Wacktastic Holiday Light Show

November 20th, 2009 by Scott Marlow comment category: events, web design

WordPress CSS Theming: Scott Marlow

Greenwood/Phinney residents can now enter the 2009 Wacktastic Holiday Light Show Contest!

This is my second year sponsoring this North Seattle community event by providing website development. The new site is powered by WordPress, and features an embedded GoogleMap that accepts batch uploads of contest entries.

Don’t miss the December 20th Awards Party.

Graphic Design credits: Beegee Tolpa, Kelly Davis.

WordPress Boot Camp

September 26th, 2009 by Scott Marlow comment category: events, out of office

What I learned at WordCamp:

For WordPress.com-hosted blogs, there is 1 theme for every 6,000 sites.
For self-hosted blogs, there is 1 theme for every 3,000 sites.
31% of visitors post blog comments [source: Forrester Research]
95% of WordPress blogs are hosted on Apache-Linux (vs. Windows IIS)
Include numerals in Permalinks (for PHP optimization)
Replace your default admin user (for security purposes)
Recommended plugins: Clean Archives Reload, Dashboard Scheduled Posts, Gallery2, Headspace, Maintenance Mode, NextGen Gallery, No Self Pings, Revelanssi, Twitter Tools, WP DB Manager, WP Open ID, WP Security Scans, WP Super Cache
Read How To Be a RockStar WordPress Designer by Rockable Press
Read Trust Agents by Chris Brogan
Read PHP Solutions by David Powers
Read Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel
Setup Feedburner (vs. RSS only)
Use Starkers Naked theme
Be Authentic
Blog

Thanks to Adobe for providing free space.

City Chickens–No Roosters Required

May 4th, 2009 by Scott Marlow comment category: events, nonprofit

Yesterday, Jen and I completed our volunteer project for the Sustainable West Seattle Festival. After drumming up some sponsors for the event, we presented table information from 10:00-3:00 on raising ‘backyard’ chickens. Jen also presented a workshop at 10:30 for a few dozen Festival attendees (her picture even made the West Seattle Blog).

Stay tuned for a tour of West Seattle chicken coops this summer. Contact me if you are interested.

Get Wacktastic

October 22nd, 2008 by Scott Marlow comment category: events, portfolio, web design

My friends Kelly Davis (Farm Girl Works) and Beegee Tolpa (Illustration & Design) invited me to collaborate on a new neighborhood event: the Wacktastic Holiday Light Show Contest. The event encourages Greenwood-Phinney neighbors to get in the holiday spirit by displaying lights at their businesses and residences.

Increase Your Event Revenues 25%

March 26th, 2008 by Scott Marlow comment category: events, fundraising, nonprofit

Bike Works completed its sixth annual nonprofit auction March 15. This was my second year helping with the event.

In 2006, I was the auction chair – overseeing an 88% increase in revenues. In 2007, my friend Kendall Williams was the auction chair. This year, Duy Tran, Bike Works’ president, chaired the event; I managed procurement and worked with Duy to increase revenues.

This year’s fundraising event grossed an all-time high of over $70,000, a 25% increase over 2007 – another record-breaker. A record 225 attendees showed up at UW’s Gould Hall to support Bike Works youth programs.

If you need help with event planning, please contact me.

Christmas Tree Sales

December 1st, 2007 by Scott Marlow comment category: events, nonprofit

Through December 21, AIDS Housing Association of Tacoma is hosting a Christmas tree sale fundraiser.

East 23rd & G Streets at Freighthouse Square
Saturdays: noon to 8 p.m.
Sundays: noon to 5 p.m.
Wednesdays – Fridays: 4 – 7 p.m.