Thank You Multi-Event Sponsors

We simply can not put on a WordCamp like we do without a core base of sponsors right out of the gate. These multi-event sponsors give us the support and confidence to make the leap and start planning. Thank you to these multi-event sponsors; Jetpack, Media Temple, WiredTree, Bluehost, GoDaddy, DreamHost, and WPML. We greatly appreciate having them in our corner!

jetpack
Jetpack is a single plugin that gives you the most powerful WordPress.com features, hooking your self-hosted WordPress site to WordPress.com’s infrastructure to take advantage of robust stats, easy social sharing, and a whole lot more.

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From its inception in 1998, (mt) Media Temple has been on a mission to help people and businesses succeed online.

Over 125,000 customers in 100 countries now rely on Media Temple’s tools for domain registration, web hosting, business applications, virtual servers, and other cloud services to power more than 1.5 million websites. With 200 dedicated, U.S.-based employees, Media Temple takes pride in our 24/7 customer support. Our customers range from everyday people to top bloggers, creative professionals, and small businesses, as well as large enterprises like Starbucks, Adidas, Samsung, and Toyota.

wiredtree
WiredTree provides Managed VPS and Managed Dedicated Servers to WordPress users worldwide from our Chicago-based data center and offices. Every WT server is backed by 24×7 telephone support, ticket support with 15 minute average response times, and is fully managed and monitored by WiredTree to maximize uptime and minimize frustration. All servers come ready-to-run with cPanel/WHM and are optimized and security hardened with firewall and anti-spam out of the box. With experience in SSD technology, MariaDB, Memcached, WordPress plugins, server optimization, and LiteSpeed Web server, WiredTree can take your site’s performance to the next level.

bluehost
Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over one million WordPress sites. Their goal is to provide outstanding hosting services and customer support for the best possible price. Bluehost is also constantly innovating and upgrading their services and infrastructure at no additional cost to their customers. Join the millions of other website owners that have already chosen Bluehost and see how they can help you with your site.

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GoDaddy’s mission is to radically shift the global economy toward small businesses by empowering people to easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures. With more than 12 million customers worldwide and 57 million domain names under management, GoDaddy gives small business owners the tools to name their idea, build a beautiful online presence, attract customers and manage their business.

dreamhost
DreamHost is a global Web hosting and cloud services provider with over 350,000 customers and 1.2 million blogs, websites and apps hosted. The company offers a wide spectrum of Web hosting and cloud services including Shared Hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Server Hosting, Domain Name Registration, the cloud storage service, DreamObjects, and the cloud computing service DreamCompute.

wpml
WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.

WPML allows users to translate everything in the site, including content, menus, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 400,000 commercial websites from all over the world.

Nikhil Vimal Interview

Nikhil VimalNikhil Vimal: I’m a 15-year-old WordPress Developer/Contributor involved heavily in the WordPress community for two years. I am the founder of TechVoltz.com and blog at nik.techvoltz.com. Nikhil is speaking on The Awesome Guide to Contributing to WordPress at WordCamp Minneapolis.

What got you into working with WordPress?

An interest for building websites. I found WordPress.com a few years ago and eventually found WordPress.org, got hosting, setup my site in five minutes, and was playing with all the fun features of WordPress.
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Lisa Sabin-Wilson Interview

Lisa Sabin-WilsonLisa Sabin-Wilson is Chief Operating Officer and Co-owner of WebDevStudios, a design and development agency specializing in customized WordPress themes and plugins, and the author of WordPress For Dummies. Lisa is speaking on Multilingual WordPress at WordCamp Minneapolis.

What got you into working with WordPress?

Blogging with Movable Type back in 2002 — made the switch to WordPress in 2003 because I was tired of having to rebuild all of my archives manually every time I wanted to make a change to a template or stylesheet. The WordPress way was more dynamic and faster.
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Our Schedule is Posted!

Hey, all ye WordCamp faithful! We have scattered and sorted, shuffled and sifted, designed and styled, and come up with a fantastic schedule for a smashing good time at WordCamp in Minneapolis! Take a peek at the schedule and see which sessions you are itching to take in. Then if you don’t have your ticket yet, swing on by the registration page and get your ticket before they are gone! $40 has never gotten you so much! 😉

We’ll see you in Minneapolis on the 25th!

Speakers Have Been Selected

We are so grateful for the over 90 speaker submissions we received! As you can imagine, it was really difficult to narrow that down. But we’re pleased to say we’ve finalized the speakers list and are even more excited for WordCamp Minneapolis to happen! Head over to our speakers page to check out the full list. We are now working on the grid schedule and hope to have that information out soon.

If you haven’t registered for WordCamp Minneapolis, tickets are still available here.

Call for Volunteers is Open!

Are you looking for a great opportunity to get involved with the WordPress community?

We have the perfect occasion for you to participate! We are putting out the call for volunteers for WordCamp Minneapolis 2015. We are in search of WordPress enthusiasts eager to lend a hand! We couldn’t have WordCamp without fantastic volunteers like you!

WordCamp Minneapolis is the weekend of April 25 & 26. For more details on being a volunteer, and the form to sign up, please see our Volunteers page.

WordCamp Minneapolis Tickets On Sale Now!

Folks, it’s ticket time! We’re keeping it simple this year with one ticket, one price, and two days! $40 gets you both Saturday and Sunday, April 25th & 26th, all sessions, swag, food, and party!

WordCamp: Saturday, April 25th

Located on the beautiful campus of University of St. Thomas in downtown Minneapolis. We’ll hear from industry experts on topics ranging from design, theme and plugin development, security, blogging, and so many more! A midday lunch is included, and the famous Westwerk after-party that WordPressers always rave about, will cap off the day!

Learn to Contribute Day: Sunday, April 26th

Don’t stay out too late Saturday night, because we’ve got an awesome Sunday brunch lined up with lightning talks to fire things up! One great thing about WordPress is that it is open source, made by the community, and anyone can contribute, including you! After brunch join us to ‘Learn How to Contribute’ to WordPress. Seasoned contributors will show us how it’s done, with sessions that will ease you into helping make WordPress, and answer your questions.

Don’t delay as we expect these tickets to sell out! To purchase tickets, click here.

Call for Sponsors

WordCamp Minneapolis is looking for sponsors for our 2015 event coming up April 25 & 26. Sponsoring WordCamps is a rewarding experience for companies of all sizes, giving you lots of positive visibility and good karma. Plus, it’s a great way to give back to the WordPress community.

Why sponsor WordCamp Minneapolis?

By sponsoring WordCamp Minneapolis, you show your support for the WordPress project, that free, open source software has enriched your life and/or business; you also contribute to the growth of your local WordPress community.

WordCamps are run entirely by volunteers and the only funds available are those from ticket sales and our sponsors. We strive to keep ticket prices low ($20/day or less) to ensure accessibility to freelancers and small business owners with limited funds. However, that introduces a challenge when it comes to having a suitable venue, food & beverages for hundreds, technical capabilities, support services, and top-notch speakers.

That’s where you come in.

Whether you would love to feed us lunch, willing to perform a service we are in need of, or have a spare $1,000 lying around, we absolutely appreciate that help. With a wide variety of sponsorship levels and ways you can contribute, we have something that fits nearly any budget.

Ready to learn more?

Visit our sponsor page, download our sponsorship kit for more information about our sponsorship levels, and fill out the form and our awesome sponsorship coordinator will be in touch!

We’re Looking for Speakers

The moment you’ve all been waiting for: WordCamp Minneapolis Call For Speakers Is Open!

Now that we’ve got a date and a venue, we need speakers (and sponsors, but that’s another post)! We’re looking for speakers from all backgrounds, with a fresh take on WordPress trends. Submit your talk and learn more about what makes an awesome WordCamp Speaker. We’re looking for people to talk about WordPress Development, Design, Business, Content, Strategy, Community, or whatever you’re passionate about!

Or, if you’re a seasoned WordPress contributor actively on Making WordPress, consider speaking on Sunday’s “Learn to Contribute” track. Are you a WordPress core developer? Do you design the UI, provide support in the forums, review themes or plugins, edit docs, improve accessibility, develop the mobile apps, or contribute in other WordPress areas? We’re looking for speakers who can share their knowledge of the “how-to” when it comes to contributing to WordPress!

Don’t hesitate, submit today!