{"id":2588,"date":"2015-06-02T14:10:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T18:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:39:11","slug":"wordcamp-miami-connections-old-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wordcamp-miami-connections-old-new\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Miami: Connections Old &#038; New"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wcmia-header.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2595 skip_lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wcmia-header.png\" alt=\"wcmia-header\" width=\"1183\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wcmia-header.png 1183w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wcmia-header-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wcmia-header-1024x103.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1183px) 100vw, 1183px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I just got back from WordCamp Miami, held the past weekend at Florida International University. It was one of the best, most well organized WordCamps I&#8217;ve ever attended. Kudos, to a new friend David Bisset for organizing such a good event.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We arrived in town on Thursday. Unfortunately, layovers pushed my flight back enough that I missed the South Florida Meetup social event. I was more than disappointed that I couldn&#8217;t make it. If it was anything like the actual WordCamp, I&#8217;m sure it was amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night at the speaker\/sponsor dinner which was held at BJ&#8217;s Brewhouse, we caught up with some old friends like Nikhil. At 15, he&#8217;s really a bright up and coming star in the WordPress community. You should watch for big things from this kid.<\/p>\n<p>We also met up with Syed from WPBeginner. While he&#8217;s been a friend of InMotion for some time, I&#8217;ve never met him until now. He&#8217;s a super nice guy. We also caught up with Rami from WebDev Studios. I got introduced to him at WordCamp Lancaster. I was surprised he remembered my name to be honest. It was impressive and speaks to the type of guy he is. I caught up with a dear friend, Michele Butcher. If you haven&#8217;t heard, she&#8217;s one of our WordPress Evangelists for events like WordCamps.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Got to hang with some awesome folks tonight! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ramiabraham\">@ramiabraham<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IMH_Affiliate\">@IMH_Affiliate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michele_Butcher\">@Michele_Butcher<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zyvo\">@zyvo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcmia?src=hash\">#wcmia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7LR8rUV1w\">pic.twitter.com\/b7LR8rUV1w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Sisson (@VA_SEO_Labs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VA_SEO_Labs\/status\/604482390199812098\">May 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We called it a night after I grabbed my swag for speaking. As usual, WordCamp Miami didn&#8217;t disappoint with a computer tote, a watch (yes! a watch), some snacks, and the coolest deck of playing cards. The playing cards all had WordPress functions on them with an example. Someone spent some time planning those out!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wordcampmiami\">@wordcampmiami<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/swag?src=hash\">#swag<\/a> from the speaker sponsor dinner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcmia?src=hash\">#wcmia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G7saK2njOY\">pic.twitter.com\/G7saK2njOY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Sisson (@VA_SEO_Labs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VA_SEO_Labs\/status\/604476516416819200\">May 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saturday Morning arrived early. I have to admit South Florida is beautiful in the morning (at least before it becomes sweltering hot and sauna-like). We headed over to the campus and got set up. Mike, Jason, and I spent the day talking to some really great people at our booth. We had some of the coolest swag too. Where else can you get a USB hub and post-it holder? Of course, from us!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/inmotionhosting?src=hash\">#inmotionhosting<\/a> excited to be at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcmia?src=hash\">#wcmia<\/a> 2015! Come by our booth for an awesome USB\/phone holder\/post it gadget \ud83d\ude09 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vjxt2VRn75\">pic.twitter.com\/vjxt2VRn75<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 InMotion Hosting (@inmotionhosting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/inmotionhosting\/status\/604627569451888640\">May 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lunch was chicken and ribs with all the sides. It was pretty tasty. The most impressive feat was they fed all the attendees (somewhere around 800) without too many hiccups. I know from years of catering, feeding 800 people is no small task.<\/p>\n<p>Off to the afterparty at Dave and Busters. We didn&#8217;t stay long, and after some great conversation and a few games of pool we called it a night. After all, my team mates were flying out in the morning and I had to still wrap up some preparations for my talk &#8220;Growing your Non-Profit with WordPress&#8221;. If you want the slides for my talk they&#8217;re here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/TimSisson.com\/wordcamps\/miami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WordCamp Miami &#8220;Growing your Non-Profit with WordPress&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part of my talk is about Give, a donation plugin. I use it and actually really like it. It&#8217;s easy to use and the developers who built it, Matt and Devin are easily accessible. I got to meet both of them on Saturday. I&#8217;m glad too. I was able to use them as an example when I speak. Where else could you have access to the developers of a plugin so easily?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VA_SEO_Labs\">@VA_SEO_Labs<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/inmotionhosting\">@inmotionhosting<\/a> highlighting some really great features of Give for non-profits <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcmia?src=hash\">#wcmia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WordPress?src=hash\">#WordPress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1cIti03XuJ\">pic.twitter.com\/1cIti03XuJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Give (@givewp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/givewp\/status\/605079604496375808\">May 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After my talk wrapped up, I was quite surprised by the amount of questions I received. I&#8217;m hoping I was able to help some of the non-profit community with my 30 minute talk. It&#8217;s awesome to know I am a part of the WordPress community which is one of the most close knit groups I&#8217;ve ever encountered within techonology.<\/p>\n<p>Oh did I mention, I have my own trading card too! How freaking cool is that?! It&#8217;s uber nerd status as quoting my friend Scott.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/trading-card2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/trading-card2.png\" alt=\"WCMIA Trading Card\" width=\"528\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/trading-card2.png 528w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/trading-card2-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have to say, thanks to the WordCamp Miami organizers for putting on another amazing event. Thanks to all the new people I met and the old ones I got to catch up with. 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