Category: Speakers

More speakers announced!

We’re excited to announce the next batch of speakers for WordCamp Port Macquarie. We’re kicking off in only 11 days! Tickets are only $55 and you can get them here.

  • Jenna O’Connell and Mariane Power

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    A sisterpreneur team, Mariane and Jenna combine their expertise across psychology, education, career development and organisational culture to deliver bespoke, evidence-based solutions to organisations keen to make their mark in the world.

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  • Jo Minney

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    Jo Minney is a WordPress developer based (for now) in Perth, Western Australia. She is passionate about UX, data-driven decision making, cats and travel – not necessarily in that order.

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  • Nik Cree

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    I run a successful Online Marketing Agency that works with business to create websites that work… meaning they get leads and enquiries to turn into customers. Throughout my career I discovered some pretty cool tools and apps that helped in my business and now work with clients as well. I also run the "Business Owners …

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  • Sally Eberhardt

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    Sally is an author, writer, erratic blogger and small business owner who advocates for connection, communication and collaboration. Sharing about networking is my passion.

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  • Stephen Rees-Carter

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    Stephen is a senior developer at Wordfence, where he tries to frustrate attackers by helping to secure WordPress sites. During his time cleaning infected websites, he gained an appreciation for clever malware, layered obfuscation, and Harry Potter passages. When he’s not writing code or looking at malware, he can be found practising lock-picking and studying …

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Next round of speakers announced

We’re excited to announce the next batch of speakers for WordCamp Port Macquarie. We’re kicking off in only 11 days! Tickets are only $55 and you can get them here.

  • Ben McAdam

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    Ben is a Profits Coach and Virtual CFO with over a decade of experience helping online and offline businesses improve their profits, free up time, and understand their numbers.

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  • Dee Teal

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    Dee is a huge fan of the WordPress community, has organised many WordPress events in Australia, and speaks at WordCamps and meetups whenever she gets the opportunity, both at home and around the world.

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  • Kristen Symonds

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    Happiness Engineer for WordPress.com. Loves karate, bunnies, knitting, crochet, photography, painting, and calligraphy.

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  • Ricky Blacker

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    Ricky is a self taught web professional who found and fell in love with WordPress, and the community behind it while looking for a CMS platform. He now works for WP Engine providing a Digital Experience Platform for WordPress user around the world.

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  • Toni Livesey

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    I’m a wife, mother and grandmother who somehow found her way into building websites back in 1996. As the MC who introduced me at the Brisbane WordCamp put it… that makes me older than Google. Yes, I was around before the Google boys set up shop in their mother’s garage. By 1998 I was building …

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Final speakers announced!

We’re excited to announce the last batch of speakers for WordCamp Port Macquarie. We’re kicking off in only 10 days! Tickets are only $55 and you can get them here.

  • Kim C

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    Kim is a WordPress designer and developer based in Sydney. She founded her agency Bumbershoot Creative in order to bring together her web, photography, and videography skills. She has a passion for best practice web development and is always keen to learn new tips and trips. A lover of classic sci-fi, her two furry technical …

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  • Robert Li

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    Ex-Startup Founder, Lifelong Technologist, ANT Practitioner, WordPress Evangelist, Tinkerer, APAC Automator in Chief & Solutions Engineer for WP Engine.

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  • Stuart Livesey

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    I'm a grumpy old sod who: 1. Built his first website in 1996 2. Became involved in SEO, affiliate marketing and eCommerce in 1998 3. Began doing it full time in 2001 4. Began using WordPress in 2004. Over the years, together with my partner Toni, I've build websites for a wide variety of businesses. …

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  • Tim Butler

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    20 years of IT experience, specialising in high performance websites and scalable infrastructure. Current Chief Security Architect at Conetix Web Hosting. Author of the NGINX Cookbook (Packt).

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  • Veronica Lind

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    Veronica Lind is the co-founder and Business & Marketing Strategist at Vermilion Pinstripes, a sales marketing and communications agency helping local, regional and global executives build business confidence and thrive.

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First round of speakers announced!

We’ve got an amazing selection of speakers lined up – here are the first 6. Stay tuned for more coming later this week.

  • Cameron Jones

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    Cameron Jones is the founder of the premium plugin store Mongoose Marketplace, best known for the Mongoose Page Plugin used by more than 30,000 WordPress websites. He lives on the Gold Coast, plays for AFL and cricket clubs and takes care of a very hungry teenager.

    • The Essential Plugins You Should Install On Every Website

      With the plethora of WordPress plugins available to download, it can be difficult to filter out the good from the bad. While there are many excellent plugins out there for many different needs each website has, there are a handful that I’ve found to be indispensable from my websites no matter what purpose it serves. …

      October 5, 2019 at 10:00 am AEST in Room 1
      Beginner, General

  • Cath Fowler

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    Cath Fowler is an award-winning SEO consultant and copywriter who helps businesses get found and look good online. With over 15 years of marketing experience, Cath uses SEO smarts and compelling copy to establish your brand as the leader in your local area or industry. She loves working with financial services clients and regional businesses of all kinds – to help the little guys compete on the big stage.

    • Beginner’s Guide to SEO: From Tumbleweeds to Traffic

      You've got a beautifully designed website that looks a million bucks. But there's just one problem. Noone knows it exists. If you're getting next to no organic website traffic. If you want to be found online you need some understanding of search engine optimisation. In this session you'll learn: – What is SEO? – Why …

      October 6, 2019 at 12:10 pm AEDT in Room 2
      Beginner, Marketing & SEO

  • Jake Jackson

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    Owner and Developer at Gravity PDF, Dad of one (two if you count the dog), volunteer RFS Fire Fighter, and Port Macquarie local.

    • Surviving Depression: My Story

      Working from home comes with challenges; while you get more freedoms it can and does isolate you from society. If you combine that with running a business, having a mortgage, and being a single-income household, it can be very stressful and is a challenge to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This talk is about my …

      October 6, 2019 at 2:45 pm AEDT in Room 2
      Beginner, Health and Wellbeing

  • Luke Bennett

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    Luke is the lead developer at Phiranno Designs.
    He’s self-taught, and passionate accessibility, performance and design.

    • Utility-first CSS with Tailwind

      Writing CSS doesn't have to be hard. Utility CSS frameworks make styling HTML fast, easy and scalable. I'll show you how.

      October 5, 2019 at 11:10 am AEST in Room 1
      Advanced, Tech

  • Wil Brown

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    Dad / WordPress Consultant / Developer / Conference Speaker and Organiser. Living in Sydney.

    • Generating Leads, Qualifying Clients and Winning Proposals

      You can't run a business using WordPress if you don't have a handle on generating qualified leads. In this talk I'll show you how to.. * Select and research your ideal client or niche * Educate prospects at different steps in the sales funnel * When to use Google, Facebook and LinkedIn ads in your …

      October 6, 2019 at 11:10 am AEDT in Room 1
      Business, Intermediate

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Call for Speakers

The first ever WordCamp Port Macquarie is happening on the 5th and 6th of October 2019 at Charles Sturt University Campus, Port Macquarie. We’ve got a date, a venue, and now we need passionate speakers who want to share their knowledge with the local community!

Tracks

There will be three tracks at WordCamp Port Macquarie. The event will include two main speaker’s tracks, with 24 presentations covering a range of topics run over the two-day event. There will also be a third Health/Well-being track that takes place outside (there will be no projector), which will focus on mental/physical health in a more relaxed outside environment.

The two main tracks will be recorded and uploaded to WordPress.tv at a later date. The Health/Well-being track will not be recorded.

Length of Talks

We’ve allocated 45 minutes total for each presentation in the main track. There’s no hard and fast rules here, but aim for 30-minute presentations with an additional 15 minutes for questions / discussions with attendees.

The Health track will likely take place between the main presentations and run for 15 minutes each, but this will depend on exactly how much interest we get in our Call for Speakers (we’re flexible and open to suggestions).

Closing Date / Announcement Date

Submissions close 14th September 2019. Once submissions have closed, the selection process will start and we will notify each application on whether they were selected or not. Speakers will be announced to the public on the 20th September 2019.

Topic Ideas

The following is a non-exhaustive list of potential topic ideas for the two main tracks:

  • Administration / Sysops
  • Blogging / Podcasting / Vlogging
  • Business / Managing or Scaling a Business
  • Case studies / Show-and-tell
  • Content / Copywriting
  • Community / Meetups
  • Design
  • Development / Advanced Development
  • Marketing
  • E-Commerce / Memberships
  • SEO / SEM
  • Workflows / Software & Tools

The following is a non-exhaustive list of potential topic ideas for the Health track:

  • Work-Life Balance
  • Anxiety / Depression / Stress
  • Healthy Eating / Diet
  • Mental Health Days / Leave
  • Therapy / Meditation / Sleep
  • Mental Health Plan
  • Exercise / How to incorporate more of it in your day
  • Loneliness / Human Interaction
  • Telling your Story

Both new and experienced WordCamp speakers are welcome to apply. If you have a topic you’re passionate about and/or are an expert in (whether listed or not) please don’t hesitate to apply!

Applying

We are no longer accepting new speakers. Thanks to all applicants that have applied!