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About sara cannon

Hello! I am a seasoned UI / UX designer, former business owner, creative director, and passionate about everything design & WordPress. Designing since 1998, i'm thrilled to have worked with some amazing clients such as Disney Publishing, City University of New York, InsideClimate News, Chalkbeat, Birmingham Museum of Art, Recode, VentureBeat, The Getty, The Arc, Disney Streaming Services, Elad Gill, and Flickr. I love using my problem-solving and creative skills to lead designs toward success and innovation. I have been extensively public speaking since 2009. I deeply believe in the spirit of open source and enjoy teaching Typography, Design, User Experience, Accessibility & more. I love making the internet a more beautiful place at my home office in Birmingham, AL with my husband, daughter, and a menagerie of pets.

last chance to submit your lightning talk! Speakers will be notified this evening

anyone can submit to give a lightning talk at WCBham! go here to do so: https://2012.birmingham.wordcamp.org/submit-a-lightning-talk/ we’re closing up lightning talk submissions by end of day today and will notify speakers this evening if they are speaking at WCBham on saturday! … Continue reading last chance to submit your lightning talk! Speakers will be notified this evening

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Our Sponsor: Rackspace Hosting on “Deploying Scalable WordPress”

written by Hart Hoover at Rackspace Our customers come to us with all kinds of applications, from CMSs like Drupal and Joomla to eCommerce applications like Magento and everything in between. I’d like to discuss one of the most popular … Continue reading Our Sponsor: Rackspace Hosting on “Deploying Scalable WordPress”

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Our Sponsor: ZippyKid “a managed WordPress Hosting company”

ZippyKid is a managed WordPress Hosting company, the fastest WordPress Host ever. We live, eat, & breathe WordPress which means we do WordPress so much better. ZippyKid offers reliable, secure and cost effective web hosting solutions that keep your website up … Continue reading Our Sponsor: ZippyKid “a managed WordPress Hosting company”

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Want to Volunteer at WordCamp Birmingham?

We need volunteers! From manning the WordPress Help Desk (to talk with people who might need WP Help) to arriving early and help everyone register – we need people to help this amazing conference go smoothly! fill out the form … Continue reading Want to Volunteer at WordCamp Birmingham?

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Our Sponsor: Sucuri Security

We’re so happy to have Sucuri Security as one of our sponsors! Sucuri Security is the leading provider of web-based integrity monitoring, malware detection and cleanup solutions – delivered as a service. Sucuri solutions are deployed remotely in a matter … Continue reading Our Sponsor: Sucuri Security

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Get started with WordPress, the right way

You’ve probably heard WordPress is easy. You’ve probably heard WordPress is hard. The truth is that it can be both. It can be easy to get started… after all, it’s the home of the famous “5 minute” install. But then … Continue reading Get started with WordPress, the right way

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Submit your Lightning Talk!

We’re all full for speakers now, but we’re accepting a few lightning round talks (10min max). Fill out the application at the link below if you would like to give a short talk. we’ll let you know soon if you’ll … Continue reading Submit your Lightning Talk!

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Last day to register to guarantee a Tshirt in your size

Everyone! tell your friends, we’re putting in the order for WCBham Tshirts tomorrow. Register today and fill out all your details to guarantee that we get your t-shirt in your size on the day of the event!

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Applying a Coupon Code at Registration

The ticketing system can be a little confusing, so here are very specific step by step registration instructions: Go to https://2012.birmingham.wordcamp.org/register/ and scroll down. Enter your name and email, select the weekend pass. (if you have a coupon code – Enter your … Continue reading Applying a Coupon Code at Registration

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Saturday WordPress Help Desk

Throughout all of saturday, there will be a WordPress Help Desk! Come with your issues and questions and there will be WordPress genius’ there to help you in whatever way they can. How awesome!

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