Announcing (Some) Speakers! ![rw-book-cover](https://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/files/2014/04/wcnyc-logo.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Rindy Portfolio]] - Full Title: Announcing (Some) Speakers! - Category: #articles - Summary: As we finalize the schedule, we’re working on getting information out to you as quickly as possible. To that effect, here is a (limited) group of confirmed speakers with brief descriptions of their presentation topics: - URL: http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/announcing-some-speakers/ As we finalize the schedule, we’re working on getting information out to you as quickly as possible. To that effect, here is a (limited) group of confirmed speakers with brief descriptions of their presentation topics: **[Tammie Lister](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/tammie-lister/)** and **[Kathryn Presner](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/kathryn-presner/)**, both of Automattic, will host an [in-depth workshop](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/so-you-want-to-be-a-wordcamp-speaker-a-practical-workshop-for-beginners/) on how to become a WordCamp speaker. Meta! For serious geeks, [**Daniel Bachhuber**](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/daniel-bachhuber/), who maintains the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) plugin, will do a deep dive on its functionality. [**Helen Hou-Sandí**](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/helen-hou-sandi/), a Contributing Developer of WordPress and the Project Lead for WP 4.0, will present “[So You Know WP\_Query. Now What?](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/so-you-know-wp_query-now-what/)” For working devs, [**Jenn Schiffer**](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/jenn-schiffer/), an open web engineer at Bocoup, will lead us through “[A Career of Being Lazy Using WordPress](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/a-career-of-being-lazy-using-wordpress/)“, and [**Boone Gorges**](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/boone-gorges/) will talk on “[Free Software, Free Labor, and the Freelancer: The Economics of Contributing](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/free-software-free-labor-and-the-freelancer-the-economics-of-contributing/).” For writers and content managers, [**Mary Beth Coudal**](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/mary-beth-coudal/), a blogger whose work has been published in The New York Times, will lead a creative session on “[Dangerous Writing](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/blogging-basic-dangerous-writing/)” – with improv exercises! [**Stephen C. Miller**](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/stephen-c-miller/)**,** a media technologist from Brooklyn, will help us [make our writing stronger](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/content-is-king-but-writing-is-essential/), and **[Jay Hoffman](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/jay-hoffmann/),** WordPress dev for the Sesame Workshop, will teach us how to [find the best plugins](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/finding-the-right-plugin-for-any-job/) for the job. And for all of us: **[Sveta Kouznetsova](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/speaker/svetlana-kouznetsova/),** a local UX and accessibility professional, will guide us on how to [make websites that are more usable](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/accessibility-beyond-coding-its-everyones-responsibility/) for everyone. **PLUS MANY MORE SPEAKERS!** We’ll be publishing more on speakers the rest of this week, with the full schedule soon to follow. Be sure to [get your tickets today](http://2014.nyc.wordcamp.org/register/)!, Announcing (Some) Speakers!, Rindy Portfolio, 01gnmd0xnsevns17t38xj8sm2x.