This weekend (14 – 15 October) is the very first WordCamp Dublin! A few members of the Angry Creative team will be there to enjoy what will be an awesome weekend of WordPress, and our very own Sean Blakeley will be joining the line up of speakers.
We’re also really excited to announce that we’ll be doing a WordCamp first (for us). Sean will be sharing the stage with one of our clients, Sage. With the theme of his talk being how to build partnerships, not just projects, it only seemed right to hear from both sides of the partnership!
Sean Blakeley – Building Partnerships, not Projects – with WordPress
When?: Saturday 14th October, 14:15
Where?: Track 2 – Business
What?: Building a partnership takes an investment of time and energy for both the client & delivery agency. Earlier this year, Sage embarked on an ambitious programme to rebuild its entire online presence. Part of the plan was for a global WordPress multi-site.
This will be a discussion, co-presented by Sage (the client) and Angry Creative (the agency), which will provide a 360 view of a large WordPress project, covering both the technical and non-technical aspects. We’ll talk about the steps you can take when facing a hugely challenging project – facing up to tight timelines and translating multiple desires into a deliverable programme of work. We’ll look at how you can maximise your efficiency during production, leveraging the core functionality that WordPress provides and building on top of it, and how planning the architecture with an eye on the future can be the key to building partnerships. We’ll hear about the project from the client’s perspective as Sage will talk about their experiences – and from an agency perspective, delivering the work.
There were plenty of challenges along the journey on both sites – creating a custom WP API in a matter of days, training internal staff on new tools and migrating thousands of posts. But most of all, we’ll look at how we focused on building a partnership – creating trust and efficiency which benefited both sides.
We can’t wait to see what WordCamp Dublin has to offer! Will you be there too? If so, let us know so we can arrange to say hello!