Thank you, we’re wrapping up now

It’s a wrap up. So, one more final post regarding WordCamp Utrecht 2017.

We had a great time in organizing this event. It all started end April 2017, right after the moment when we heard that there wouldn’t be a WordCamp Netherlands this year. A brand new team was formed for organizing WordCamp Utrecht. We had our ups and downs, some things didn’t go smoothly nor as planned, but in the end it turned out to be a giant roller coaster ride, with last weekend as the reward.

We sold 250 tickets and had 227 people attend day 1. There have been 41 people watching the livestream. Day 2 was attended by 70 people, the livestream was viewed by 96 people. A little less than 50 people attended Contributor Afternoon. The Support team managed to answer all questions in the support groups. WP-CLI and core have been able to board and set up their development boxes, Community brought in 2 new meetups: Den Haag and Arnhem. Zwolle was made into an official WordPress meetup. Other groups reported boarding of groups as well and doing some contributions, such as Polyglots and Accessibility.

We’re still collecting the results of the attendee satisfaction survey. 40% of the attendees answered our little survey. 87% of these respondents was happy with the event! That’s great! We’ve also received useful comments on what to do again next year and what you don’t want us to do again next year. Sharing your opinion with us is very valuable to us, we will use it for the next preparations.

Thank you for attending, sponsoring and speaking! Thanks for supporting us! Thank you for making this into a great event!

The organizing team of WordCamp Utrecht 2017:
Debby, Manuela, Yvette, Berry, Roel and Sjoerd

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Thank you to our Bronze sponsors

WordCamp Utrecht 2017 is over. It has been a great event with the help of our Bronze sponsors, so just once more we’re going to brighten them by saying a huge ’thank you!!!’

 

Wordcamp Utrecht Bronze Sponsor - Admin Columns

With Admin Columns, you can add columns to your overview pages so that you can see more important information.

We thought it would be cool if you could sort and filter content based on the column content, so we made that possible; and the best part is that you can edit most content from the overview screen itself.

 

We are native English speakers who help web content creators, bloggers, WordPress theme and plug in authors and any business marketing to a UK or international audience.

How’s my English helps you make sense to your English-speaking audience.

 

 

 

Level Level is een full-service WordPress bureau en loopt voorop als het gaat om de inzet van WordPress. Wij bieden advies, interactive design, visual design, development en support voor grootschalige en complexe websites. Ons gedreven en multidisciplinaire team wordt blij van het creëren van mooie en stabiele producten voor het internet. Met de focus op een optimale gebruikerservaring voor alle apparaten helpen wij onze klanten hun online doelstellingen te bereiken.

 

nostromo - Bronze Sponsor WordCamp Utrecht

Aan het roer van nostromo, opgericht in 2009 en gespecialiseerd in WordPress, staat Marcel Bootsman. Marcel is een techneut die graag onder de mensen is, die graag zijn ervaringen deelt met anderen en die graag anderen helpt.

 

 

 

 

PingOps is WordPress hosting met net dat beetje meer als je een echte maatwerk hoster zoekt. Met onze eigen kennis van WordPress helpen wij jou namelijk met de problemen waar jij tegenaan loopt.

 

 

 

Plesk is a leading WebOps platform and hosting control panel to build, secure and run websites, applications and hosting businesses. Plesk’s WordPress Toolkit gives you all you need to automate staging / cloning / sync and many security tools as well as mass-management for WordPress.

 

 

 

Siteground - Bronze Sponsor WordCamp Utrecht

SiteGround, with over 13 years in the business, provides managed WordPress hosting that does not miss a thing!

 

 

 

Wij maken hosting simpel voor jou. Gehost in superieure datacenters. Voorzien van groene stroom, ISO certificeringen en gebouwd op een zeer gemotiveerd team. Dat is Vimexx. Vimexx staat voor kwaliteit en de goede en betrokken service, dat Vimexx dit waar maakt blijkt wel omdat wij sinds april 2016 verkozen zijn tot de NR1 hoster van Nederland en België (bron: https://www.hostingreview.nl/top100).

 

Easy Social Content List Building

 

 

WPHandleiding - Bronze Sponsor WordCamp Utrecht

WP Handleiding bestaat uit een groep enthousiaste WordPress experts die er alles voor over hebben om iedereen zijn of haar eigen website te laten bouwen. Mede door deze drive hebben ze maar liefst vijf WordPress handleidingen geschreven en bieden ze diverse WordPress support diensten aan.

 

 

WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. Thank you to everyone who makes WPML for helping us make our WordCamp excellent.

 

 

Yoast - Bronze Sponsor WordCamp Utrecht

Yoast helps you get the most out of your website. We make SEO available for everyone. You might be familiar with our Yoast SEO WordPress plugin. With over 7,5 million active installs, Yoast SEO is one of the most popular WordPress plugins worldwide.

 

 

Thank you to our Silver sponsors

WordCamp Utrecht 2017 is over. It has been a great event with the help of our Silver sponsors, so just once more we’re going to brighten them by saying a huge ’thank you!!!’

 

acato - Silver Sponsor WordCamp UtrechtWij houden van WordPress, omdat we er bijzondere, unieke websites mee kunnen creëren die tegelijkertijd super gebruiksvriendelijk zijn. We hebben een team dat volledig gericht is op WordPress. Met de gebundelde kracht van onze getalenteerde front-end developers, back-end developers, online marketeers en designers maken we websites die je verrassen.

Benieuwd naar ons werk? Check ons portfolio! Op zoek naar een plek waar jij je WordPress skills kan showen? We zijn altijd op zoek naar nieuw talent!

 

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

Eagerly Internet is een fullservice internetbureau gevestigd in het hartje van Utrecht met ruimte voor nieuw talent (Vacatures: WordPress Developers, Projectmanagers, Happiness Supporters).

Leuk werk met leuke mensen, daar zetten we onze talenten graag voor in. Dat betekent een gezellig informeel team en (veelal) culturele opdrachtgevers, waar we online middelen voor maken die van het scherm af spatten.

 

 

GoDaddy Pro is a free membership program for web developers, designers & agencies. It offers exclusive tools to help onboard, manage and maintain multiple clients and their sites fast and easy. With GoDaddy Pro tools, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage their products from a single dashboard. Additionally, your membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support and rewards for recommending GoDaddy to your clients.

 

 

SecuPress Pro is a WordPress Security Plugin, we also provide Post Hacks services, Security Trainings, and Plugins & Themes security audits on demand.

Thank you to our Gold sponsors

WordCamp Utrecht 2017 is over. It has been a great event with the help of our Gold sponsors, so just once more we’re going to brighten them by saying a huge ’thank you!!!’

Hostnet - Gold Sponsor WordCamp UtrechtService is the watchword for this Amsterdam hosting provider. Hostnet’s mission is to assist enterprising individuals to realize their dreams and ambitions with the best online solutions.

 

Transform how you work with your WordPress sites and rest easy knowing they’re always firing on all cylinders. Jetpack connects your site to the global services, community, and support provided by WordPress.com so you can focus on the stuff that matters.

 

Mollie. Slimme betaalproducten voor innovatieve bedrijven van elk formaat.

 

 

Vevida - Gold Sponsor WordCamp UtrechtBij Vevida kun jij rekening op adequate support, gecombineerd met een berg aan kennis en ervaring. Dat is wat jij van ons kan en mag verwachten. Overdag helpen onze experts onze klanten. In hun vrije tijd leveren ze diverse bijdragen aan de WordPress community, verzorgen ze trainingen WordPress (beginners en gevorderden) en organiseren ze de WordPress Meetup in Groningen. Waarom? Omdat wij bij Vevida ook helemaal maf zijn van WordPress. Daarom!

 

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.

 

It’s almost WordCamp Utrecht!

We’re soooooo excited! Only a few days to go until WordCamp Utrecht 2017! Here’s a little summary of important information for you regarding the event:

  • If you arrive by train: go and find our WordCamp Utrecht Arrival Hosts at Utrecht Central Station. They will point you in the right direction.
  • There’s no need to print out a ticket or find a PDF to show us. When you bought your ticket you gave us your name. Just mention that name at the registration desk and you will get your badge (if you’re on the list of course).
  • And the event schedule: some people find it very hard to click the word ‘Programma’, but it can be found under ‘Useful information’ as well: ‘Schedule’.

Hope to see you Saturday.

Happy WordCamping!

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Uitverkocht / Sold out!

Net een week voor WordCamp Utrecht zijn we helemaal uitverkocht! Het wordt volgende week een vol en gezellig weekend met zoveel mensen. Nieuwsgierig naar het aantal mensen? Let dan volgende week goed op bij de afsluitende presentatie! Tot de 25e!
Just a week before the start of WordCamp Utrecht we’re completely sold out! It is going to be a great and nice weekend with so many people. Curious after the number of attendees? Pay close attention to the closing talks. See the 25th!
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Extra swag!

Extra swag sales has been C L O S E D !

 

Well it’s almost winter, so why would you want to have a t-shirt as a WordCamp swag?

We already have a surprise swag for you, it’s not a t-shirt though. However if you still want to have a WordCamp Utrecht t-shirt, fill in the form below and you will get one. It just costs an additional € 10 which you will have to pay when you collect the t-shirt.

Important: order your extra t-shirt before Monday November 13th, after that we won’t be able to get you a t-shirt right on time. Yes, we already have your t-shirt information, but we don’t want to mix up things, so we ask you one more time:

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Special workshop during contributor afternoon

So we, the people from WordCamp Utrecht, we like to do some things differently. And here’s another one: we found Maik Gruppen from Savii willing to do a workshop during Contributor Afternoon. And it looks like it will be an interesting workshop, it’s titled Show me the money.
In this workshop you will explore the possibilities of recurring revenue services and generate new ideas for growth for your business. If you are an entrepreneur, work at an agency or build plugins, you should join. This workshop requires an open mind and willingness to share since you will be discussing growth possibilities with others in the same field.

 

 

 

 

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Ticket sale closes November 11th

Nog een paar weken te gaan tot de start van WordCamp Utrecht. De reguliere kaartverkoop wordt na 11 november gesloten. We moeten namelijk de catering bestellen, swag bestellen, toegangskaartjes drukken, enz. Daar is tijd voor nodig. Voor de kaarten die na 11 november besteld worden hebben we blanco badges en standaard swag (wat dat ook moge zijn). Let op: er zal geen kaartverkoop bij de deur plaats vinden! Wees er dus snel bij en koop je kaartje voor het WordPress evenement van Utrecht, dan maak je nog kans op jouw eigen goodies!
Only a few weeks until the start of WordCamp Utrecht. Regular ticket sale will be closed after November 11th. We have to order catering, swag, print badges, etc. That takes some time. For the tickets that will be ordered after November 11th we will have blanc badges and standard swag (whatever that may be) available. Attention: there will be no ticket sales at the door! So hurry and get your ticket for the WordPress event of Utrecht, it’s the only way to get your own goodies!

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