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Grab the Popcorn! The 2018 Videos Are Up

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If you’re cooped up in the winter weather and have run out of things to stream, you can revisit your favorite talks from WordCamp Philly 2018 or check out the ones you didn’t get to see. All but one of the videos from WordCamp are now up on WordPress.tv. We’ve compiled the links here by track.

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Oct. 27 WordCamp Panel to Explore Workplace Support for Autism in Tech

 

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Within the WordPress community, we are beginning to see a need to better support our children with the challenges of autism and related issues, particularly as they grow into adults.

At 1:30 pm October 27, the WordCamp Philly panel “Creating Inclusive Workplaces: What Tech Communities Are Doing to Support Employees with Autism and Related Challenges”  will focus on how the tech community can create systems that enable people with autism and related challenges to flourish professionally.

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WordCamp Philly Presenting Panel on Ethics at Oct. 27 Event

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How do ethics apply to official WordPress-related events and to the businesses and individuals affiliated with those events? What happens if the businesses or individuals promote or earn income from groups whose mission is incompatible with the Code of Conduct? Where is the line for WordCamps when it comes to “providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all”?

WordCamp Philly 2018 will explore the issue in its panel, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Ethics, Values and the WordPress Community”. The panel will be at 10:50 am Saturday, October 27.

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The Business/Freelance Track Focuses on Facets of Web Traffic

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For WordCamp Philly 2018, the talks tackle aspects of what business owners are interested in: traffic. How to plan for it, how to drive it, how to measure it, how to serve it. We’ll have talks on preparation and feature selection for your audience; project management; the security of email marketing; sites for non-profits; and Google Analytics and driving traffic to your site.

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Advance Your Skills — or Get Started — with the Developer Track

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The WordCamp Philly 2018 Developer track will offer lots of useful talks for more experienced developers, but it will have topics for relative newcomers to WordPress development as well. Learn how to leverage the inspector, find out more about testing, get workflow tips, tackle Gutenberg development, see what you can do with post meta and learn about e-commerce plugin development — all part of the Developer track.

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Meet Our WordCamp Philly 2018 Speakers – Round Three

We have more friends from WordCamps past to welcome back in our third round of speakers. Laura Byrne Cristiano, a 2017 speaker, and Jodie Riccelli, who was on the WordCamp Philly organizing team, are among the fantastic people coming back this year.

Frank Corso, William Earnhardt, Charles Johnston, Laura Strader and Andrew Taylor will be joining them. We’ll have one more round of speakers to announce soon, plus information about our panels. Keep reading!

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