Category Archives: Planning

Holy Sold Out, Batman!

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Jeffrey Zinn

Tickets sold out today.  We still have over five weeks until WordCamp and tickets sold out.  Madness!  Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket.  We are so excited that you are so excited.  We’re trying to pull all the … Continue reading →

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Third Speaker Track Announced

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jeffrey Zinn

We’ve been receiving tons of great speaker requests. But we had limited space, so we had to turn many ideas down. But our generous sponsors at Chapman University opened up another room for us, giving us the ability to have … Continue reading →

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Developer Day on Sunday

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Jeffrey Zinn

Great news!  We’ve secured a room for Sunday for a Developer Day for WordCamp Orange County. Admission to the Developer Day is included in the General Ticket price.  So if you’ve already purchased your ticket, you are in; if not, … Continue reading →

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Our Venue – Chapman University

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Jeffrey Zinn

Many thanks to Chapman University in Orange, CA. They have been working hard with us to help put on a great camp. We’ll be using Kennedy Hall’s classrooms for our lectures and it’s surrounding areas for eating, meeting and milling … Continue reading →

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Official Date: May 14, 2011

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Jeffrey Zinn

We have an official date now – May 14, 2011.  Mark your calendars.  We are working on the final details for the budget now and will begin announcing speakers and sponsors shortly.

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Location, Location, Location

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Jeffrey Zinn

We are definitely gathering steam!  We have a good line on a new location.  We’re not ready to announce anything yet, but hopefully soon.  (We just need to make sure there won’t be any rock-n-roll concerts just outside the door!)  … Continue reading →

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Goals for Orange County WordCamp 2011

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Jeffrey Zinn

We had so much fun putting on Orange County WordCamp last year that we are doing it again!  We are currently in the planning stages for OCWC 2011, setting goals, courting speakers, looking for sponsors…  No commitments yet, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Unconference/Ignite Sessions

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Jeffrey Zinn

@Mac_Boy mentioned a sort of niche topic in a comment on the CMS talk teaser post. It got me thinking…Is anyone interested in giving some short informal talks during lunchtime? We have the rooms all day, so we might as … Continue reading →

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Brainstorming Session

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Jeffrey Zinn

I heard through the grape vine last week that a local group was considering organizing a WordCamp for Orange County. Imagine my surprise! I got in contact with William, one of the organizers, and we’ve been talking about how to … Continue reading →

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Blair Williams Love Fest Heads to Orange County

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Jeffrey Zinn

I met Blair through John P. at WordCamp Las Vegas. Upon my return home, I bought and installed the pro version of Blair’s plugin, Pretty Link to check it out. I was totally impressed with the functionality that his plugin … Continue reading →

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