Tarei King

March 20, 2017

We did it!

Well WordCamp Auckland 2017 is all wrapped up for the year. We wanted to say thank you to everyone who shared the experience with us, what a rush!

Keep the conversation going

We spoke a lot about community at WCAKL2017 – if you are interested in meeting up, reaching out or starting your own local community here are some options:

WordPress New Zealand Slack: This is where all organisers, developers, designers, journalists, users and anyone involved in WordPress NZ discuss online: http://wpnz-slack.herokuapp.com – join us!
Auckland WordPress Meetup: Happens every month, announcements normally 2 weeks in advance also #wpauckland in slack.
Wellington WordPress Meetup: In the process of restarting, but reach out in #wpwellington channel on slack.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aklwp
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aucklandwp

If you want to contact Ralf Klis or Tarei King, ping either directly in WordPress New Zealand Slack.

Videos

We have recorded all videos – there is a fair amount of post-editing work required as we manually cut in speaker slides, this might take a month or so. But we will do an announcement post / email when they are available.

Speaker Slides

These will be arriving in due course – we will post another update once we’ve collated them all.

Budget

You might have heard us say the budget will be released online – in a continued effort from all participating WordCamp’s (we first saw this at WCSydney, so props them!) we will be releasing the budget once we paid our last few vendors. Expect this be the end of the month.

A quick ooopps

In the last minute rush we’d forgotten to put our community sponsors on the website, combined with a rush of projector issues in our closing remarks timeslot – we also weren’t able to showcase them there either.

To say thank you – we’ve emailed our community sponsors and will post an individual thank you via twitter.

Thank you – seriously!

We had some a great time meeting everyone, sharing stories and generally having fun with other WordPress community members – if you need any help out there, please get in touch – quickest way is slack, but any of the other contact methods will be fine!

Photo credit:
WordCamp Auckland Group Shot” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by kristarella

March 11, 2017

Welcome to WCAKl2017!

We’ve arrived and will be getting everything ready for you. But here is a little picture if you are looking for us.

See you soon!

March 10, 2017

Saturdays schedule

Be safe getting to #WCAkl tomorrow. Registration opens at 9.00am with our intro and first sessions starting from 9.45am.

The schedule is available at our Schedule page.

Weve just wrapped up the setup – the venue is locked in and some cozy tunes will be playing to lighten the mood – so we are all excited for #WCAkl tomorrow.

Thank you to all sponsors, volunteers, speakers and of course — you for attending #WCAkl.

March 10, 2017March 10, 2017

Last 10 tickets – join us this weekend! 🎁 😍

TLDR – 10 tickets left, buy now here.

We’ve got 13 speakers, all experts in their respective field discussing topics like freelancing, design, business ownership and development. All talks can be seen here on our schedule page .

We have 10 attendee tickets left! So snap one up, and join us this weekend by buying a ticket here.

What is a WordCamp?

WordCamp’s are an annual gathering of the wider WordPress community and this year we’ve got speakers and attendees coming from as far as USA, Australia and Wellington.

Why attend?

This really is a chance to meet some of excellent WordPress community members – experience what else WordPress can unlock and be apart of the community. WordPress is more than a web platform, it is a collection of awesome people, using and building WordPress to raise the experience for everyone!

Chances are – you’ll be sitting right next to the next speaker, so introduce yourself to everyone and anyone, make new friends and you might learn a little something awesome.

Can’t make it, but want to join the community anyway?

We meet each month in the same location to discuss WordPress and hear from speakers about a range of topics from business to design and everything in between. Come join us at Auckland WordPress Meetup.

March 10, 2017March 9, 2017

Don’t get lost getting to #WCAkl, srlsy.

More than a few people have trouble finding the GridAKL venue, don’t trust your map app, as their are road closures and you can only get in from the Wynyard Quarter end of Halsey Street.

Their is pedestrian access from Halsey street, but access the doors on Pakenham street may be closed.

There is more information on our getting here page.

Take the time to get familiar with the area before coming in, it’s not worth getting wet.

There is also no on street parking nearby, there is is a car park on Jellicoe Street, so try public transport or an über.

March 9, 2017March 8, 2017

A quick attendee guide to WordCamp Auckland!

While the gloomy weather might be here to stay on the weekend – we ain’t worried, we are inside the nicest co-working space in Auckland aka GridAKL and have a nice breakout area available to shelter from the storm.

Here’s a little guide to what you’ll need to know:

All up, we have 70 attendees, including speakers so it’s going to be an intimate WordCamp.
Getting here is can be confusing .. GridAKL have a guide for that, but find us here.
Check out the schedule of talks and plan your day!
Review our speakers and introduce yourself throughout the event!
Your name: We’ve got a list of attendees, so you don’t need to print out emails. Just show up and we will get you on the day.
We have dietary options catered!
Registration is from 8:45am on saturday. Join us early – say helloW and be ready for the first session at 9:30 am.
After Party: There is a social event on saturday night. At La Zeppa restaurant in Victoria Park Market. We will have nibbles and drink tokens for all attendees!
Sunday starts at 9:45am – first session is at 10am.
All done and dusted by 4.40pm on Sunday.

We’ve done a lot to ensure the conference is really relaxed ~ if you feel you need help, have questions or need assistance from an organiser, please reach out to Tarei King, Ralf Klis or any of the volunteer team as needed!

It’s been a real pleasure organising this event! We are super excited to see you this weekend!

Got a specific question ahead of the conference? Reach out below in the comments 🙂

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017

WordCamp Auckland in a nutshell!

We’ve been feverishly planning all the things to WCAKL and are just so happy with how things are turning out. Here’s a summary of the last minute jobs we’ve been working on this week:

Confirming all the things.
Locked in schedule.
Signed for about 50KG of swag deliveries!
Rallying our volunteer crew! Y’all are amazing!
Running last minute Advertising on FB/ Linked in
Printing lanyards : seriously, props to Dan Matthews our unofficial, but totally amazing designer!
Wrangling copy, content and all the things we aren’t so savvy with!

It really takes a team to run a WordPress, huge props to our organiser team Ralf Klis, Tarei King, Dan Matthews and special guests Dee Teal and Jason Kemp for the huge commitment put in!

Huge props to all our volunteers and the people who volunteered to help out! The WordPress community in Auckland, although small – is full of people willing to lend a hand!

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017

Last 48 hours of ticket sales!

We’ve got the last influx of swag boxes, lanyards almost printed and speakers all locked in – now it’s up to you to get the last few tickets.

It’s going to be a WordPress filled weekend, so dust off your side-projects, grab your wapuu’s, capitalise your W and P and join the other 70 attendees at WordCamp Auckland.

Get your tickets here

Ticket sales will be closed on Friday, so thursday is your last day! We can’t wait to see you there.

March 7, 2017March 6, 2017

After Party – Saturday night’s social event!

As is tradition in many WordCamp’s, the after party is a social event held in the middle of the conference, typically on the evening of day one. It’s a chance to interact socially with attendees, speakers and sponsors – in a relaxed environment.

This year we are being hosted by La Zeppa in Victoria Park Market (click for details) – a short walk from the venue! We have reserved a roof top area which is a little quieter, allowing everyone to talk and catch up.

Discuss the highlights from day one and generally relax a little bit.

Light refreshments and nibbles are provided. You’ll need your WCAKL lanyard to gain entry and freebies!

We are still looking for a sponsor for the after-party (don’t worry, it’s still going ahead)… so if you or your company would like to sponsor register your interest on our call for sponsors page.

March 6, 2017

Call for panel topics and questions

WordCamp Auckland is happening this weekend (need tickets?) and on Saturday 11 march we’ve got a Panel Discussion. However, we need your help in coming up with a core discussion topic.

WordCamp Calgary 2014” (CC BY 2.0) by Reg Tiangha

Additionally, we will be asking the panel your questions – so get them in early to ensure we have everything lined up perfectly.

Our panel isn’t selected yet, but we will be asking from a selection of our speakers whether they would like to be apart of our panel and share their opinions. So if your question is better suited for a particular speaker – let us know who that is.

TL:DR; Get in touch, ask a question – all from the safety of twitter/facebook or in person.

How to ask a question? Twitter with the hashtag #AskWCAKL
Below with a comment
Leave a comment on our facebook page.
Slack us in #general on http://wpnz-slack.herokuapp.com / #WPNZ

Questions from all over New Zealand and the world are welcome!