Does It Fit?

is it the right size

Why did I wait to get my WCABQ ticket?!

WordCamp Albuquerque is rapidly approaching!

The last day to guarantee your preferred size of shirt is this Wednesday, September 4th! Tickets purchased AFTER this date will have to pick from the remaining random sizes of shirts! And that’s howl of a dilemma!

Get quick access here to guarantee your event shirt size.

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Speaker Spotlight: Jamii Corley

Jamii Corley

Vice President, Southwest Cyberport
Newbie Session: A short, hands-on introduction to WordPress
Newbie Track
As a User/Designer, I’ve built our (SWCP’s) website and several customer websites using WordPress. As a developer, I’ve built a directory plugin for the SWCP main site, and a must-use plugin to bridge a legacy authentication system with WordPress.

Did you also know about Jamii’s Ideas and Coffee Meetups? Ask her about I&C, speaking, and being an outstanding WCABQ Organizing Committee Member!

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Speaker Spotlight: Elizabeth Urello

Elizabeth Urello

Happiness Engineer, Automattic
Strategy for Traffic Building for Beginning Bloggers (How to Win Friends and Avoid Making Enemies)
Publisher/User track
I’m a Happiness Engineer for Automattic and I write posts about blogging etiquette, traffic building, and WordPress.com features for The Daily Post and the WordPress.com blog.

Wow, yet another Happiness Engineer speaking at our WordCamp! Share this post and tell everyone about it!

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Speaker Spotlight: Melissa J. White

Melissa J. White

Owner, Blogshop World
SEO for WordPress Sites: How To Find and Implement a Sweet Strategy for Getting Noticed
Publisher/User track
Melissa is the owner of BlogshopWorld.com, and presenter of  Blogshop Weekend™. She was the Blog Editor for the Santa Fe Film Festival 2011 & 2012, and creates custom WordPress websites on the Genesis framework for a variety of clients. In August of 2013, Melissa will be launching ArtGothic.com, built around one keyword phrase: Gothic Art.Did you know Melissa is the Foo Fighter’s #1 fan? Show her some Shares to pass on her fun fact and awesome session info!

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Questions, anyone?

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These questions and more can be answered for you at WordCamp! Tickets are now at General Admission price. Or, rock your business with our Friend/Supporter tickets! Save your place here.

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Speaker Spotlight: Drew Jaynes

Drew Jaynes

Web Engineer, 10up
There’s a Filter for That
Developer track
I’ve been a full-time WordPress developer and designer since 2008 and PHP developer for 10 years. In 2010, I took a much more active role in the WordPress community, contributing to core and the support and docs teams. I worked on auto-complete in 3.4 and served as backup lead for the nav menus refresh in the upcoming 3.6 release.

How awesome is this session going to be! Share Drew’s post and tell everyone about it!

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A Few Bonus Days for Early Bird Tickets

Score! You’re just in time for the special extended early bird ticket sale. Get yours now before the prices go UP!

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Speaker Spotlight: Daryl L. L. Houston

Daryl L. L. Houston

Happiness Gardener, Automattic
Anatomy of a VIP Code Review
Developer track
I work for Automattic, providing developer support for the wordpress.com support team. I know less about WordPress than you’d think. ;-)

Does Daryl look familiar? If you were at WCABQ2012,  give Daryl’s post a Share!

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Speaker Spotlight: Lauren MacEwen

Lauren MacEwen

CEO, SM Cubed Consulting
Blast Off Your Blog with Social Media!
Publisher/User track
Lauren MacEwen is a social media strategist, blogger and speaker on social media topics. She has a BA from Smith College and an MBA from ASU. Having a passion for social media and technology, Lauren has worked with non-profits and business’ to create highly effective and award winning social marketing campaigns. She is a guest blogger on top industry blogs such as Technorati and Blogher in social marketing technology, business development and politics.

Give this social media maven’s post all the Shares she can get!

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Sponsor Limelight: Code Poet

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If you use WordPress to build things for other people, we want to make your life easier. No matter whether you freelance on a solo basis, lead a small web shop, make plugins in a dark closet, or crack the whip at a large design firm, our aim is to become your go-to source of information and resources to help you expand your WordPress skills and know-how. To make you better at what you do. To make it easier to make your living and look great doing it.

You’re part of a tribe of WordPress designers and developers over 10,000 strong, spanning the entire globe. CodePoet.com aims to bring the working knowledge and real world strategies of those people into one place, for you to tap into.

WordCamp is a brilliant and awesome event thanks to our Sponsors. We Like them, so feel free to give them a Share as well!

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