Service: Training & Speaking
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Allison Smith
Chris leads with generosity and has a real gift for making technical topics accessible without oversimplifying them. WordPress development, technical SEO, or training — Allison Smith recommends Christopher without qualification.
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WordPress Training 301
Online WordPress 301 for owners and ops leads. Real attack surface, backup and restore drill, update strategy, roles, and incident response.
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WordPress Training 201
Online WordPress 201 for marketing and content leads. Structure, headings, internal links, image SEO, and Core Web Vitals as a content lever.
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WordPress Training 101
In-person WordPress 101 for owners and new admins across the Niagara region. Pages, posts, blocks, media, and a monthly routine that keeps the site healthy.
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WordPress Training 401
Online WordPress 401 for agency and in-house devs. theme.json as a design-system contract, custom blocks end to end, and FSE on the merits.
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WordPress 101 in St. Catharines, October 22, 2026
A single-day, in-person WordPress course in St. Catharines for people who want to run their own site confidently, without calling someone every time the dashboard gets in the way. Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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Quit the Rat Race with WordPress: Toronto 2013
WordCamp Toronto 2013 — the 2013 update of the Make-a-Living thesis. 46-slide deck on SlideShare; event held October 5-6, 2013 at Humber College.
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HTML, CSS, WordPress Basics: Ottawa 2014
WordCamp Ottawa 2014 — a 69-slide hands-on intro to HTML, CSS, and WordPress fundamentals. Sister talk to that day’s Freelancers session.
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What 15 WordCamp talks taught me about WordPress careers
Eighteen WordCamp deliveries across fifteen unique talks, eight cities, and two countries — from free plugins in 2011 to a live game show in 2024 — and the five principles that stayed constant the whole time.
