Agenda from our 24 Feb 2010 meeting. Includes links to various community events and meetups.

1. SBTUG 24 February 2010 Craig Bailey@craigbailey

2. WordPress for Business WordPress as a CMS – including customisation and integration with other platforms WordPress for Blogging – how to maximise the blogging aspects WordPress SEO – covering the core SEO activities to ensure your site is optimised WordPress hosting – recommendations for the best and easiest ways to host WordPress customisation – tips, tricks and gotchas, including themes and styling

3. SBTUG 24 February 2010 5:45pm – Doors open6:00pm – Welcome and Intro (Craig Bailey) 6:15pm – Tech News (Nick Rayner) 6:30pm – Intro to WordPress for Business (Craig Bailey) 6:50pm – eCommerce in WordPress (Tony Cosentino) 7:15pm – WordPress Performance (Jeff Waugh) 7:35pm – Pizza break + networking 8:00pm – WordPress Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) (Kristin Rohan & Craig Bailey) 8:20pm – WordPress in Business case study (Steve Wilson) 8:35pm – WordPress Customisation (Jodie Miners) 8:50pm – Massive Q+A Panel session (with all speakers) 9:15pm – Finish – feel free to hang around and network

4. #sbtug Thank Youz @thewordpressguy @TheSassySEO @jdub @citirecruitment @jodiem @aussienick @CADbloke @kathyhughesmvp @craigbailey @sbtug

5. Cost If you want pizza, drinks & be in the prize draw... $10 donation

6. Avatar in 5 Panels http://comixed.com/2009/12/18/comics-comic-strip-yonkoma-avatar-summary/

7. Quick survey Who’s here for the first time? Who’s here to get an intro to WordPress? Who’s dabbled with WordPress? Who develops with WordPress? Who’s involved in the WordPress community? Who’s here to heckle?

8. Anyone looking for a job? 2 minutes to let us know how awesome U R

9. Events 25 Feb – Sydney IT Managers Meeting – LI group 10 Mar – Mobile Mondays 03 Mar – Google Wave UG 11 Mar – Web Blast Coffee meetings – thelatteguy.com 13April – UXBookClub.org 13-14 April - Australian ALM Conference 16-17 June - Australian SharePoint Conference

10. SBTUG 2010 31 March 2010 Vendor Management Note: 25 August is our CMS Smackdown night... www.sbtug.com

11. News I got an iPhone (alert the media!)

12. Over to Nick for News Nick Rayner @aussienick