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 [case sensitive] 2017: Year in Review And a Look Ahead WordPress St. Petersburg

Jim True Support Lead & Community Manager
 Pods Framework pods.io | @podsframework jimtrue.com | @jimtrue

14 Meetups
 (1/month and 4 months with 2!) 5 Guest Speakers Average: 20 Attendees/Meetup Videos! 8 Meetups on YouTube Launched New Meetup Page 
 (WordPress St. Petersburg) What did we do in 2017?

2017 Review JAN
 Plan Before You Build FEB
 2017 Planning MAR
 Level-up Development* APR
 Networking
 Speaking Client: Projects MAY
 What’s My Role: Membership JUN
 Start With Why (Discovery) *
 Ethical Pricing: Burn Rate JUL
 Understanding WP Vulnerabilities
 (Security) *
 Workshop: Gravity Forms/Mailchimp AUG
 Grow Beyond Posts & Pages: Pods! SEP
 HURRICANE IRMA OCT
 Iron Yard Closed! :( NOV
 Agile Project Management * DEC
 Workshop: Ask Me Anything
 Matt Mullenweg Q&A *

WishList of Topics (Completed) Finding Your Niche • Start with Why Working with Special Website Cases: • Membership Sites Speaking Client • Ethical Pricing Strategies • Finding your Burn Rate and Pricing to keep you happy • The Project Lifecycle, Discovery and Handling Scope Creep • Explaining Technical Things to Non-Technical People Project Management • The Project Lifecycle, Discovery and Handling Scope Creep

WishList of Topics (Remainder) • How to make your business model unique • How to find the job that's going to make you happy (wake you up in the morning) • BuddyPress • Multisite • eCommerce +++ • Performance Tuning (Images, Pages, Speed, etc.) • Speed & Caching Tricks • Image Optimization / Plugin Optimization • Site Checklist for Healthy Sites • Too Many Plugins • Choosing Healthy Themes • Troubleshooting CPANEL, PHP & DB Issues • Malfunctioning Plugins & Themes • White Screen of Death (How to recover) • Effective Triage -> Get Back to Live (Recover the heartbeat first) • Stealing, (ahem), "Modeling" Great Sites for Design & Functionality • Minimum Viable Product, or MVP • Theme vs. Development: Choosing Themes & Plugins • Contract Negotiation

Upcoming Events Sponsored by TEC Garage
 & Tampa Bay Innovates StartUp Xchange
 Mentoring & Networking
 
 Next Event End of January
 Date TBD Location: TBD
 Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/startupxchange/

Upcoming Events Sponsored by TEC Garage
 & Tampa Bay Innovates Tech Talk
 Next Event: February TBD “Diary of an Entrepreneur” 
 Speaker TBD @ Microsoft
 5426 Bay Center Dr Ste 700, Tampa, FL 33609 
 FREE Registration Required: 
 http://www.tbinnovates.com/TechTalk.cfm

Jim True Support Lead & Community Manager
 Pods Framework pods.io | @podsframework jimtrue.com | @jimtrue

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