This is a presentation that I gave to the Global Business class at the Sheridan College Davis Campus a couple of days ago. Students are assumed to not have their own website at present and the intent was to give them tools not only to set up their own websites, but also help their clients make decisions when it comes to their websites. While the slide deck itself isn't much, know that the presentation went on more than an hour with great discussions and many questions.

2. ABOUT ME
• INSTRUCTOR, SHERIDAN COLLEGE
• JOINT PROGRAM WITH UTM IN THE CCIT PROGRAM
• WEB DESIGN AND CAPSTONE PROJECT
• INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, WEB WEAPONS
• CLIENTS INCLUDE NPOS, REAL ESTATE, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT,
FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL SECTORS
• BACHELOR OF COMMERCE IN INFO TECH MGMT., RYERSON UNIVERSITY
• SERIAL WORDCAMPER. WENT TO 7 LAST YEAR AND CROWDSOURCED MY
TOUR THIS YEAR FOR 7 MORE AND HOPING TO DO WORDCAMP MUMBAI
2016.
• CO-ORGANIZER, WORDCAMP HAMILTON AND TORONTO 2015-16
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3. 1. OWN YOUR SPACE
• GET YOUR OWN WEBSITE AND DOMAIN
• PLENTY OF OPTIONS FOR FREE OR ALMOST
FREE
• HIGHER CONTROL OF WHAT GOES ON IT
• CENTRAL POINT OF FOCUS, THEN SHARE
OUTWARD
• PRESENTATIONS, RESUME, BLOG POSTS
• LOOKS MORE PROFESSIONAL
• CHANCE TO BE AN EXPERT
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4. 2. MANAGE YOUR PROFILE
• LINKEDIN SHOWS HIGHER IN SEO THAN
FACEBOOK
• FIRST THING EMPLOYERS LOOK AT WHEN
THEY WANT TO HIRE YOU
• HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH
ME PUTTING YOUR PROFILE ON THE SCREEN
RIGHT NOW?
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5. 3. LEARN TO CODE
• SCARY, I KNOW!
• TONNES OF RESOURCES AND METHODS
• HTTP://CODECADEMY.COM,
HTTP://UDEMY.COM, HTTP://WORDPRESS.TV
• MARKETABLE SKILLS (HTML, CSS)
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6. 4. DO YOUR RESEARCH
• LEARN TO LEARN
• SHOCKING I KNOW, BUT YOUR
INSTRUCTORS/PROFESSORS DON’T ALWAYS
KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS EITHER
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7. 5. ASK FOR HELP
• BIGGEST MISTAKE THAT STUDENTS MAKE:
NOT ASKING FOR HELP
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8. QUESTIONS?
TWEET ME:
@SHANTADOTCA
EMAIL:
SHANTA@SHANTA.CA
MY WEB SITE:
HTTP://SHANTA.CA
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9. RESOURCES
THESE ARE SOME OF THE ONES WE LOOKED AT DURING THE TALK. EMAIL ME IF I’VE MISSED
SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU NEED HELP ON!
• CHRIS LEMA – ESPECIALLY FOR ECOMMERCE AND MEMBERSHIP ON WORDPRESS
• MICHELLE SCHULP – THE GOOD CLIENT GUIDE
• WORDPRESS.TV – SEARCH MY NAME
• LEARN.WORDPRESS.COM – MOSTLY FOR WORDPRESS.COM, BUT SKIP TO #5-ISH
• SITEGROUND HOSTING – (STUDENT/FACULTY VERSION)
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