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My Experience at WordCamp US 2017

December 4, 2017 by Lesley Baumann Leave a Comment

Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Nashville for my first WordCamp US. It was quite an experience to be surrounded by so many fellow WordPress users!

For me the highlights included:

  • This was my first visit to Music City. It’s a charming city, and I can’t wait to return and spend more time someday.
  • There was plenty of time to hang out with friends that I have made thanks to WordPress.
  • I talked to other designers who have similar workflows, experiences and challenges.
  • I got inspired to think about how to get more women involved in our local WordPress community.
  • I learned more about Gutenberg, an all new editing experience, and how it’s going to change the future of WordPress.
  • I was challenged to make the web exceptional and learned that CSS grid could be a very useful tool for doing this through creative layouts.
  • I was absolutely thrilled to see kids at the event and to learn about ways to get them involved with WordPress both at home and at future WordCamps.
  • I finally got to experience the State of the Word in person. This came at a perfect time to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year and map out plans for the upcoming year.
  • I came home with an incredible amount of swag. Thank you to all of the vendors who sponsored the camp and who are actively involved in the WordPress community.

I’d really like to thank the organizers of this spectacular event. Everything was beautiful and efficient, and their hard work really paid off.

Filed Under: Travel, WordPress

Get out and Camp!

October 18, 2016 by Lesley Baumann

 
Over the course of the past few weeks, I had the opportunity to attend two WordCamps. Both were in locations near and dear to my heart.

I started off the month of October in Arizona for WordCamp Phoenix. After attending WordCamps all around Ohio for the past couple of years, this was my first out-of-state experience. The location however was no stranger. I had the good fortune to call Arizona home for a number of years when I was starting out my career. So I jumped at the chance to attend a camp there (and spend an extra week catching up with great friends).

WordCamp Phoenix was a different experience than my past camps. With about 400 attendees, it was almost twice the size of camps I’d attended in the past. It was also interesting to be in the back yard of companies like GoDaddy and SiteLock. It was really cool to meet the faces behind these products and have some drinks with fellow craft beer fans at the after party.

This past weekend, I attended the inaugural WordCamp Cincinnati which was held at the University of Cincinnati’s Tangeman University Center. I was touched by a sense of nostalgia as this was the most significant amount of time that I had spent on campus since graduating from the school’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning back in 2000. It was fun to see how much the campus and surrounding area have changed while parts have remained exactly as I had remembered them.

Each of these two events had all of the key elements that I value in a WordCamp – great sessions, powerful sources of inspiration and the opportunity to meet people that I could help, people who could help me, fellow designers who love to share tips and some new friends.

I’m looking forward to next spring when we will be putting on our 4th WordCamp Dayton. Come join us!

Filed Under: WordPress Tagged With: WordCamps

WordCamp Dayton

January 27, 2014 by Lesley Baumann Leave a Comment

We’re excited for the first ever WordCamp Dayton! This two-day event will be packed with workshops, speakers who are among the nation’s best website developers, hands-on training for WordPress users of all skill levels and a terrific after-party where the learning and networking continues.

Get more information and purchase your tickets now at http://2014.dayton.wordcamp.org!

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