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About sarahwnyc

Sarah Wefald is a senior product manager, focusing on end-to-end B2B SaaS solutions for state & local government, finance, and education industries. She is also the founder and principal of Mother Blackbird, a digital solutions agency. Sarah has led a number of sessions on topics like WordPress development, as well as product and project management. Additionally, Sarah volunteers for Orange County WordPress, sharing knowledge, guidance and opportunities to those exploring careers in tech. Sarah attended Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Sponsor Spotlight: Sticker Giant

Sponsors

Sticker GiantThank you Sticker Giant for sponsoring our stickers for this year’s WordCamp! They look great, and we can’t wait for you to get them when you check in and get your badges.

Sticker Giant’s Sticker Experts will assist you in creating the exact sticker your business or your product needs. They have many custom options available, including:

  • Free Die Cutting
  • Fast Shipping
  • Full Color
  • Heavy Duty
  • Silkscreen Printing

Learn more about them here.

 

Sponsor Spotlight: DigiSavvy

Sponsors

DigiSavvyWe’re pleased as punch to welcome DigiSavvy as Camp Counselor sponsors of this year’s WordCamp OC.

DigiSavvy is a Los Angeles-based digital creative agency, providing professional WordPress Development, PPC strategy, and campaign management for business and education clients. Founded in 2010 and driven by a passion to help clients exceed their expectations, they’re also community-minded, people-driven and active within the WordPress community. They host meetups and help organize WordCamp Los Angeles, among many other helpful things. Learn more about them here.

Session Spotlight: Beginner’s Workshop with Adam Silver, Kathryn Presner, Gregg Franklin

Sessions, Speakers

Join Adam Silver, Kathryn Presner, and Gregg Franklin for our Beginner’s Workshop, starting at 9 AM on Saturday, June 6 in the Crystal Cove Trail workshop track.

It’s not a WordCamp without a good grounding session for beginners. This workshop will help people understand the basics of WordPress. They’ll cover everything from initial setup to publishing posts, adding categories, tagging content, and much more, including the entire Dashboard, sharing all the useful tools and providing tips along the way.

They’ll also review what to look for in a WordPress theme, how to find a good one, best practices and more.

How do you determine what’s a safe and effective plugin without being overwhelmed by choice? They’ll look at when to use a plugin and clarify the difference between widgets and plugins, plus how to make an informed decision about which plugin to use – and explore how to troubleshoot any conflicts that may crop up.

Sponsor Spotlight: Mode Effect

Sponsors

Mode EffectThanks to Mode Effect for being Camp Counselor sponsors of this year’s WordCamp!

Mode Effect is Phoenix, Arizona based interactive web design firm that produces award winning results. Their solutions to their clients’ business challenges include strategy for online marketing, website design, and custom website development to drive a platform of high performance and success. They also provide ongoing maintenance service to ensure that their clients are hitting their goals. Learn more about them here.

 

Session Spotlight: How NOT to Submit a Plugin with Mika Epstein

Sessions, Speakers,

Join Mika Epstein at 9 AM on Saturday, June 6 in the Trabuco Trail room for How NOT To Submit Your Plugin: a tongue-in-cheek review of the things you can do to make your plugin submission make the review team cry, from pestering everyone and their mother about the speed of a review to simple mistakes that make the process take longer than it should.

Developers, now there’s no excuse! Mika is letting us in on plugin submission secrets.

Sponsor Spotlight: GitHub Updater

Sponsors

Github UpdaterThanks GitHub Updater for joining us as a Camp Counselor sponsor for camp this year!

If you use or developed a WordPress plugin or theme hosted in a public or private GitHub or Bitbucket repo, GitHub Updater is an open source project that makes automatic updating possible. It allows for easy remote installation of any GitHub or Bitbucket repository containing a plugin or theme, and keeps your code up to date as the repo is updated. Learn more about it here.