WordPress Help Desk Meetup

—— Tonight’s Meetup: Help Desk! ——

Want Help with your WordPress site, or want to help others?

This is the place to come for learning and help getting over a hurdle. Bring your laptop and be ready to share your question, or help others with their questions.

——— The Help Desk Meetup ———

Meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month, and is intended for a wide audience: from new WordPress users to experienced bloggers, cutting edge designers, or advanced developers; all are welcome.

The Seattle WordPress Meetup is a free, non-judgemental place for people of any skill level, interest, or background to come and learn, share, and participate in our amazing WordPress community.

—— More About the Help Desk Meetup ——

Not Just Technical Help!

Our community is full of members with a broad range of expertise from building sites, to front and back-end development, hosting, strategy, UX and design, SEO and analytics, social networking, to project and business management.

Bring your non-technical questions and expertise, too!

Come Help Others!

If you don’t need help, please come anyway! We want to add your voice, skills, and experience to the conversation. Besides, we just like your company! :)

Have fun sharing your thoughts, debating with your peers, and yes, marketing yourself and making friends as you help others over their hurdles.

Remember: if you’ve been doing WordPress for 2 days, you can help the person who’s been doing it for 1 day.

——— Location ———

We are located in the Training Space for the Smart Buildings Center, a project of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council. Go to the south entrance of the Pacific Tower on Beacon Hill, straight up a few stairs and past the elevators, and we’ll be on your left in a big room with a projector, and lots of tables and chairs.

http://www.smartbuildingscenter.org/event-trainings-meetings/training-event-space/

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Emcee: Patrick Jackson
@pjackson on WPSeattle’s Slack channel (http://wpseattleslack.wordpress.com/)
Send Patrick a message (http://www.meetup.com/SeattleWordPressMeetup/members/92664202/) here on meetup.com

—— AGENDA ——

6:30: Doors open
Networking and snacks

6:45: Open meeting
Introduce Hosts:
– Patrick Jackson (Emcee & Co-Host)
– Leslie Newman (Co-Host)

Thank sponsors:
– WordPress Foundation
– Smart Buildings Center (http://www.smartbuildingscenter.org/)
– A2 Hosting

Announcements:
– WordPress Freelancers Meetup
– WordPress 101
– DIY User Group for Bloggers & more

• Next Seattle WordPress Help Desk Meetup

7:00: Attendee Self-introductions

Be ready to introduce yourself and a question in 15 sec:
– Name
– Affiliation (name of your business, website, etc.)
– Expertise (developer, designer, blogger, etc.)
– 1 question (optional, but encouraged!)

7:15-8:30: Breakout discussion groups

8:30: Meeting Closes

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—— WP Seattle Community ——

Want to know more about WordPress goings on in the area?

Check out the new community website!

http://wpseattle.org/

—— Join the WP Seattle Slack Community! ——

Want to reach community members outside of a meetup? Join our slack team! (http://wpseattleslack.wordpress.com/)

Follow this link, and request an invite:
http://wpseattleslack.wordpress.com/

Slack is a free online community chat service. We have a helpful community, and several channels to organize your messages. These include…

#helpdesk – Get WordPress support from friendly Seattle WordPressers

#gigs – where we connect people looking for work with people looking for help

#meetups – Suggest topics, follow up on presentations, or catch up on what you missed

#business – Running a WordPress-based product or service business? Chat about business-related issues here

…And many more!