WordPress Meetup at The Iron Yard

We are excited to be hosting the WordPress Tampa Bay as they cover, Speaking Client: Explaining Tech Stuff to Non-Tech People Pt. 1.

Do you ever get the blank stares when you're talking to your client about what you need from them? Do you constantly get pushback about Scope Creep, Requirements or Discovery or why it costs so much for a website project?

This series of talks will focus on Speaking to the Client in their language or creating analogies & metaphors they can understand and see the value behind. We'll also have a 'workshop' portion where we'll roleplay some client interaction and test your 'speaking client' abilities.

This first session will focus on:

• The Project Lifecycle [Discovery, Planning, Design, Development and Review]
• Discovery/Requirements Gathering (and why you should charge for it)
• Project Scope and Scope Creep (and why it costs the client for changing their scope)

Focus: Our St Pete Meetups are more geared toward the professional, freelancer or agency owner. We talk more specifically about getting your skills up to run your business, using WordPress to take you to your next level, and beefing up your WordPress Design/Development skills. This is not a Beginner to WordPress Meetup; you should know how to manage themes and plugins and be building sites on a semi-regular basis.

Format: Our Meetups in St Pete start at 6:00pm, the first 30 minutes are to give folks time to make it downtown, park, get through traffic, so they'll be primarily for networking and free discussion. If we have a scheduled talk, we'll always start right at 6:30pm and continue to 7:30pm or a bit beyond.