CMS Expo: Learn Joomla in Denver, Colorado

Thursday, December 4th

7:30 - 8:30 am: Check-In - Exhibits Open
8:30 - 11:30 am: Keynote & Joomla Learning Sessions
11:30 - 1:15 pm: Lunch, Keynote & Networking
1:30 - 3:30 pm: Joomla Learning Sessions
3:45 - 5:00 pm: Expert Panel
6:00 - 9:00 pm: CMSAwards Banquet

New Product Launches presented throughout both days.
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Friday, December 5th

8:30 - 9:00 am: Check-In. Exhibitor Booths open
9:00 - 11:30 am: Joomla Learning Sessions
11:30 - 1:00 pm: Kym Yancey, Business Networking & Lunch
1:00 - 4:30 pm: Joomla Learning Sessions
4:30 - 5:30 pm: Expert Panel Discussion

2 Day Joomla Learning Conference: $549

Sign up online now or call 1-815-455-2900
Sign your group up here at $449/each
for 3 or more attendees

Joomla Site Administrators, Businesspeople, Content Producers & Developers:

CMS Expo is for all people involved in the content management team. CMS Expo provides highly valuable, cutting edge learning and business networking sessions to help you achieve your goals, whether you're on the Business planning end, the Admin-side, Development and Programming, or Content Creation area.  This winter, the spotlight will be on one of the premier Open Source CMS solutions - Joomla; as CMS Expo grows, other outstanding CMS solutions will be showcased.

First-Time Joomla Users:

We have added a Basics Track, in addition to Intermediate and Advanced Tracks. So beginning Joomla Learners can get the most out of CMS Expo to learn Joomla. Plus, if you want even more basic Joomla training, come early! Get up to speed at Wednesday's Pre-Conference "Kick-Start" Session. Limited to 100 seats, this highly interactive three-hour program will be a hands-on session to help new users get the most out of Joomla. Learn definition of terms, installation, basic site structure and more. Price includes hand-outs and a copy of Barrie North's Joomla 1.5 Guide.

Starting a CMS Learning Group? Already Run One? Come to the CMS Community Roundtable!

Free for user group members, come to this valuable Pre-Conference session on Wednesday afternoon to share ideas, tips and tricks. Find out how to set your agenda, choose a meeting space, find willing sponsors, activate your membership, choose relevant topics, recruit new members and share the leadership role.

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Anthony Ferrara, Joomla Core Team Development Coordinator and owner of Joomla Performance, will kick off the CMSA 2008 Winter CMS Expo in Denver. His keynote address on Thursday morning will be on Joomla Performance, Versatility & Power. Find out how the Joomla! project has kept pace with market demands, and proven its place among the top of the Open Source CMS charts was not a fluke.

Joining Anthony will be Mitch Pirtle, Joomla Project Co-Founder and VP of New York-based KickApps. Mitch will present Joomla For Enterprise. The "enterprise shift" to Open Source is real. Come learn who's using Joomla now. How can you benefit? Come to Denver to learn Joomla from the best in the OS CMS world.

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Nominations close soon for the 2008 CMSAwards Banquet, taking place Thursday night at CMS Expo. This innaugural awards program will honor the best Joomla-driven websites, extensions and templates. There is a nominal entry fee of $25 associated with the nomination.  The CMS Association is proud to be spotlighting the best and brightest talent in the Joomlasphere. Awards will be given for Best Joomla-Powered Website; Best Joomla Template Design; and Best Extension for Joomla.

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Unlike other market sectors, now is the perfect time to invest in yourself and get to Denver's Brown Palace Hotel to learn about Joomla.

While other markets are freezing up, Open Source CMS is RED-HOT - come learn Joomla from the best in the business: Anthony Ferrara & Mitch Pirtle, Barrie North, Tom Canavan, Jen McKibben, Azrul Rahim, Blair Zykan, Victor Drover, Steve Pignataro, Chris Rault, Tom Elliott, Ken Lyle, Steve Burge, Mike Carson, Samantha Bovat, Bill Tomczak and the incredibly high-energy entrepreneur, Kym Yancey.

CMS Expo connects members of the growing Joomla community: developers, solutions providers, content producers, template creators, hosters, security experts, integrators and more. Sign up now to learn Joomla's latest developments. Get valuable face-to-face time with professionals from around the globe.

If you're just beginning in the Joomla world, good for you, you made the smart choice. Now, come on December 3rd for our Pre-Conference "Joomla Kick-Start Program."  Learn Joomla from hands-on experts who are here to help you understand the potential of Joomla and help you maximize your potential. Make career connections. Be the first to learn of MANY new product launches and participate in our Box Lunch Business Networking Scramble on Friday with business entrepreneur Kym Yancey. CMS Expo is the place to get ahead on the ground floor of the growing OS CMS world.

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