This morning, I had the honor of presenting the keynote speech to kick-off the “WordPress in Higher Ed” virtual conference. The slides from my talk are available online (though, they may change as I add more information for future presentations). If you attended the talk, and are interested in going into more detail about the […]
2014 World Tour
May 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
While it’s not quite going to be the whirlwind it was for me last year, I’ll still be popping up in quite a few different places attempting to drop some knowledge on attendees at various conferences again this year. There are some really cool topics being covered at all of these conferences, and each one is definitely worth […]
WordPress in Higher Ed – Virtual Conference
May 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Beating us to the punch (we will have our own later this year), Nick Skriloff of UVA has put together a virtual conference for WordPress in Higher Ed. The conference is scheduled for May 29, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT, and features speakers from many facets of higher ed. You can check out […]
Nov. 2013-March 2014 Stats: The UMW Website
April 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts, so I’m going to try to consolidate a lot of information into a single post, rather than trying to break it out into 5 separate entries. This post will outline the same stats we’ve looked at in the past, but it’s going to cover the […]
April Conference Updates
April 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you were looking to present at any of the conferences I’ve mentioned in the past few months, I hope you already submitted your proposals. Here’s a recap of what’s going on with the conferences coming up in 2014. WordCamps As always, you can check the WordCamp Central schedule to see which WordCamps are scheduled, […]
February Conference Updates
February 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A few months ago, I wrote a post discussing some conferences to keep an eye on this year. Now, I’m back with a bit of news. The proposal process for HighEdWeb New England closed, so, hopefully you were able to get a proposal in before the deadline if you were interested in presenting there. Registration […]
Thanks for a Great First Year!
December 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I want to take a moment, before we move into 2014, to thank all of you for a great first year. It’s been quite a lot of fun putting together the posts that we’ve put together this year, and it’s been great knowing that people were benefiting from the information found here. In the coming […]
Chris Wiegman Joins iThemes
December 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
One of the members of our community has joined forces with one of the better-known providers of premium WordPress plugins. Chris Wiegman worked for quite a while at Southern Illinois University, where he initially began to dig into WordPress, then went on to work for a short time at St. Edward’s University before moving out of […]
October Stats: The UMW Website
December 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a little over three months since we began running event tracking on the UMW website, and we’re starting to get a little better picture of how people are using the site. Baseline Information The stats included in this article are pulled from the Analytics reports for the entire UMW website during the month […]
2014 Conferences To Watch
November 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
The 2013 conference year is almost over (as is the 2013 calendar year, obviously). For me, my conference activity for the year concluded with edUI 2013, which was, yet again, an amazing experience. At this time, I’d like to take a look forward to next year to point out some of the great conferences that […]