Patrick O’Keefe is the founder of the iFroggy Network, a publisher of websites. He has been managing online communities since 2000 and is the author of “Managing Online Forums,” a practical guide to managing online social spaces.
He has been responsible for the cultivation of communities like KarateForums.com. phpBBHacks.com and
PhotoshopForums.com. He blogs about online community at ManagingCommunities.com, his favorite record label at BadBoyBlog.com and more at patrickokeefe.com. On Twitter, he’s @iFroggy.
Patrick will be giving a presentation in the Power User Track titled: Building Community Around Your WordPress Blog
What are you speaking about at WordCamp Philly?
My topic is “Building Community Around Your WordPress Publication.” I am going to talk about how you can engage with the community that exists around your WordPress powered publication, including the community you have by default, the community you can grow on your site and the engagement that takes place in spaces you don’t control. If you are publishing, in one way or another, you have a community. The only question is: how do you engage with it?
What is your favorite thing about the city of Philadelphia?
I have never been in Philadelphia! I am looking forward to taking a look around. What comes to mind when I think of Philadelphia is WordCamp Philly co-organizer Brad Williams, his fiancée April Heline and the Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe. I’m a big AVGN fan and that is the area where he is based!
Why do you love WordPress?
I like how it is regularly maintained, certainly, but the greatest thing about WordPress is the size and breadth of the community behind it, providing a seemingly endless selection of plugins, themes and resources. That’s what makes WordPress great, for me.
Thanks so much for having me! I can’t wait! 🙂
Patrick