Today we're discussing WordCamps with: Lucy Beer, Suzette Franck, Jon Brown, Verious Smith III, Cody Landefeld, Chris Lema, Steve Zehngut, Dre Armeda, Jeff Hester and our host Jason Tucker. WordCamps * Meeting people face to face and that awkward moment when you realize you aren't following someone you just met. * Networking and social aspects are key for these events. * Observing knowledge and learning, after attending a few events you tend to pick and choose the talks to want to see. * Hallway discussions are used more with the seasoned WordCampers. * Meeting in person makes it feel more like a community then just knowing people online. * Meetups are great for local networking, WordCamps bring in talented people from all over the country/world. * Dre speaks about WordCamp San Diego and how he brings in people that make his WordCamp a great event. * Intensive learning in 1 day is important to Suzette * Best sessions for Steve Z are the ones with more discussions occurring during the talk then just a presentation. * Cody L discusses his recent talk at WPLV and how he may team up with someone else to do more of a discussion about UX than a presentation about UX. * Dre talks about the Sucuri security presentations and how they go about doing their talks at various WordCamps. Lots of interaction. * Jeff Hester talks about various ways that people do things during their talks and how you can learn more by their live demos * Everyone asked Jon Brown about his upcoming WordCamp Maui, no date yet but all 10 of use want to go! Lots of logistics to still work out. * Suzette purchased tickets to BuddyCamp Vancouver * Question: What is the farthest WordCamp you have attended: * Cody – Austin, bbq! * Steve – San Diego * Lucy – Seattle * Chris – Toronto * Question: Where is one that you'd like to attend? * Jeff Hester – Maui and Paris * Dre – Australia * Chris – He'd suffer through going to Maui * Question: Do you bring your family and kids to WordCamp if it's in a remote location? * Dre – He has 30 kids, no way. * Chris – Travels 30-40% a year, he sometimes takes them but typically local. * Jason – Wants to take his up to SF next year. * WordCamp IE? * WordCamp Fresno? Meetups * Meetup Groups we talked about: * Orange County WordPress Meetup (OCWP) * Pasadena WordPress Meetup * WordPress Wednesday * Inland Empire WordPress Meetup Group (Coming Soon) * Southern California WordPress Meetup Group * Topanga WordPress Meetup Group * Advanced WordPress San Diego * Arizona WordPress Group (Chandler, Avondale & Tucson) * Maui WordPress * Find a local meetup near you on Meetup.com * Steve talks about Zeek's meetup space for OCWP * Verious is looking for a meetup space for the IE meetup. * WordCamp Central

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