Are you coming from out-of-town (or even out-of-downtown) and still looking for a place to stay? We have a block of rooms set aside at the beautiful Omni Hotel downtown. The online reservation system is now set up and waiting for you to book your room.
Deadline for the special room rate is March 25th.
After months of planning, registration is now open! You can now purchase your tickets for WordCamp Jacksonville.
Your ticket will include full access to the WordCamp Jacksonville 2016 event, including morning coffee and snacks, on-site lunch, entry to the After-Party, and much more. If you have applied to be a speaker, sponsor, or volunteer, we have tickets in reserve for you and will be notifying you shortly on how to claim your tickets.
We will be posting more information on speakers, schedule, and more so be sure to subscribe to our mailing list using the form in the sidebar!
WordCamp Jacksonville is excited to announce our first set of confirmed speakers for this year’s conference!
After selling her software company in early 2008 she founded the Golf Resource Group and the Shazzam Media Marketing companies.
Shazzam Media (www.shazzam-media.com) is a Social Media Marketing company that guides businesses & industry professionals to market themselves on the internet offering innovative leading-edge solutions. They design wordpress websites from small individuals to fortune 500 corporations that are modern yet edgy and are responsive to the computer, iPad and iPhone layouts.
Georgina Lewis is a personal consulting to some of the biggest names in the Sports Industry, including executives from Time Inc, Sports Illustrated, Golf Magazine, the 2008 Business Man of the Year, and several PGA and LPGA celebrity golfers around the world.
speaker | trainer | cheese slave| patient non-geeky teacher | WordPress fanatic | sweet tea lover | believes success is teamwork | loves to laugh | enjoys eating | new grandmother
One of Josh’s favorite things to do is to share what he has learned about WordPress plugin development, business and community. He writes regularly for Torque Magazine and has contributed to other top WordPress tutorial sites including, Smashing Magazine, Tuts+, and WPBeginner. He is also the author of the book The Ultimate Guide to the WordPress REST API.
Jonathan has been building WordPress websites and plugins for nine years, taking the plunge into full-time freelancing shortly thereafter. He has collaborated with the distributed team at Modern Tribe for five years to build delightful and creative solutions on top of the WordPress platform. When he’s not coding, Jonathan is busy homeschooling his two children and enjoying the beautiful weather of Northeast Florida.WordCamp Jacksonville is coming up soon and we are looking for some awesome individuals, willing to give just a few hours to help make Jacksonville’s inaugural year the best one out there! We have a range of needs and time frames and would love to add you to the team.
Your volunteer commitment will not take away from your time enjoying the fun and soaking in the great stuff the camp has to offer. Just a few hours are requested and we have a wide range of volunteer opportunities to fit your experience and personality.
Want to know more about what you’d actually be doing? Check out the list below to see some examples of the volunteer opportunities we have:
Registration Volunteers
Arrive an hour early and help us get the camp going. You’ll be helping at the registration tables with such things like: checking off registrations, handing out nametags, getting folks their t-shirts, providing the swag, saying “Welcome!” with your best early morning smile.
Setup and Tear Down Teams
We’ve got tables, we’ve got signs, we’ve got boxes, we’ve got equipment and more stuff! We need help getting everything in place before hand and tearing it back down afterwards.
Help Table
Where’s the next session? What time is lunch? Can I register late? Does this shirt make me look fat? Whatever questions our attendees have, we need helpful volunteers to man the table and help direct them to answers. (That shirt? Yes. Yes it does.)
Happiness Bar/WP Help Desk Support
You know a thing or two about WordPress! Why not spend some time giving back and helping those coming along behind you. We need people of all levels in the WordPress community to hang out in the Happiness Bar and help answer How-To questions from other attendees.
Room Moderator and A/V Support
Help us keep the equipment running smoothly in all our breakout sessions rooms. Keep an eye on things in the room that might need attention (ex: more chairs, spilled coffee, etc.) Work with the video people, speakers, and everyone else working in the room to keep things running smoothly and on time!
Speaker Host
We’ve got some amazing speakers lined up for all our sessions. Let’s treat them right! Help us get them in the right spot at the right time. You’ll be communicating with them a few minutes before their session, helping them with their equipment if needed, providing a bottle of water, and making sure they have what they need. Read their short bio by way of introduction and be their timekeeper to help the sessions run on time.
Food and Beverage
Help with setup and cleanup of the food areas. You know we’re gonna have coffee and snacks, right? Help us make sure things stay stocked and the area clean. We also need help setting up and tearing down lunch.
All-Hands-on-Deck Help
Whether its help running messages, covering last minute details, or just answering questions, we need volunteers, ready and willing to help wherever needed!
We are only looking for two things in our volunteers: Reliability and Friendliness. Easy, right? Use the form below to let us know you are interested and our Volunteer Coordinator will get back in touch with you.
Your exact duties will be explained closer to the event – but if something listed here sounds especially interesting to you, please let us know on the form. We want the right people in the right spots!
Have you heard that we put out the call for speakers? We have had quite a few people submit their applications and we have many unique and interesting topics to choose from. However, we only have about half the speakers we need in order to effectively run the WordCamp.
We have decided to extend the deadline from Sunday, January 31st to Friday, February 5th which gives you an additional 5 days to think about what you may want to speak about. Come speak to 200+ potential attendees and share your knowledge.
Never spoke before? Don’t worry! We want to encourage you to apply to speak even if it’s your first time and you are terrified, nervous, or both. We’ve got your back and we’ve been there! If you have a great topic that members of our WordPress community will be interested in hearing about, go ahead and apply. We have several mentors standing by who are willing to help coach you and ensure that you do great!
Have you been considering applying to speak at WordCamp Jacksonville, but still don’t know what to speak about?
Never fear! We asked our local MeetUp Community what topics they are most interested in and we have some topic ideas.
If you have any other topic suggestions, please share them in the comments below.
WordCamp Jacksonville 2016 is looking for generous sponsors to get involved in the event and help us create our first local WordCamp.
Sponsoring a WordCamp is a great way to support and give back to your local WordPress community. The conference features two days of talks and presentations from enthusiasts and professionals. By sponsoring the event, you’ll have the opportunity to expose your company to around 200 WordPress users, lovers and professionals, as well as participate in the success of a much-loved WordPress event.
We’re happy to announce that WordCamp Jacksonville is officially on the calendar!
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