artifakt Communications

Sponsor Showcase: artifakt Communications

artifakt Communications is a digital strategy agency specializing in WordPress website and plugin development and consultation, online presence, and complete digital strategy solutions. They provide services in writing & editing, social media strategy, digital newsletters & flyers, and digital publishing.

Industries that artifakt has a particular focus on include:

  • Realtors and Real Estate Agents
  • Real Estate Marketing and Listing Sites
  • Hotels, Hospitality, and Tourism Operations
  • Food and Beverage Operations, including restaurants, bars, and nightclubs
  • Artists, musicians, and DJs

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WCTO2013 Tickets Now On Sale

Tickets Now On Sale

Registration is now open for WordCamp Toronto 2013!

It’s only $30 for the entire weekend. That’s two days. Four tracks. Sessions. Panels. Workshops. And did we mention great food? Yup, we do our best when it comes to catering, too!

If you applied to speak, you’ll be getting a notification from us in the next week or so. If you haven’t applied to speak and have something that you’re just dying to present, we’re still accepting applications until August 31st.

As announced yesterday, we’re also looking for wizards to work our Happiness Bar. (If you’re an awesome WordPress pro who wants to give back to the community, this is your chance!)

If you have any questions, shoot us a message. Thanks!

Photo Credit: John Martinez Pavliga on Flickr

WordCamp Wizard

Are You a WordPress Wizard?

We’re looking for WordPress experts — “Wizards”, as we’re calling them this year — to man the Happiness Bar at WordCamp Toronto 2013.

What’s the Happiness Bar?

  • The Happiness Bar is a space set aside for folks who need help with WordPress. It’s manned by volunteer WordPress experts (“wizards”). These experts help WordPress users troubleshoot problems on WordPress.com and self-hosted .org websites.

What’s the commitment?

  • A minimum of one hour. As with all other volunteers, if you volunteer for three hours or more your WordCamp ticket will be refunded. 🙂

What’s the benefit?

  • Give back to the WordPress community. So much of what makes WordPress successful comes from individuals contributing their time and knowledge for the greater good of the WordPress community. This is your chance to do the same.
  • It’s an excellent networking opportunity! Nothing shows off your skills as a WordPress pro like troubleshooting and fixing problems on the spot. Who knows – you might get get a gig out of it!
  • It’s fun & rewarding. Helping others tackle their WordPress problems is a great way to learn about different themes, plugins, and potential bugs that you may have never seen before.

How does one become a Wizard?

Camp Tech - Sponsor Spotlight

Sponsor Showcase: Camp Tech

There are tons of great tech tools out there for small businesses to take advantage of. Unfortunately, when you’re running your own business, it’s hard to pull yourself away long enough to do anything else! That’s where Camp Tech‘s courses come in. Founded by Toronto-based web designer Avery Swartz, Camp Tech offers introductory-level tech workshops in a casual environment.

Current classes include:

  • WordPress for beginners.
  • Search Engine Optimization.
  • Blogging for business.
  • Twitter for small business.
  • Facebook for small business.
  • Photoshop for small business.
  • Online Marketing & Productivity Tools for small business.

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Discussion Notes from WordCamp 2013 Planning Meetup

The Toronto WordPress meetup met on Saturday afternoon to discuss plans for WordCamp Toronto 2013. The turnout was great, and we got a lot of fantastic conversations going about what’ll be happening on October 5th & 6th at Humber College.

Thanks to B2B marketing agency Brainrider for providing the space for us on last-minute notice. It was greatly appreciated! We wouldn’t have been able to do this without their support.

Notes from the meetup are after the jump.

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Planning WordCamp Toronto 2013: Meetup

Discussing WordCamp Toronto 2013: Downtown Edition

Central Toronto’s Toronto WordPress Group is holding a WordCamp Toronto planning meetup on Saturday, July 27th from 2:00pm – 4:00pm. If you’re interested in learning more about what’ll be happening at #WCTO2013, come on out! This is your chance to speak with the organizers, share your suggestions, toss around ideas, etc…

This is a hands-on, workshop-style event. Participation is expected if you’re attending, and you must be registered with the group and RSVP (space is limited) to attend.

Full details are available on the Meetup event page.

See you there!

WordCamp Montreal 2013

WordCamp Montreal 2013 This Weekend

What are you doing this weekend?

Montreal’s annual WordCamp is taking place on June 29th & 30th at UQAM (175 President-Kennedy Avenue). Our friends in Quebec have a tendency to put on one heck of a WordPress party, so why not join the festivities?

Registration is $45 and there are limited tickets available.

WordCamp Hamilton 2013

WordCamp Hamilton 2013 This Weekend

Update: WordCamp Hamilton was a BLAST! Thank you to everyone who came out.

Hamilton is holding their first-ever WordCamp this Sunday, June 23rd. It’s a one-day event taking place at the Art Gallery of Hamilton‘s Tanenbaum Pavillion (Google Maps) from 9:00am – 5:00pm. Tickets are only $20, and yes, there’s an after party!

From the WordCamp Hamilton site:

Attendees [will] enjoy 7 speakers on a variety of WordPress-related topics throughout the one-day event, which includes continental breakfast, catered lunch, after-party, and more!

All attendees who purchase a ticket enjoy:

  • Continental breakfast
  • Catered lunch
  • Event t-shirt
  • 7 talks from great WordPress speakers on a variety of topics
  • Panel Q&A session with the speakers
  • Free WiFi internet access at the venue
  • “Swag bag” with WordPress and sponsor goodies
  • New! After party @ Radius Cafe (includes drink & snacks) 6-9pm

We wish nothing but the best to our friends in Hamilton for their first-ever WordCamp. You can follow the team on Twitter at @WordCampHamOnt.