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What a Great Host!

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WordCamp RI would not be what it is this year without the generous help of New England Tech!  They opened their doors, and classrooms, to our group so that those who want to learn more about WordPress could do so at a convenient location with state-of-the-art technology.

If you’d like to learn more about the educational opportunities at New England Tech visit their website at http://www.neit.edu/.  You can follow them on Twitter at @NEInstituteTech and visit them on Facebook.

WordCamp RI is bringing together a diverse group from our RI and SE MA area: students, organizers for non-profits, owners of small businesses, bloggers, and techies.  All coming together to learn something new about WordPress and its potential value for our website and blogging needs.

Welcome to WordCamp RI and thank you New England Tech for being such a great host!

Are you ready?

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Can you believe it?  WordCamp RI kicks off in less than a week!  Make sure you are prepared.

  1. Are you registered?  (Remember students with a valid student ID get free admission by pre-registering with the code WCRI-STDNT.
  2. Power up your laptop.

That’s it!  Now you are ready!   Come with your laptop and questions to get valuable help with your website right at WordCamp RI.

Friday you can choose from among three all-day workshops.  There’s a workshop for beginners, a workshop for coders, and a workshop for those who want to help with the open-source WordPress project.  Work on your WordPress project on your laptop right during the workshop with a session leader or two to guide the way.

Saturday choose from among 15 seminars.  There are a variety of sessions, for beginners to advanced coders.

Don’t forget the Happiness Bar!  The Happiness Bar is WordCamp RI’s version of the Help Desk.  Volunteers will be staffing it all day Saturday.  This is a great opportunity to sit down, one-on-one, with a volunteer and brainstorm about your website or get help with a particular problem.  Access to the Happiness Bar is included with your registration ticket!

To cap off a great two days of WordPress knowledge is the After Party.  This year it will be at Chelo’s on the Waterfront with a delicious selection of appetizers in our own private room overlooking Greenwich Bay.

Should you bring anything else?  Business cards might be in order.  You could easily meet some folks with whom you’d like to keep in touch.

WordCamp RI will be held at the New England Institute of Technology in East Greenwich, right off Route 4.

Here are all the links you need:

Tickets

Schedule

Location

WordCamp RI blog

Sponsors (Here’s some trivia for you, the sponsors are the reason tickets are only $20 and free for students!  Thank you sponsors!)

Speakers

See you at WordCamp RI – September 25 and 26, 2015 (Friday and Saturday) – New England Tech, East Greenwich RI.

Free Admission for Students!

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WordCamp RI is offering free admission to ALL students with a valid student ID to this year’s sessions, due to the generosity of our sponsors. WordCamp RI takes place over two days: Friday September 25 and Saturday September 26 at New England Tech’s East Greenwich campus. Students not only get free admission by pre-registering, lunch is also included both days.  (Yes, that’s students from any educational institution: free admission!)

WordCamp RI is a two-day conference focusing on WordPress, an open-source online publishing tool.  WordPress currently powers more than 20% of the world’s websites and blogs.

There are two main attractions for students at WordCamp RI.

  1. Computer studies students can spend two days enhancing their coding knowledge.
  2. Students from many academic fields can learn how to use WordPress and then make it an online portfolio of their work and studies.

Friday there are three intensive tracks running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a break for lunch.  (Lunch is included with admission.)

Saturday, attendees can choose from among 15 different sessions.  Each session runs about 45-minutes.  Once again lunch is included.

In addition, WordCamp RI will feature the famous Happiness Bar, also known as the Help Desk.  Attendees can get one-on-one WordPress help from the volunteers at the Happiness Bar.  Bring your laptop and questions!

Non-students are welcome also!  Admission, including two days of sessions, access to the Happiness Bar (Help Desk) and lunch, is only $20 per person for both days.

This once-a-year event is not to be missed.  See you at WordCamp RI!

And The Winners Are…..

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You can be the first to know!  Later today WordCamp RI will have the complete list of speakers and their session topics.   Get ready to start planning which seminars you want to attend on Friday and Saturday September 25 and 26 at New England Tech in East Greenwich.

As Dr. Seuss might have said (well he MIGHT have)…

Up your skills you will ramp,

When  you go to RI’s WordCamp.

Never again be under duress

After learning all things WordPress.

If you need more, don’t go far

There’s all the help you need at the Happiness Bar.