Sponsors

Spotlight Fifth Avenue Sponsor – BizPulse

Thanks to BizPulse for being a Fifth Avenue Sponsor

BizPulse is a reporting app that helps manage client expectations and forecast your cash flow.  If you have ever shocked clients with higher than expected invoices, BizPulse helps prevent that situation and preserve your client relationship.  If you have ever walked the fine line with cash flow or wondered if you would have enough revenue to make payroll and other business expenses, BizPulse helps overcome this stress and provides actionable intelligence to manage and predict your cash flow more effectively.  If you have ever wondered what your staff is doing or if they are working on the most important tasks at any given moment, BizPulse helps you manage and optimize those resources more effectively.  In short, BizPulse helps you keep your finger on the pulse of your business.  Please go to BizPulse.com and give us your feedback.

Sponsors

Spotlight Madison Avenue Sponsor – DreamHost

Thanks go out to one of our Madison Avenue Sponsors Dreamhost.  Check them out:

DreamHost is a global Web hosting and cloud services provider with over 350,000 customers and 1.2 million blogs, websites and apps hosted. The company offers a wide spectrum of Web hosting and cloud services including Shared Hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Server Hosting, Domain Name Registration, the cloud storage service, DreamObjects, and the cloud computing service DreamCompute. More information can be found at http://dreamhost.com.

Sponsors

Spotlight Fifth Avenue Sponsor – Condé Nast

Join us in thanking Conde Nast as one of our Fifth Avenue Sponsors

Condé Nast is a premier media company renowned for producing the highest quality content for the world’s most influential audiences. Attracting 95 million consumers across its industry-leading print, digital and video brands, the company’s portfolio includes some of the most iconic titles in media:  Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Brides, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, Details, Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Wired, W, Lucky, Golf Digest, Golf World, Teen Vogue and Ars Technica.

Sponsors

Sponsor Spotlight: WiFi Sponsor – WordPress VIP

 

What would we do without WiFi at WordCamp?

Thanks to the sponsorship of WordPress VIP we won’t have to find out.  A big Thanks goes to VIP!!

 

 

We know WordPress. As the operators of WordPress.com, the biggest WordPress site on the web, we know the secrets, tips, and tricks to help WordPress shine at scale. All the freedom of open source software. All the features, scalability, and security of our WordPress.com VIP platform. We’re a global company dedicated to making WordPress work better for our clients and users.

Announcements

Sunday Workshop: So You Want to Be a WordCamp Speaker

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On Sunday, Kathryn Presner & Tammie Lister will be presenting a workshop for those who want to learn more about speaking at a WordCamp.

Here’s the abstract of the workshop:

Have you considered presenting at a WordCamp but thought you didn’t know enough or felt like an imposter? Does the idea of speaking in front of a group set your knees quivering and your heart racing? During this hands-on session we’ll look at what’s stopped you from speaking in the past – and explore how to move past your fears.

We’ll delve into practical techniques for choosing a topic, writing a proposal, crafting presentation content, and making great slides. We’ll discuss how to avoid common public-speaking mistakes and techniques for battling stage fright. We’ll help you navigate the dreaded post-presentation Q&A session and gather post-talk feedback. Each participant will come out of the workshop with a WordCamp or meetup talk proposal – and more confidence to submit it.

This workshop is limited to just 30 attendees, so if you want to attend, be sure to sign up using this form!

Announcements

Saturday Beginner Workshops

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On Saturday, August 2nd, in addition to the main tracks, WordCamp NYC will be offering beginner workshops. If you’re just starting out with WordPress (or don’t know where to start), these workshops are for you. There are two workshops on Saturday, each divided into two sections:

Morning – Introduction to WordPress

WordPress 101
Presented by: Shanta Nathwani

  • .COM vs .ORG
  • Themes & Plugins
  • Pages & Posts
  • Categories & Tags

Overview of the WordPress Dashboard
Presented by: Marc Benzakein

  • Overview of the Dashboard menus
  • Common WordPress settings
  • How to create/edit posts & pages
  • Adding users
  • How to manage comments
  • Managing menus & widgets

Afternoon – Customizing WordPress

Choosing & Customizing Your Theme
Presented by: Jamie Schmid

  • What is a theme?
  • Where to find themes
  • Choosing your theme
  • Installation & activation
  • Customizing/theme options

Adding Functionality to your site with Plugins
Presented by: Kiko Doran

  • What can plugins do?
  • Finding and Installing Plugins
  • Useful Plugins
  • Troubleshooting tips

A computer isn’t required, but we recommend you bring your own laptop to follow along.

Announcements

Check Out Our Schedule

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After reviewing close to 200 proposals, the organizers of WordCamp New York 2014 have put together a schedule that is aimed to inform and entertain you.

The fun begins with a Contributor Day on August 1. We will release more information as that gets closer, but if you have been interested in how to contribute to WordPress, this is a your chance to get started. It doesn’t matter if you are a developer, designer, documentarian, support provider, or have never contributed before.

On August 2, Doors will open at 8:00am and we will provide a light breakfast. The first sessions will kick off at 9:15am.  Lunch will be provided at 12:15pm.  Sessions will end at about 5pm.  Saturday night there will be a social event so that you can mingle and chat WordPress.  More information on that will be available soon.

On Sunday, we will be opening up at 11:30am for a noon start of sessions.  This should give you time to have a delicious brunch.  We will have coffee available but you should eat before you arrive.  Everything will wrap up at about 5:30pm.

Want to know exactly what is scheduled when so you can start planning which sessions you will attend?  Head on over to our Schedule page now.  We still have a few more speakers and sessions to announce. You are in for something special, but only if you secure your ticket before it is too late.

 

 

August 2-3, 2014 at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge

WordCamp NYC 2014 is over. Check out the next edition!