About Miraz

I bring together experience and talents in:

• plain language
• WordPress
• training
• building communities
• Internet

If you need:

• help with a WordPress website
• information and training about the Internet
• help with writing and editing material for your website
• how-to articles, help files and training manuals

then I can work with you — in person or online.

Examples of my recent work:

• Book: WordPress 2 Visual QuickStart Guide, Peachpit Press, July 2006, co-authored with Maria Langer.
• Ebook: How WordPress is put together
• Ebook: How to backup your WordPress website
• Articles: Customizing WordPress: Make a Start — a series of 14 articles at Informit
• Book, ebook and website: Connect your community — A guide for community groups, iwi groups, and not-for-profit organisations
• Training videos: Practical Mac Tips
• Weekly Tips: MacTips
• Monthly articles: Panui Tips — Internet Tips for community organisations
• Blog: KnowIT
• Website: Run Spot Run
• Website: The Dog Lobby
• Client Website: Running Away From Me

Awards

In 2003 I was selected as an Exceptional Adult Educator of the Year as part of a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) initiative. That initiative was Adult Learner’s Week, designed to celebrate the efforts, achievements and contributions of adult learners, educators and providers, and to promote the importance of adult learning to the wider community.

Other activities

Speaker at WordCamp NZ 2009 on the topic: Building Communities with WordPress.

I was the keynote speaker at all 3 Engage Your Community conferences in 2008, and the Wellington EYC conference in 2009. At all the conferences I also ran several workshops.

I was involved in organising Webstock 2006 and 2008, wrote for Macguide magazine (no longer being published), and wrote for and managed Webguide until December 2008.

For around 6 years I was the Web Maestro for Communitynet Aotearoa.

Testimonial

I broke my blog and tried to fix it. … That is when I turned to Miraz Jordan. … Turning it over to a professional and I was on the mend within days. … She was able to translate my questions into the correct terms and direct me to where I needed to go. In addition to having the ability to stay on task, she give me baby steps to accomplish for that day: such as ftp software today, backing up the old wordpress tomorrow, downloading the new wordpress, detailing the order in which to upload them to the server.

Jacquelyn Berl, Fine Artist.

Connections

I regularly use Twitter, and dip in to Facebook and LinkedIn. I sometimes uses Flickr, and watch YouTube videos.

I participate in several mailing lists, most frequently engaging with colleagues on the Wise Women list.

Home life

I spend a lot of time on the Internet. I also enjoy watching and reading sci-fi, reading and listening to material about science and technology. I’m reawakening an old love of astronomy. My Mac computers, iPod and iPhone feature large in my life.

Sometimes I ride my bike, or take medium-length walks with my dogs. I enjoy taking photos.

I try to play my part in looking after our planet.

My wonderful partner Deb and I wrangle 3 cats and 2 dogs, with some success.

Contact Miraz

To find out how I can help you, email me at author@knowit.co.nz. If pre-arranged I can video chat with Skype.