my sweet gadgets and apple gear! look forward to meeting everyone. i’ll blog this up asap.
Thanks Lisa! I’ll add you to our list of Media Sponsors. See ya there.