Tag: WordCamp

I’d like to let everyone know that WordCamp Nashville is coming April 21, 2012 to Watkins College of Art, Design & Film (9AM-4PM), and you can now get your tickets, apply to be a speaker, or become a sponsor. I’m very excited about this as I love WordPress, am involved with this WordCamp and Nashville meetup group as an organizer/volunteer. Most of the websites I build (including this one) are WordPress based, and I have been involved in this great community for over 5 years now. And did you know:  that as of August 2011 14.7% of the top million websites in the world are run on WordPress, and the latest data shows that 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running WordPress? So come on out for a day of WordPress knowledge in Nashville!

WordCamp, a one-day event on April 21, will introduce new users to WordPress as well as offer tips for more experienced hands. Tickets are available only from our ticketing page. Tickets are $20 and attendance is limited to 250.

Speakers will address issues for beginners, such as setting up their first site, and advanced users, such as using WordPress for e-commerce.

Local WordPress users and businesses who are partnering with the WordPress Foundation are putting together WordCamp Nashville, one of a series of WordCamps held by fans of the software throughout the world. The local event will be held Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville’s MetroCenter area.

WordPress is among the most popular and powerful publishing platforms available for bloggers as well as companies wanting to make maximum advantage of their online presence. It’s free, and users don’t need to write code to use it.

Recently, with the release of version 3.0, WordPress has moved to help manage and power sites that belong to big, household names, including major brands, country music stars and professional athletes. WordPress powers more than 70 million websites, half of which are hosted on wordpress.com.

For more information on WordCamp Nashville sponsorship or corporate involvement, call John Housholder at 615-618-7287, email him at john@ahsodesigns.com. For camp and speaker updates, check back here and follow @wordcampnash on Twitter.

Lastly, for a high level overview on how great WordPress is, here is Matt Mullenweg (WordPress Founder) giving his “State of the Word 2011” Keynote at WordCamp San Francisco last August.