{"id":9530,"date":"2014-11-18T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T18:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webdevstudios.com\/?p=8694"},"modified":"2024-04-15T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T16:05:20","slug":"wordpress-for-schools-webdevstudios-wpengine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdevstudios.com\/2014\/11\/18\/wordpress-for-schools-webdevstudios-wpengine\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress for Schools and Education – A WebDevStudios and WP Engine Event in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you a school administrator, municipality representative, or local government agency stuck wondering why you’re burdened with an antiquated, expensive and proprietary content management system that is simply impossible to manage at scale?<\/p>\n

If that sounds like you, then you’ll be happy to hear that\u00a0WebDevStudios<\/a> And WP Engine<\/a> are coming together to bring you a free<\/strong> event you don’t want to miss out on — NYC Happy Hour<\/a><\/p>\n

Join us\u00a0Thursday, December 4th (5PM-8PM EST)<\/em> at the\u00a0Marriott Marquis\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0in Times Square.<\/del><\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong>\u00a0This event has been postponed. A new date will be set in early 2015. Please register below to continue receiving event updates.<\/p>\n

Event Details<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The NYC Happy Hour is a social gathering to chat WordPress with local leaders in education, and government. The event is focused around the large-scale use of WordPress in schools, and local agencies.\u00a0We have some great speakers lined up to talk to you about their experiences working together to leverage the world’s most used (24% of the internet) content management platform.
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Cameron Barrett<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"99c88721-cameron-barrett_050050050050000000\"<\/a>Cameron Barrett<\/a>, the Head of Web Site Innovation & Strategy at Newark Public Schools<\/a>, will be in attendance as the special guest of the event. He will be taking the time to share the\u00a0story of how he built the school\u2019s websites using WordPress, in partnership with the WebDevStudios and WP Engine teams.<\/p>\n

Brian Messenlehner<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a>\u00a0Brian Messenlehner<\/a> is Co-Founder & CTO of WebDevStudios, and author of Building Web Apps With WordPress<\/a>. WebDevStudios is a WordPress Agency that creates\u00a0scalable and sustainable WordPress solutions for schools, government, and brands like Microsoft and Discovery Channel.<\/p>\n

Harshal Patel<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"IMG_1334_400x400\"<\/a>Harshal Patel<\/a> is the Director of Partnerships at WP Engine, a Fully-Managed WordPress Hosting Platform\u00a0That’s secure and scalable for any size WordPress implementation.<\/p>\n

What else is going on?<\/h2>\n

Author of Professional WordPress Design & Development<\/a>, and WebDevStudios’ CEO, Brad Williams<\/a>\u00a0will also be in attendance; along with WP Engine team members. You’ll have the opportunity to hear some of them speak on these key topics —<\/p>\n