WordCamp St. Louis

WordCamp St. Louis 2012 was such a fantastic success that WordCamp is back for 2014!

Checkout the new site and get your tickets!

Meet Ms. Krystyna Ninh – the designer who won our WordCamp logo contest earlier this year. When she is not designing branding materials or WordPress websites, she can usually be found hanging with her dog Reese. Krystyna’s loves Typography, mustaches (not real ones, but putting mustaches on everything) and anything Harry Potter.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Krystyna over the past year. She is amazing and a talent to keep your eye on! She’s gonna do big things 🙂

Say hi to Krystyna on LinkedIn

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Another great St. Louis WordCamp sponsor: IPVenger™ from NorseCorp

Real-time Security for your WordPress site:
Protect your site from hackers, malware, and botnets with the only real-time cloud security for WordPress. NorseCorp’s IPVenger™ uses patent-pending anti-fraud technology to assess the risk level of every visitor to your site, blocking malicious traffic in real-time.

Sign up for early access at IPVenger.com

About Norse Corp:
Norse Corporation, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a provider of real-time Internet security intelligence solutions aimed at making the Internet safe for business. The company’s patent-pending IPViking technology provides real-time intelligence about the risk level of network traffic attempting to engage in ecommerce, new account opening, or with websites and apps.

We are striving to make WordCamp better every year – With the amazing speakers we have this year, the tasty lunch scheduled and the super-cool T-shirt you will receive, we also wanted to have an after party that is worthy of following the amount of awesomeness that you will experience at WordCamp.

What better place than the City Museum?

If you have never been to the City Museum… you are in for a treat! With it’s over 600,000 square feet of sculpture, mazes, art & found objects, it is an all-ages incredibly artistic space that inspires the kid in all of us.

FREE ADMISSION for the first 100 people that arrive at the City Museum with WordCamp coupons – these will be distributed in the programs at WordCamp. (Past 100, admission is $10 per person)

We will have some food available for the group (most likely pizzas) – Additional food is available for purchase. Drinks can be purchased at the bar.

There are still a few tickets to WordCamp left…

Brandon’s presentation: WordPress & Marketing

How many years have you used WordPress? 6

I look forward to speaking because: Online marketing has been completely changed by WordPress – there is so much more you can do!

Favorite WordPress Project: americanowandhere.org. It is an amazing site that is capable of a tremendous amount.

In the future, I see WordPress being used as the standard in web content.

WordPress has changed the way I interact with the web, share content with others and build profitable business.

Best real-life camping story: When I was in boy scouts, we once went camping out in Kansas somewhere. We were in this gigantic open field that was probably 4-5 football fields long. As we were setting up our tent a storm started to blow in. We had one of those dome pop up tents and just as we got it all set up (but before we got the stakes in the ground) the wind went crazy and our tent started flying/rolling away from us in the wind. We must have chased it at least 2 FOOTBALL fields before we caught it and then we couldn’t get it back because it was like one big kite as we tried to walk back. Ultimately we had to take it all apart and carry it back, then reassemble putting the stakes in the ground FIRST.

See Brandon & other great WordPressers at WordCamp STL 2012

Learn more about Brandon at his site

New WordCamp 2012 sponsor: RBO Print Logistics

Not your average printer – RBO provides marketing asset management solutions. What does that mean? A marketing asset management solution is a suite of technologies, print production capabilities, and fulfillment services that automates many of the processes relating to the procurement, production, management, and distribution of marketing materials. A marketing asset management solution is essentially an outsourcing arrangement, with the solution provider assuming responsibility for several components of a company’s marketing materials supply and distribution chain.

Including:
Creative & Branding Support | Web-to-Print Storefront Development
Worldwide Distribution Services | Nationwide Logistics & Warehousing
Comprehensive Print Production | Direct Marketing Management

Learn more at www.rboinc.com

Nicholas’s presentation: Getting Social, a roadmap to seamless WP integration

How many years have you used WordPress? 2.5

I look forward to speaking because: My passion is to use social media to help people get content out there easily.

Favorite WordPress Project: My personal site, A Branded You

In the future, I see WordPress being used for  bringing a fresh perspective to people/shops that use other solutions.

WordPress has changed the way I can focus – more on the content and less on the programming.

Best real-life camping story: When I was younger we were camping and it rained the entire time, we ended up sitting in the tent and playing the board game version of “Wheel of Fortune” for the whole trip.

See Nicholas & other great WordPressers at WordCamp STL 2012

Learn more about Nicholas at his site
Follow Nick @NickGilham
Friend Nick on Facebook

Caren’s presentation: How WordPress can help you land your dream job

How many years have you used WordPress? 3

I look forward to speaking because: because wp changed my life.

Favorite WordPress Project: Relocatingkids.com First one for global corp

In the future, I see WordPress being used for  Establishing a strong presence.

WordPress has changed the way I live

Best real-life camping story: Camping in CA didn’t realize it would get that cold at night. Survived the chill and broadened her horizons.

See Caren & other great WordPressers at WordCamp STL 2012

Learn more about Caren on her site
Follow Caren @carenlibby
Friend Caren on Facebook

Chris’s presentation: Using WordPress for podcasting/videocasting

How many years have you used WordPress? 5

I look forward to speaking because: everyone has a passion, and podcasting/videocasting is an easy way to show it off.

In the future, I see WordPress being used for  pretty much any content management system that involves social capabilities.

WordPress has changed the way I look at media

Best real-life camping story: I had a horse lie down on my leg while riding.  In the middle of a trail he just stopped, got down and laid on his left side pinning my leg.  In the end funny.  As a kid, a bit freaked out.

See Chris & other great WordPressers at WordCamp STL 2012

Learn more about Chris at his site
Follow Chris @idonotes

Do you create WordPress Websites or run a WordPress Website? Are you from the STL area?

If you answered yes to these questions, then we want to show you off!

St. Louis has an amazing community of WordPress users and enthusiasts and it’s time to be recognized the region and showcased to the world. Enter your favorite site(s) that you have worked on or run. The best sites will be showcased at the closing ceremony at WordCamp. All sites will be shared after WordCamp on this site and on facebook.

SUBMIT YOUR SITE HERE!