This is some highlights from the recent WordCamp San Francisco (2014) and the inaugural WooCommerce Conference. WordCamp San Francisco (#wcsf) was held on the weekend of October 25-26, 2014 and WooCommerce Conference (#WooConf) was held on November 3-4, 2014.

1. WordCamp SF & WooConf Recap
Anthony Hortin @maddisondesigns maddisondesigns.com

2. WordCamp San Francisco
October 25-26, 2014
Image courtesy Japheth Thomson (@japh)

3. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
1000+ WordPress developers, professionals, and enthusiasts
46 Speakers
24 Lightning Talks
21 Presentations
2 Streams
1 State of the Word
1 After-party

5. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
Last official WordCamp San Francisco
Next year will be WordCamp US*
*Official title still to be decided upon
Modelled on the recent WordCamp Europe
Name, Location & Date to be decided

6. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
WordPress Survey had 33,378 responses from 179 countries
23% from the US
77% from International
People using WordPress as a CMS is Declining
People using WordPress as an App Framework is increasing
Approximately 25% of people make a living using WordPress

7. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
with a total of 785 contributors

8. WordCamp San Francisco 2014

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10. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
23% of the web runs WordPress

11. WordCamp San Francisco 2014

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15. WordCamp San Francisco 2014
Matt Mullenweg: The State of the Word 2014
http://wordpress.tv/2014/10/26/matt-mullenweg-the-state-of-the-word-2014/
Matt Mullenweg: State of the Word 2014 Q&A
http://wordpress.tv/2014/10/26/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2014-qa/
WordCamp San Francisco 2014 Presentations
http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-san-francisco-2014/

16. WooCommerce Conference San Francisco
November 3-4, 2014
Image courtesy WooThemes (@woothemes)

17. WooCommerce Conference 2014
330 WooCommerce developers and store owners
21 Speakers
8 Presentations
6 Lightning Talks
4 Workshops
2 Awesome MC's
1 State of the Woo
1 After-party

18. WooCommerce Conference 2014

19. WooCommerce Conference 2014
WooCommerce has 380,000 site installations
17.91% of all eCommerce websites are on WooCommerce
There were 294 contributors to version 2.2 of WooCommerce
ThemeForest has 1,379 themes supporting WooCommerce
CodeCanyon has 442 WooCommerce plugins

20. WooCommerce Conference 2014
WooCommerce 2.3 is just around the corner

21. #WooConf MC’s
Nic & Gareth are ‘Derick Watts and the Sunday Blues’
@derickwatts

22. WooCommerce Conference 2014
Brennan Dunn: Quick Wins to Make Your Store More Valuable
http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/wooconf/
Cyndie Shaffstall: Buy now! Buy more! Buy again!
http://www.slideshare.net/cshaffstall/buy-now-buy-more-buy-again
Joshua Eichorn: Scaling WooCommerce
http://wp-cron.com/2014/11/05/slides-from-joshua-eichorns-scaling-woocommerce-wooconf-talk-pagely-wordpress-hosting/
David de Boer : Improve your WooCommerce sales without UX testing
http://www.slideshare.net/davdebcom/david-de-boer-woo-conf-slides
Kandace Brigleb: How participant observation makes for killer web design
http://needmoredesigns.com/blog/participant-observation-web-design/
Robert Elliott: Matching People & Products
http://graphflow.com/wooconference-slides/

23. WooCommerce Conference 2014
Sam Hotchkiss: Security with WordPress and Wooommerce
http://samhotchkiss.com/security-deck-woo-2014/
Chris Lema: Building your Platform with WooCommerce & Sensei
http://www.slideshare.net/cflema/you-need-a-platform-wooconf
Brent Shepherd, Max Rice and Justin Stern:
WooJutsu: WooCommerce Extension Development
http://www.skyverge.com/wp-content/uploads/wooconf.pdf

24. I’m Anthony Hortin
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