WordCamp Columbus

By Bobby Whitman

WordCamp, a conference surrounding the open source blogging platform WordPress, was held in Columbus this past weekend. I volunteered to speak at the event, and I am really glad that I did choose to participate. I found the conference to be an all-around success, see my personal blog for additional commentary.

I represented dynamIt at the event by giving a talk titled, “WordPress in the Corporate World.” My talk was the presentation of a case study in which we implemented WordPress for Fortune 500 company McGraw-Hill who has a large presence here in Columbus.

WordPress in the Corporate World.

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Back in January 2009, we, along with partner Sync Creative, launched a microsite for the Glencoe division of McGraw-Hill. Sync brought us to the table to provide web strategy and web development of the site. We recommended and implemented WordPress in order to meet their project goals. The project has had overwhelmingly positive results meeting all success criteria. This same site also earned recognition from the New York Times in March.

Click here to download the complete case study and read more (pdf).

All-in-all, really happy with what I got out of WordCamp and excited by how we can continue to leverage WordPress in the future.

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2 Responses to “WordCamp Columbus”

  1. Maureen McCabe Says:
    May 20th, 2009 at 8:41 am

    I don’t really know why but this was my second favorite session at WordCamp Columbus. It does not apply to me but I found it interesting.

  2. Bobby Whitman Says:
    May 20th, 2009 at 11:51 am

    Thanks Maureen.

    That is exactly the reason I chose to present. Many other talks had more educational value when it comes to blogging and WordPress, but I thought our case study was an interesting use of WordPress in the first place. So I chose to share.

    I’m glad you enjoyed it.
    -bobby

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