Start Planning Your Weekend: Track Recap

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Can you believe #WCSD is only a couple of weeks away?! Here is a recap on what’s happening so you can start to plan your days.

Saturday:

Saturday has three tracks running: Design, Development and Plugin. Also, there is a “Help Desk” where you can get WordPress assistance at any level (beginner user to developer etc.), so check that out!

Time Designer Track Development Track Happiness Bar (Help Desk) Plugin Track
7:45 am
Registration and Coffee – Doors open at 7:45 am
Favorite session: Registration and Coffee – Doors open at 7:45 am
8:45 am
Opening Remarks
9:00 am
Design Thinking (thinking like a designer) {TALK SLIDES} Mark Uraine
Favorite session: Design Thinking (thinking like a designer) {TALK SLIDES}
Shiny Updates – A Feature Plugin in Two Acts Konstantin Obenland
Favorite session: Shiny Updates – A Feature Plugin in Two Acts
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
Taking Your WordPress Site to the Next Level {TALK SLIDES} Carolyn Sonnek
Favorite session: Taking Your WordPress Site to the Next Level {TALK SLIDES}
9:50 am
Wanna bend WordPress (design) to your will? Register some widget areas! Mary Baum
Favorite session: Wanna bend WordPress (design) to your will? Register some widget areas!
Top CLI Recipes for WordPress Development Stephen Carnam
Favorite session: Top CLI Recipes for WordPress Development
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
Free vs Premium Plugins. Why go pro? {TALK SLIDES} Kyle Maurer
Favorite session: Free vs Premium Plugins. Why go pro? {TALK SLIDES}
10:40 am
A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future {TALK SLIDES} Lisa Ghisolf
Favorite session: A house with no walls: Creating a site structure for the future {TALK SLIDES}
Do WordPress Better With The WordPress REST API Josh Pollock
Favorite session: Do WordPress Better With The WordPress REST API
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
Forms: Beyond the Basics Scott Stewart
Favorite session: Forms: Beyond the Basics
11:30 am
Zen & the Art of WordPress Deena Mayne
Favorite session: Zen & the Art of WordPress
A Look at the Modern WordPress Server Stack Carl Alexander
Favorite session: A Look at the Modern WordPress Server Stack
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
The Best Plugins for Social Media and Email Opt-ins {TALK SLIDES} Verious B. Smith III
Favorite session: The Best Plugins for Social Media and Email Opt-ins {TALK SLIDES}
12:10 pm
Lunch Break
2:00 pm
Fast & Easy WordPress Theming with “Page Builders” Adam Silver
Favorite session: Fast & Easy WordPress Theming with “Page Builders”
Wrangle the WordPress Template Hierarchy Like a Boss Alicia St Rose
Favorite session: Wrangle the WordPress Template Hierarchy Like a Boss
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
WooCommerce Boot Camp {TALK SLIDES} Andrew Behla
Favorite session: WooCommerce Boot Camp {TALK SLIDES}
2:50 pm
How to Build Websites that Delight, Engage, and Convert Sarah Benoit
Favorite session: How to Build Websites that Delight, Engage, and Convert
Understanding HTTPS and TLS Zack Tollman
Favorite session: Understanding HTTPS and TLS
Ask Me Anything About Plugins Pippin Williamson
Favorite session: Ask Me Anything About Plugins
3:40 pm
Click This! Subscribe Today! – All About Calls to Action Nile Flores
Favorite session: Click This! Subscribe Today! – All About Calls to Action
Using WordPress as an Engine for Hybrid Mobile Apps {TALK SLIDES} AJ Zane
Favorite session: Using WordPress as an Engine for Hybrid Mobile Apps {TALK SLIDES}
Custom Data Management Made Easier – An Intro To Custom Fields {TALK SLIDES} Brian Bourn
Favorite session: Custom Data Management Made Easier – An Intro To Custom Fields {TALK SLIDES}
4:30 pm
Don’t fear the lawyers: Copyright, the Internet, and you Kevin Koehler
Favorite session: Don’t fear the lawyers: Copyright, the Internet, and you
WordPress Development Environments {TALK SLIDES} Josh Cummings
Favorite session: WordPress Development Environments {TALK SLIDES}
Plugin Development Best Practices Sam Hotchkiss
Favorite session: Plugin Development Best Practices

Sunday:

Sunday has three tracks running: Admin, Beginner and Business (Business track runs at slightly different times, so see that specific schedule at the bottom of this page). Sunday will also feature and “Open Discussion” where anyone can participate in discussing all things WordPress. The “Help Desk” will return Sunday as well, get WordPress assistance at any level (beginner user to developer etc.)

Time Admin Track Beginner's Bootcamp Business Track Happiness Bar (Help Desk) Open Discussion
5:10 pm
Closing Remarks
7:00 pm
After Party
Favorite session: After Party
12:00 pm
Keynote: Chris Lema – Your next five years with WordPress Chris Lema
12:40 pm
Is Your Content Helping or Hurting You? Greg Taylor
Favorite session: Is Your Content Helping or Hurting You?
Beginner’s Bootcamp: Setting up Your Local Environment DesktopServer Team
Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Setting up Your Local Environment
Business Track Steve Zehngut, Carrie Dils, Jason Rosenbaum, Jennifer Bourn, Tom McFarlin, Chris Ford, Tony Perez
Favorite session: Business Track
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
1:20 pm
Getting started with SSL {TALK SLIDES} Erick Hitter
Favorite session: Getting started with SSL {TALK SLIDES}
Beginner’s Bootcamp: Plugins and Plugin Troubleshooting Matt Cromwell
Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Plugins and Plugin Troubleshooting
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
2:00 pm
Dude, Speed Up That Website! Evan Scheingross
Favorite session: Dude, Speed Up That Website!
Beginner’s Bootcamp: Customizing without Hacking Lucy Beer
Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: Customizing without Hacking
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
2:40 pm
WordPress Support Toolkit Jarrett Gucci
Favorite session: WordPress Support Toolkit
Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to Teach Yourself CSS Matt Cromwell
Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to Teach Yourself CSS
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
Open Discussion on WordPress Russell Aaron
Favorite session: Open Discussion on WordPress
3:20 pm
WordPress Upgrade Anxiety No More: 5 Steps to Having a No Surprise Upgrade {TALK SLIDES} Dustin Meza
Favorite session: WordPress Upgrade Anxiety No More: 5 Steps to Having a No Surprise Upgrade {TALK SLIDES}
Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to be Strategic about Getting Content in Your Site Christina Hills
Favorite session: Beginner’s Bootcamp: How to be Strategic about Getting Content in Your Site
Help Desk
Favorite session: Help Desk
4:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Time Business Track Details
12:40 pm
Business Advice: How do you know which advice is worth listening to? Tony Perez
Favorite session: Business Advice: How do you know which advice is worth listening to?
1:10 pm
Career: What does it take to change careers and how do you prepare for it? Chris Ford
Favorite session: Career: What does it take to change careers and how do you prepare for it?
1:40 pm
Personal Growth: How do you run a business while keeping up with changing technology? {TALK SLIDES} Tom McFarlin
Favorite session: Personal Growth: How do you run a business while keeping up with changing technology? {TALK SLIDES}
2:10 pm
Balance: How do you manage the work/life balance challenge? Jennifer Bourn
Favorite session: Balance: How do you manage the work/life balance challenge?
2:40 pm
Customers: How do you prepare for tough calls? Jason Rosenbaum
Favorite session: Customers: How do you prepare for tough calls?
3:10 pm
Lead Generation: How does writing/blogging get you the kinds of leads you want Carrie Dils
Favorite session: Lead Generation: How does writing/blogging get you the kinds of leads you want
3:40 pm
Perseverance: What does it take to step out on your own and stick to it? Steve Zehngut
Favorite session: Perseverance: What does it take to step out on your own and stick to it?

We hope you’re able to mark out some sessions that interest you! Can’t wait to see you at Camp!

3 thoughts on “Start Planning Your Weekend: Track Recap”

  1. Can I register ahead of time for Saturday afternoon and Sunday only? I have a class that I cannot miss from 8:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., so I’ll only be able to attend the 2:50 and later sessions.

    • Hi Rodrigo! So you don’t need to register for any of the sessions, you can just walk into anything you want to be at 🙂 The exception would be any sessions in rooms with limited space, they are first come, first served. We will most likely be doing a signup sheet for the “Beginner Bootcamp” tracks because that is meant to be an all day comprehensive session and has limited space. There will be a post about that coming soon. Hope than answers your questions!

    • Also, there shouldn’t be any space issues on any of the Saturday tracks. On Sunday, the bootcamp and the open discussion are in “smaller” rooms.

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