Director + Designer
Liam Dempsey is a communications designer working in both print and web media. Fascinated by the thought of distributing ideas on screen and on paper, Liam has more than a decade of experience as a graphic designer, marketing consultant and copy writer. The internet, with its ability to communicate across the face of the world in seconds, never ceases to amaze him. And yet, a printed piece, with its tactile surface, its rigid and clearly defined edges holds a certain romanticism for Liam.
When not in front of the computer (playing, working or just chilling out), Liam enjoys reading, watching and playing football, drinking good beers and whiskies and spending time outdoors in the wooded hills of eastern Pennsylvania.
Liam also writes and posts the occasional photo at www.chickenmonkeydog.com. He is an associate of The Governance Partnership and is lucky enough to post a piece their blog now and again.
Podcasting
In June 2017, Liam and his friend, Tara Claeys, started Hallway Chats. Hallway Chats is a podcast that introduces the unique designers, developers, marketing consultants, content creators, project managers, and more who make the WordPress community the flourishing environment it is.
Speaking + Presentations
Liam speaks about online marketing, design and a variety of topics around the subject of making websites with WordPress. Below is an archive of presentations given by Liam along with any links to slides from those presentations.
To view upcoming speaking and presentations, visit our Speaking + Presentations page.
2020
- D.C. WordPress Meetup: WordPress-to-Static without Writing Code (February)
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: Encouraging Clients to Safely Share Passwords (February)
2019
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: Dipping into WP-CLI (December)
- WordCamp Niagara: Making Static Sites with a WordPress Plugin (October)
- Central PA Open Source Conference: Programming Language: Learning to Present, Talk, and Ask Questions in an Inclusive Way (September)
- Morris County NJ WordPress Meetup: Small Changes to a WordPress Theme to Deliver Big Results (September – delivered as a video conference)
- Abstractions II: Programming Language: Learning to Present, Talk, and Ask Questions in an Inclusive Way (August)
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: Workflow Tools (February)
2018
- Central PA Open Source Conference: Keys to Successfully Starting and Growing a Local Meetup (December)
- WordCamp Baltimore: Community Panel (October)
- WordCamp Baltimore: Defining Success: The Value of Discerning One’s Definition of Success and Empowering Ourselves to Achieve It | View Slides (October)
- WordCamp Atlanta: Building Belonging through Podcasting | View Slides (April)
- Lancaster Front-End Meetup: Working Together as a Two-Person Creative Team (April)
- The Baltimore WordPress Meetup Group: WordPress as a Communication Platform (March)
- New Castle County WordPress Meetup: Working Together as a Two-Person Creative Team (February)
2017
- PANMA Show & Tell: Leaving Evernote for Private, Version Controlled Repos (May)
- Reading WordPress Meetup: All About Advanced Custom Fields: A Simple Way to Customize Your Site (May)
- NEPA WordPress Meetup: Panel Discussion on WordPress Service Agencies (March)
- WordCamp Miami: A Simple Way to Customize Your Site (March)
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: Pitch Better (March)
- NYC WordPress Meetup: Pitch Better (February)
- How I Built It (podcast): Building WordPress Meetups (January)
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: WordPress, You, Me + 2017 (January)
2016
- WordCamp Baltimore: Pitch + Roll | Watch the talk on WordPress TV (November)
- Lancaster WordPress Meetup: Building Websites with a Landline Phone (November)
- Bryn Mawr Rotary Club: Online Marketing: 5 Key Points for Small Businesses (September)
- Philadelphia WordPress Meetup: PSD to WordPress Theme (June)
- WordPress DC Meetup: Outgoing on Command | Watch the talk on YouTube (June)
- Joseph’s People: Outgoing on Command (March)
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: Terminal Happiness (March)
- WordCamp Lancaster: Outgoing on Command | Watch the talk on WordPress TV (March)
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: 5 WordPress Goals for 2016 (January)
2015
- Net Tuesday: Your Nonprofit Website in WordPress (September)
- Tech Impact Webinar, Part V: Staying Online: Keeping Your Website Safe + Secure (July)
- Tech Impact Webinar, Part IV: Social Media: Growing Brand Awareness (June)
- WordCamp Philly 2015: WordPress: So Much More than Blog Software (June)
- Tech Impact Webinar, Part III: Content Marketing: Strategy + Implementation (May)
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: Hiding Previews from Google Analytics (May)
- Tech Impact Webinar, Part II: WordPress: So Much More than Blog Software (April)
- Lehigh Valley WordPress Meetup: Getting Started with Version Control (April)
- Tech Impact Webinar, Part I: Website Strategy for Nonprofits (March)
- New Jersey WordPress Meetup: A Designer’s Approach: Using the GitHub App for Effective Version Control (March)
- Pottstown SCORE: Online Marketing: 5 Key Points for Small Businesses (March)
- WordCamp Lancaster, PA: Version Control for Freelancers + Small Teams (February)
- Philadelphia WordPress Meetup: 5 WordPress Challenges for 2015 (January)
2014
- Philadelphia WordPress Meetup: Using the GitHub App to Connect to Bitbucket (October)
- Chester Co. Marketing Group: Building an Email Marketing System (October)
- Chesco MG OnAir: A Case Study of Email Marketing (October)
- Dradcast: Chickenmonkeydrad (September)
- Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup: How to Be a Developer That Designers Love (July)
- WordCamp Philly: Teaching a Designer to Use GitHub (June)
- Philadelphia WordPress Meetup: An Intro to Sass: This Designer’s Dive into Sass (March)
- The Dental Sales Podcast: Do Salespeople Need A Personal Website (January)
