My Website Process: Speaking at WordCamp Brisbane

This was one of the biggest challenges in my design career to date…
Standing up at WordCamp Brisbane…
as a graphic designer…
in front of a huge crowd including a bunch of hardcore web developers (Eeek!) π¬
and delivering a presentation on my 9-step website process.

As you can expect, this was more than a little nerve-racking. Many MANY fears reared their creepy hairy heads.
Could what I have to share really be of value to this crowd?
Do I have what it takes as a graphic designer to have a relevant and useful perspective on creating websites?
Do graphic designers have any place creating websites?Β
The answer… HELLS YEAH!
I stood there for 30 minutes and put myself β and the ins and outs of my website process β out there. And all with minimal knee-knocking! Phew!
When I finished, I got a huge round of applause, loads of questions and designers coming up to me saying how much they loved my approach and the info I shared. π€©
A bunch of people also joined my mailing list, Facebook Group and contacted me about mentoring.
It was a rush! I LOVED IT. I loved sharing what Iβve learned, connecting with other designers and WordPress lovers and genuinely helping people create better websites.
I learned that as graphic designers we have unique skills that make us a lethal combo for building websites! πͺ
It was a whole lot of fun!
And it was filmed. πΉ
You can watch the video of my presentation below π
I really hope me sharing my process gives you the confidence to create rockstar websites too!
Here’s to us designers making the web a more beautiful place β one website at a timeΒ
Em x
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About the author
Hey! I'm Emma. Iβm a graphic designer turned web designer on a mission to teach others how to build beautiful & professional websites with WordPress. π
Through mentoring and my online courses, I've taught thousands of awesome graphic designers and entrepreneurs (just like you!) how to build their own websites using my 9-step process.