Author Archives: Heather Acton

About Heather Acton

WordPress engineer building custom themes and plugins for clients with purpose. Specialties include design (Figma/Sketch/Photoshop) to theme, admin usability, and WooCommerce / Woo Subscriptions performance and customization.

Speaker Spotlight: David Dalka

We’re excited to wlecome David Dalka to WordCamp Chicago. David is speaking Saturday afternoon on the topic of: Using Blogs to Create Marketing Innovation, Competitive Advantage. David’s website can be found at: http://www.daviddalka.com/ Prior to 9/11, David worked in institutional … Continue reading Speaker Spotlight: David Dalka

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Sold out in Chicago

As I’ve announced on our Twitter, as well as noted on our registration page – as of last week, WordCamp Chicago is a sold out event!  The venue we booked, the UBS Tower Michicgan Ballroom, has a max capacity of … Continue reading Sold out in Chicago

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A few lingering details for WordCamp Chicago folks

A week from today – we’ll gather.  We’ll talk, share, laugh, learn and listen – with 200 of you coming (well, 199 excluding myself!), it is sure to be a fun and very interesting weekend!  I’m really excited that WordCamp … Continue reading A few lingering details for WordCamp Chicago folks

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Speaker Spotlight: Micha Baldwin

Micah is the VP, Business Development and Chief Evangelist for Lijit Networks, a Boulder, CO startup, provides publishers a robust trusted search and stats tool. Lijit is the sixth startup Micah has been involved with, (having sold his last startup, … Continue reading Speaker Spotlight: Micha Baldwin

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Sponsor Spotlight: WebDevStudios

WordCamp Chicago warmly welcomes WebDevStudios as one of our very generous sponsors who are helping us make WordCamp Chicago a successful and fun weekend for everyone! WebDevStudios are providers of  SEO, social media and online marketing consultation and WordPress site … Continue reading Sponsor Spotlight: WebDevStudios

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Speaker Spotlight: Erin Blaskie

We’re getting soooooooo close to WordCamp Chicago!! One of the exciting speakers joining us on June 6 and 7th in Chicago is Erin Blaskie, the CEO and Visionary behind Business Services, ETC. Erin will be speaking on the topic of … Continue reading Speaker Spotlight: Erin Blaskie

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