After the great success of WordCamp Vancouver, a friend of ours Gary Jones of BlueFur is going to host WordCamp Fraser Valley for all the WordPress bloggers out that way – very cool!

This event is for anyone that has an interest in blogging and WordPress in general. Beginner’s will learn more about what blogging is and what WordPress software can do. Expert WordPress users will be able to network and learn from other expert bloggers.

WordCamp Fraser Vally Details

When is the event happening?
Date: Wednesday – July 16, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where is it happening?
The Cascades Casino
20393 Fraser Hwy – Langley BC

Registration
Register here or via BlueFur.

Speakers/Schedule
For Speakers, Topics & Schedule click here!

We wish everyone at BlueFur and all the attendees a very successful event. Happy blogging everyone!

Technorati Tags: bluefur, wordcamp fraser valley, wordpress, blogging

John Chow provides tips on how to make money online using your blog.

Part One

Part Two

Did you make a video of this event? Please let us know so we could post it here

Technorati Tags: tazzu, wordcamp, vancouver, johnchow, networkhub

You know when we were kids, we use to get together, bring our bags of Legos and toys, pile them up and build cities together. We did that because none of us had all the bricks necessary to build a city – so we learned to collaborate.

The Tazzu Wordcamp event felt like that. We all came together with our toys, tips, and financial contributions to connect with each other. Yes, the venue was a little small (sorry!) and we couldn’t feel our bums and legs when we got up from sitting on those hardwood floors, but boy the number of inspiring emails, twitts, facebook messages, and inspiring words that we received from the Vancouver’s blogging community was simply amazing. The reality is that, this event couldn’t have been nearly as fun without your participation and contributions. By the way, based on different counts around 80 to 90 people attended this event.

To all the people who attended this event: THANK YOU! YOU GUYS ROCKED!

We would also like to take the opportunity and thank the people who have either funded this event or helped us spread the word around:

Organizers:

• Tazzu Business & Technology Community: www.Tazzu.com
• JenTekk Web Solutions: www.JenTekk.ca
• PeerGlobe Technology (Web Development & Integrated Mobile Solutions): www.PeerGlobe.com
• rmd Studio (Custom CMS & Social Media Solutions): www.rmdStudio.com

Thank you for sponsoring us:

• Automattic (the creators of WordPress): www.automattic.com
• The Network Hub (The Startup Launchpad): www.thenetworkhub.ca
• InvokeMedia (an awesome interactive & marketing agency): www.InvokeMedia.com
• The Tiny Massiv (Shop Campare Share) thank you Kate and Lauren: www.TinyMassive.com
• Citizens Bank (thank you Nancy Zimmerman): www.citizensbank.ca
• BlueFur Web Hosting (thank you Gary): www.BlueFur.com
• Culinary Copik Multimedia (thank you Liesa): www.culinarycopikmultimedia.ca

Thank you for spreading the word:

• Raul Pacheco (hummingbird604) thank you for the posts here , here and the great pictures: hummingbird604.wordpress.com
• Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604) thank you for live blogging the event and being one of the presenters: www.Miss604.com
• Amanda Abrams for the beautiful photographs: www.AmandaAbrams.com
• Jeremy Costin (Infinity) for creating the videos: weblawg.costinmedia.com
• John Biehler for this review, and for these great photos: www.johnbiehler.com
• Lisa Bettany thanks for announcing the Tazzu WordPress Camp: www.mostlylisa.com
• Andy Peatling from Automattic for this blog post, and for the photos: www.andyinlife.com
• Monica Hamburg for your presentation and blog post: monicahamburg.wordpress.com
• Phillip Jeffrey for the WordCamp announcement: www.fadetoplay.com

PS: Did we miss you?! If you have blogged or flickered this event and your name isn’t listed as a media sponsor, please let us know and we will add your name to the list.

~

Technorati Tags: wordcamp, tazzu, vancouver, 2008, networkhub, socialmedia, blogging, wordpress, automattic

Tazzu WordPress Camp was originally inspired by a group of Tazzu community members (here and here) after a series of Joomla Demo Camps we’d organized (here and here).

For the WordPress Camp, we were expecting at most 35 to 40 people to show up. But now we’ve found out that about 68 people have RSVP’d on our facebook event announcement. We have estimated that more than 70 people will be showing up at The Network Hub. There won’t be enough seats for everyone, therefore to get a seat you will need to arrive early. This event might seem a little crowded, but it is very likely that you may meet many of your friends there too. For future WordCamp events, we’ll make sure to consider a larger venue for our attendees.

I am also posting the Tazzu WordPress Camp schedule. I would like to thank the following 8 people who have stepped forward to share their knowledge with us in this event. If any of the presenters are not happy with their time slot, please let us know and we could perhaps arrange to make changes.

WordPress Camp Schedule

Event is from 5:30 to 8:30 PM on Wed. April 30th at The Network Hub

5:30 to 5:50pm – Jeff Kee
WordPress for total website development

5:50 to 6:10pm- Monica Hamburg
Blogging & Social Media

6:10 to 6:30pm – Rebecca Bollwitt
Adding photos [flickr, permission, links, gallery plugins, badges] to your WordPress

6:30 to 6:50pm – Duane Storey
WordPress and mobile blogging – i.e. how to read and write from an iPhone.

6:50 to 7:10pm – Networking Break

7:10 to 7:30pm – Kulpreet Singh
Using WordPress to create a custom library, catalog, or other mashup-type site

7:30 to 7:50pm – Bruce Byfield
The joys of Amateur Blogging

7:50 to 8:10pm – Greg Andrews
Good Typography in WordPress

8:10 to 8:30pm – John Chow
How to make money using a WordPress Blog

In our next post I would like to talk about the people and organizations who have made all kinds of contributions in order to make this event happen.

Technorati Tags: wordpress, camp, wordcamp, vancouver, tazzu, networkhub, community, open source, presentation, Social Media

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!)

Technorati Tags: wordpress, camp, vancouver, tazzu

On Wed. April the 30th from 5:30 to 8:30pm we are getting together at the Network Hub to share and exchange tips and how-tos on WordPress and blogging in general. We will also learn how to reach a larger audience by using a WordPress blog in conjunction with other web services and Social Networking websites such as Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare, Facebook, and Google Calendar.

WordPress is perhaps the most commonly used Blogging web application on the web. We blog to express ourselves, share our thoughts, or promote our businesses. WordPress is one of the simplest forms of Social Media Content Management Systems where one or few people write blog posts, and many readers are able to provide feedback through comments. The social aspect of a blog makes it a very effective Communication and Marketing tool. WordPress is an Open Source software released under the GPL and many aspects of it relies on the wisdom of the crowds. WordPress comes with a large list of plugins developed by community members. Many successful blogging techniques and methods have also been created as a result of community members who have collectively built on each other’s ideas and creativity.

Many WordPress users are coming from a non-technical background, so a group of community members on Tazzu.com suggested we have a WordPress Camp event to share tips and learn more about this great Social Media CMS.

What is the format of the event?

The Event is 3 hours long. 7 Presenters get 20 minutes each to share their ideas. There will be two 20 min. breaks, so we could socialize a bit and have a laugh.

Do you have tips and knowledge to share?

Please submit your topic as a comment on this blog post. Community members will vote and choose the 7 topics that they would like to learn more about.

NOTE: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS THURSDAY APRIL 17th – MIDNIGHT

Would you like to sponsor this event?

You could contribute to the event by either providing funds or spreading the word and becoming a media sponsor. In exchange we will put your logo, name and link on all the publications and announcements in regard to this event.

We use the fund for:

1. The projector rental
   
2. Coffee and Doughnuts
3. The first round of Beer for the after party at the Steamworks
   
4. Paying my student loan (kidding … )
   
5. Sushi dinner for the organizers (kidding again …)
   

Become a Media Sponsor and we would place your name and website on all our announcements

1. Write a blog post about the event
2. Take pictures from the event and share them online
   
3. Make video clips from the event and share them online
4. Twit, Twit, Twitter the event !!!

You can either contact me or Jeannette to become a sponsor

Would you like to sponsor this event?

Tazzu Business & Technology Community Members

• PeerGlobe Technology (Web Development & Integrated Mobile Solutions )
• JenTekk Web Solutions (Website Design & Development)
• rmd Studio Inc. (Custom CMS & Social Media Solutions)
• The Network Hub (thank you for providing us your beautiful space and wi-fi access)
• Blog, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter us and join this list

Technorati Tags: wordpress, networkhub, camp, tazzu, vancouver, event, networking, workshop, rmdstudio, peerglobe, jentekk