Sep 30 & Oct 1
Hello WordCampers!
The videos from this year's WordCamp are now online. Head over to https://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-toronto-2017/ and take a look.
There were 41 talks this year, and I was able to post 31 of them. The ones not posted were, mostly, because of audio issues, where the audio quality was non existent or not at a level which would be understood.
Tweet to me (@xxowe) if you have any questions or comments.
As everyone should know, we had a Wapuu design contest this year, and the winner was announced at the closing remarks. It was a close race as the winner of the contest beat out the runner up by only 1 vote. With 24 Votes, the winner of the Wapuu Design Contest is:
By Karen Hogg
@BlatantBranding
The runner up for the race with 23 votes was:
By Kiera Howe
@xxowe
Thank you to everyone who participated, both, in voting and in drawing.
Hi folks!
A Big THANK YOU to Conrad and the ~60 volunteers who made this Toronto WordCamp a wonderful learning/sharing experience. 🙂 Endless hours are invested in the execution of a conference of this magnitude. I tip my hat.
I’ve also personally enjoyed speaking with the sponsors at the sponsor tables. I found them all engaging, genuinely happy to be there and zealously answering any/all participants’ questions. Kudos to them.
Whether or not you attended my session (“Secrets to a Successful Website Building Business“), if you have questions feel free to contact me. I’d be more than happy to chat and answer them. I’m passionate about the subject and love to share.
Cheers!… and see you at WCTO 2018,
Gilles – gilles@gillesgagnon.com
When not working with WordPress you can find me reading up on NFL football, trying to play bass guitar and attending concerts
My presentation will help you understand how best to organize your content using pages, posts categories and tags
This is a great presentation for those just starting out as well as a refresher for those who have been using WordPress for a while.
WordCamp Toronto is my home WordCamp, so I always enjoy attending it.
connect with Al through his speaker profile.
John is a marketing strategist, graphic designer and writer by day, and the same by night.
He serves as a marketing consultant and content developer for B2B, Technology and Retail clients throughout the US. In 2006, John founded Creative Stream Marketing (www.creativestreammarketing.com), serving national retailers, tech companies, and B2B companies across the US. John has worked with numerous start ups, early stage, and established companies both strategically and in providing tactical marketing services, developing brands and increasing response to their businesses. #WCTO profile: https://2017.toronto.wordcamp.org/speaker/john-centofanti/”
BRAND POSITIONING: GROWING YOUR BUSINESS BY FINDING YOUR NICHE. If your marketing isn’t working, it might be because you haven’t properly branded your business. This session will cover how to develop your own brand, how to position it in the marketplace and attract the right clients. We’ll also cover ways to develop messaging for your business.
This session is interactive. We’ll test the branding principles presented with a volunteer to help a real business. This session will be a condensed version of the work we do with all new clients to prepare their business for effective marketing. This will be easy to understand and practical, regardless of your business size or your expertise.
As a US citizen, I’ve had the privilege of visiting Toronto many times. I love that it never gets old and I discover something new and amazing each time. The diversity, food and architecture are always a nice surprise. Plus, I’ve never met a person I didn’t like at a WordCamp!
Connect with John through his speaker profile.
Make sure you have your ticket to #WCTO before they sell out!
People talk about FOMO (fear of missing out) and from the way we obsessively capture our every experience, it’s almost as if we’re scared of not remembering. We want others to know what we saw and did, and have proof of it, too. Virtual Reality answers this need. Whether it’s a real or imagined world, we can capture it, share it and escape reality – if only for a while.
Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming more affordable and accessible, but it’s still struggling to go mainstream. Here are five reasons why you should jump on the VR bandwagon, and get excited about life in 360°.
Having a “real” experience can be challenging for a lot of reasons. Whether you have limited funds or limited mobility, doing something like visiting the pyramids or trekking through the jungle might come with challenges that are too difficult or expensive to overcome. Luckily, a virtual reality experience isn’t fraught with the same kinds of obstacles or danger. You don’t need tons of money or the stamina to hike for days on end. All you need is a working smartphone and maybe a very affordable Google Cardboard headset if you really want to be immersed.
Every wonder why you understand something best when you can “see it for yourself”? Human beings are highly visual. According to Huffington Post, we process visual information 60,000 times faster than written information. It’s the reason why written content is usually accompanied by some kind of visual image. With 360° photos and videos, the user not only sees something for themselves, they get to experience it for themselves. Having viewers understand your content or cause better gets them more deeply invested as a result.
Have you ever wished you could go back and relive a moment in time? With 360° photos and videos you can. Capturing a memory in 360° lets you go back and revisit a trip to the museum or check out that sunny beach in a way you can never do with 2D. You might even see things later on that you missed the first time!
With 360° you can share more of your experience with friends and family. VR content is immersive, so you can share your total experience, including everything you saw, heard, and maybe even felt in that moment. Just think – you’ll never miss another family reunion!
Some things just aren’t possible, or at least not yet. Thanks to 360° you can now experience them. Whether it’s taking a trip around Mars, flying an airplane, or becoming Batman in a video game, VR lets you experience the impossible.
To learn more about 360° photos and videos and how to add it to your WordPress site, check out my presentation at Wordcamp Toronto.
Chris’ session is The Future is Now! Virtual Reality for WordPress on Sunday, October 1st, at 1:30pm.
I am a technologist and product builder who has done work for large and small companies. Technology is my passion. Right now I am alarmed at the changes that technology is bringing, and the way it will hurt local businesses
My presentation talks about how new technologies will be impacting local businesses in the very near future. How many small business could well be extinct if not prepared. We discuss how local businesses can act to protect themselves better, and how they can join communities to work together.
This is an important and timely issue. Local businesses need to face up to this issue really really really soon.
Toronto is great place to live and work. It has a great variety of businesses and opportunities, and lots of people who want to make things happen.
You can connect with Mike through his speaker profile.
Make sure you have your ticket to #WCTO before they sell out!
Outside of my professional life with WP Engine and SkyPress, you can find me hanging out with my lovely wife of 6 years or spending a night out and about with good friends and good food. I’ve also recently gotten into craftsmanship, building our dining room and console tables.
From this presentation, the audience will take away a deeper understanding of the trending solutions around the WordPress Rest API and Javascript by examining Limbless, Headless, and Brainless development styles. The audience will walk away with inspiration for using these technologies in their own web application projects.
Those who want to explore the possibilities of WordPress as a web application platform should come to this presentation. Ever since the WordPress Rest API was announced, even just as a plugin, I’ve been fascinated with its potential to interact with other technologies. This presentation will help developers understand how the different technologies work together when designing an application.
This will be my second time in Toronto, and I absolutely loved the diversity of people, culture, and food. Toronto is very similar to what I also love about WordCamps, the diversity of people, culture, and ideas.
Connect with Ben through his speaker profile.
Make sure you have your ticket to #WCTO before they sell out!
Hover offers domain names, custom email and simple integrations with other online services and website builders. Our mission is simple – to enable every passion, by providing access to the best domain names and the best support. Whether your passion is baking or you’re the next start-up about to change the world as we know it, our team is here to help you build your online identity.
As your idea evolves, we help your domain evolve with you. Our control panel allows you to manage all of your domains in one place. The Hover Connect feature lets you to connect your domain to your website builder in a few simple steps. If you need any help along the way, our awesome support team is standing by to guide you.
Our customers rave about our support team and we wouldn’t want it any other way. Our team goes over the moon to help you bring your passion to life.
We are pumped to be surrounded by such a large community of creative and passionate people. But most importantly, we are looking forward to hearing your personal stories behind your WordPress creations! We love to see the stories behind a domain name. Make sure you drop by our booth to tell us about how you’ve put your passion online.
WordPress enables anyone to share their passion online – and we are all about that at Hover! Whether you’re just building your first website or you’re a seasoned developer managing hundreds of domains, we support you.
Hover is part of Tucows Inc. and we’re always looking for intelligent and driven tech-enthusiasts to join our teams. Make sure you look for open positions at the Tucows Inc. website.
We want each WordCamp Toronto 2017 attendee to have a free domain name from Hover. All you need to do is drop by the Hover booth and we’ll hook you up!”
Make sure you have your ticket to #WCTO before they sell out!
Paul is speaking Saturday morning at 11:00 am in Room 149. His topic is a comparison of meta box frameworks. Let’s get to know him…
I’m lucky enough to wake up to a view of the lake every morning – and get out on it in a kayak, canoe or motor boat whenever I can! See https://2017.toronto.wordcamp.org/speaker/paul-bearne/ for more about me.
Explore the options and frameworks for adding custom meta boxes to WordPress admin.
Custom meta boxes are a fundamental tool in customizing the functionality available within WordPress. This presentation will give you a deeper understanding of what they are, how to use and extend them and which methods are likely to work best for you.
WCTO is my WordPress home! And it’s great to tear myself away from the lake once in a while and come back to the city, visiting friends and familiar haunts.
Connect with Paul through his speaker profile.
Make sure you have your ticket to #WCTO before they sell out!
WordCamp Toronto 2017 is over. Check out the next edition!