Most of you who know me, know I have been part of the San Francisco Writers Conference for 10 years. A friend of mine asked me if I would like to volunteer , and I was so excited. The conference was then held at the St Francis Hotel, and I loved every minute of it. Here is a photo of the volunteers for that year! 2005. The only two from this photo who are still volunteering, are Kate Farrell, and myself. I am sure we are missing a few people in this photo. We have 75 volunteers, so it is a big crew. As the Volunteer Director, I must say our volunteers do an amazing job. We could not put on this wonderful event without all of their help. Kate is the current President of the Women’s National Book Association, SF Chapter, and I am the former President. The SFWC is how I discovered the WNBA-SF Chapter, which is an organization I love dearly. You can visit our table at the conference to learn more. I look forward to this event every year. It feel like a class reunion. If you have never been to the conference, you are missing […]
WordPress Bootcamp-still have some openings for Oct 13 at Stanford!
If any of you live in the area and want to learn about WordPress or brush up on your current skills. Join me at my WordPress Bootcamp tomorrow at Stanford. I am offering any CWC members a special deal. Just click here: http://wordpressbootcamp.net/welcome-cwc-writers-special-offer/ All others, please click here: Oct 13th, 2012-Stanford University, Ca For all you East Bay people join me Nov 10th at the beautiful Mills College Campus in Oakland. Class is from 9-12 with an Q&A session afterwards. Here is what we cover in our WordPress BootCamp. 1. Logging In Several ways to login, and how to get to the dashboard. 2. The Dashboard Part One Media, Links, Pages, Posts, Comments. 3. Themes and Menus Custom Themes, Upgrade, Use free themes, search themes by color or layout. 4. Custom Menu Section, Parent and Child Pages Explained How to set up a custom menu, and what are parent and child pages? Setting up a custom menu, and what is a parent and child page? 5. General Settings Dashboard | User Section 6. General Settings Dashboard | Writing | Reading | Discussion 7. How to create and publish a Post or a Page 8. Adding tags or keywords and categories|SEO […]