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Less Net, More Friends: The State of the Web at WCSD

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We are doing Internet a bit differently at WordCamp San Diego this year: we aren’t doing it.

​*But….WHY?!??*​

We really want this camp to be about community. Meet new people, have meaningful conversions, give focused attention to the speakers.

​*If you’re still freaking out*​

We will have an Internet “lounge”. This will be an area where, if you absolutely MUST be on the Internet, you can be. The WiFi lounge will have small tables and be located near the snacks and sponsors, ensuring you are surrounded by potential new friends.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.

Meet the Organizers: Devin Walker

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Devin Walker is the founder of WordImpress, a San Diego based WordPress development company. He and the WordImpress team also serve as WordPress Community Consultants for Media Temple.

Walker has extensive experience creating free, premium, and commercial WordPress plugins and themes. Popular plugins include Give, a highly rated WordPress Donations Plugin, Google Maps Builder, Yelp Widget Pro and WooCommerce Quick Checkout. In total, his plugins have more than 100,000 active installs.

Outside of the WordPress world, Devin enjoys traveling, going to concerts, and playing a leisurely round of disc golf.

Meet the Organizers: Kim Blake

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kimKim Blake is a Web designer/developer and enjoys working with small businesses and non-profits. She’s currently rebranding her business for 2016 and plans on getting back to blogging at Theatre Geek very soon. This is her first year as a WordCamp organizer and she is super excited to work with an awesome team to ensure a really great turnout.

Meet the Organizers: J.J. Springer

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1488060_10103932115206480_270299964_n (1)A San Diego resident, J.J. Springer is a graphic and web designer that has worked across many spectrums of media: print, digital, and television. She is currently spending her time freelancing for major clients including Automattic, FiscalTrak, and the Southern California Golf Association while also co-founding a technology company that serves governmental clients. She loves setting up, tweaking, and designing WordPress sites so that they shine for her clients.

Meet the Organizers: Chris Lema

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Chris Lema is the Chief Technology Officer & Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite.

He’s also a blogger, a public speaker, and product strategist.

For more than twenty years Chris has developed and managed high performing engineers to build software products – particularly SaaS products in a variety of B2B vertical markets. He’s also spent the last ten years coaching startups on product development & marketing strategies.

He runs the North County San Diego WordPress meetup, is a co-founder and producer of the most watched WordPress podcast on YouTube: WP WaterCooler, and has been a WordCamp San Diego organizer for 2013, 2015 & 2016.

Meet the Organizers: Chris Perryman

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Chris Perryman | Organizer WordCamp San Diego

Chris Perryman is the designer/developer behind Revelation Concept and founder/creative director of Mind-Blowing Things. She attended the University of Google after graduating the School of Hard Knocks where she acquired her design and development skillz. Chris was an organizer for WordCamp San Diego 2015 and is honored to be leading the team for WCSD 2016. She is an admin of the ever-growing Advanced WordPress Facebook group and co-organizer of the original San Diego AWP Meetup. She lives in San Diego North County with her husband Drew, infant son Caiden and his two crazy dog-sisters.

Chris doesn’t tweet, or respond to tweets, @RevConcept.

Call for Sponsors

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Last year, WordCamp San Diego hosted nearly 400 attendees. Sponsor support for WordCamp San Diego enables attendees to experience the event for a low cost. Being a sponsor gives you a unique opportunity to invest in the San Diego WordPress community. Letting members of our community know you support them will earn you their goodwill and provide great exposure for your brand.

WordPress has a unique community of smart, kind, and open people. The attendees are made up of web-savvy professionals who work in design, publishing, music, art, technology, education, healthcare, financial services, government… you name it! Many come from San Diego, but the event also has a worldwide audience.

This is your chance to get your brand in front of some of the brightest people in technology and help make WordCamp San Diego 2016 a success.

WCSD Call for Sponsors

Looking to Sponsor WCSD? Click here »

We have all benefited from using WordPress; now is the perfect time to give something back. We’ve created sponsorship levels to fit every budget from the multinational corporations of  to small local businesses to independent freelancers building WordPress themes for a living. Even if you are a small agency, restaurant, magazine, or an individual wanting to give back because you know that WordPress has helped you and your business, we have a support level for you.

If you would like to show your support for WordCamp San Diego sign up to be a sponsor!

If you have any questions about sponsoring the #WCSD, please contact the organizing team.

Call for Speakers

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Wanted: Awesome speakers from the local San Diego WordPress community and abroad who can communicate clearly and articulately about the world’s favorite publishing platform. Help spread your knowledge about WordPress, make new friends, accept new challenges, and enjoy beautiful Sunny San Diego at the best time of the year. Dates for this year’s camp are April 23-24, 2016 and it will be held at Liberty Station, in Point Loma – minutes away from downtown and the airport. Know WordPress? We’d love to have you apply!

Since we want to show off the local San Diego WordPress talent, preference will be given to local speakers who have not yet had a chance to present at a WordCamp. To those outside of San Diego, don’t let this discourage you! Each submission will be thoroughly read and discussed with the entire #WCSD organizing team.

WCSD 2016 Call for Speakers

WCSD 2016 Call for Speakers – Click here to apply