Speaking & Training
WordPress conference speaker and corporate trainer: talks on WordPress, AI operations, and learning technology.
Practitioner-delivered sessions grounded in production experience, not slides built from documentation. WordCamp speaker since 2010, six recordings on WordPress.tv, and a current Master’s research focus on AI in learning environments.
Conference sessions from $2,500 CAD · training and workshops quoted per engagement · community events fee-waived
Conference and training topics: WordPress, AI operations, and learning technology
Five topic areas, each drawn from delivered sessions and current production work, not aspirational abstracts. Every session can be shaped to the audience: WordCamp attendees, a corporate L&D team, or a professional association.
WordPress at editorial and institutional scale
Content models, editorial workflow governance, FSE and block development, performance under a live news desk, and the architectural decisions that look cheap at year one and expensive at year three. Past work includes Postmedia (Calgary Herald, The StarPhoenix, Canada.com on WordPress VIP) and the National Post. Calibrated for WordCamp developer sessions, agency teams, and editorial-technology audiences. It is the same depth as the publishing infrastructure work I deliver for newsrooms.
AI operations in practice
A working mental model for an AI operations layer, not a prompt library, but routing rules, cost attribution, governance documentation, and agent personas that hold up under audit. Built from AIOS, the production system I run daily across Claude, local models, and GitHub Copilot. Right for L&D teams, media organizations, and corporate technology audiences, as a conference session, a corporate briefing, or a half-day workshop where the team leaves with a routing decision and a governance checklist.
Learning technology & AI in learning environments
How LearnDash, Sensei, and xAPI behave in real deployments: where SIS integrations break, what curriculum architecture looks like at scale, and what L&D teams need to put in place before AI gets embedded in a learning environment, the questions a CTIO and general counsel will ask that you want already answered. A current Master’s research focus at Royal Roads University. Right for higher-ed technology teams, corporate L&D, and instructional-design conferences.
Industrial coatings training (M.L. Campbell / Sherwin-Williams)
Product application, surface preparation, and finishing systems for wood-coating professionals: distributor and applicator training developed and delivered for the M.L. Campbell network across Canada. ESL-accessible curriculum designed for trade audiences, classroom and virtual. Available through M.L. Campbell; not booked through this page.
Making a living by giving it away: the open-source model, fifteen years on
An update on the talk that started at WordCamp Toronto 2011. What the give-first model looks like now that AI can generate the surface-level content that used to differentiate practitioners. Community-facing and suitable for WordPress events; not a vendor talk.
If you are booking a speaker on WordPress, AI operations, or learning technology, you probably want someone who has run the systems, not someone who has read about them. I have spent the working week inside the thing I will be talking about. When a developer in the third row asks the question that exposes whether a speaker actually ships, I want to be glad they asked.
I deliver sessions: conferences, classrooms, webinars, and corporate events, on WordPress, AI operations, and learning technology. The format changes. The commitment to leaving the room with something actionable doesn’t.
Delivery context: WordCamp speaker and workshop facilitator since 2010. Recordings on WordPress.tv. ILT delivery for corporate L&D teams, post-secondary institutions, and professional associations. Training & Development Specialist at M.L. Campbell (Sherwin-Williams). MA candidate in Learning & Technology, Royal Roads University. Niagara-based; available across Canada and the northeastern US.
This page is for conference organizers, L&D managers, event planners, and department heads who need someone to stand in front of a room, or a camera, and deliver a session the audience will actually use. The talk topics above are built from work I’ve shipped and systems I run; the formats and rates below tell you how to book one. I prepare; I don’t wing it; I don’t read slides. If you already know what you need, send a brief.
What comes with a training engagement
For ILT and workshop engagements (not one-off conference talks), the session is the centrepiece but the surface around it is built so the work actually lands:
- Pre-engagement needs analysis: who is in the room, what they already know, what the session needs to change, and what success looks like. Written up as a session brief before delivery begins.
- Session materials: slides, workbook or reference sheet, and any job aids, delivered as files the team owns.
- Session recording (where permitted) kept available for the team, not time-limited to 30 days.
- 30 days of follow-up Q&A access after delivery for participants, by email, with no per-ticket limit.
Rates
- Community events (WordCamps, meetups, non-profit conferences): speaking fee waived. Travel within Ontario covered by the event; further travel discussed individually.
- Conference session or keynote: from $2,500 CAD. Travel within driving distance of Niagara at no additional cost; elsewhere quoted separately.
- Conference workshop or breakout: from $4,500 CAD for a half-day. Includes curriculum design for new topics; existing workshops are lower at the same quality level.
- Classroom ILT, half-day: from $3,500 CAD in person (within Ontario); from $2,200 CAD online.
- Classroom ILT, full-day: from $6,000 CAD in person; from $4,000 CAD online. Multi-day engagements quoted as a programme rather than as a per-day rate: curriculum design, materials, and follow-up are scoped together.
- Corporate team briefing: from $1,800 CAD online; from $2,800 CAD in person within Ontario.
Send a booking enquiry or email directly at hello@thisismyurl.com. Use “Speaking” or “Training” in the subject line.
Recorded WordCamp talks: six sessions on WordPress.tv (2011–2023)
Six recorded talks from WordCamps across Canada and the US. The full archive is on the talks page.
Available formats
Conference keynote or session (30–75 min)
One clear argument, built in the room rather than recited at it, for WordCamps, technology conferences, and professional associations. Includes Q&A. Slides provided in advance on request.
Workshop or breakout (90 min–full day)
Hands-on session structured for developer teams, L&D professionals, or content teams adopting AI tooling. Participants leave with something specific they built or decided. Capped at 20 participants for quality delivery.
Classroom ILT & corporate training (bespoke)
Half-day, full-day, or multi-day curriculum built around your team’s actual tools, stack, and workflow. Brief intake, written session plan, post-session resource package. I write and own the curriculum; it is not lifted from a generic course library. See the rates section for ILT and briefing anchors.
Virtual keynote, panel, or briefing
Designed for remote delivery, shorter modules, structured breakout activities, not a slide deck with a talking head on top. Full technical setup on my end, no reliance on your AV team. Recording rights negotiated per engagement.
Send a speaking inquiry.
Include your event date, format, expected audience size, and the topic area that fits best. I’ll reply within one business day with availability and fees.
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