Agenda
This was the Agenda for WordCamp Seattle 2009.
Friday night – Pre-WordCamp meet-up will be at Jillian’s on South Lake Union @ 7pm. Details here.
Saturday day – The “official” WordCamp. Here is the official agenda:
| 8:30 AM | Registration and sign up for unconference tracks | |
| 9:15 AM | Welcome | |
| 9:30 AM | Chris Pirillo – Community | |
| 10:15 AM | Jane Wells – Ask WordPress Questions | Jane will give an overview of everything that is happening in the WordPress world. She will then field questions from the audience on anything WordPress. |
| 10:45 AM | Ian Lurie – Internet Therapy: Tough Love For Your Blog | Blog not performing as well as you’d like? Want better search rankings? More readers? Better subscription rates? In this live session, Ian will review a few WordPress blogs for the audience, providing tips to improve SEO, readability, performance and subscribership. |
| 11:30 AM | Break | |
| 11:50 AM | Break-out Sessions | You can choose from the following sessions: |
| Aaron Hockley – After Launching a Couple Dozen Blogs, I Figured Out How to do it Right | WordPress makes it easy to set up a new blog quickly, but to do it right (including planning, launch, and promotion) requires a bit of thought. Aaron will talk about the numerous steps used during the recent launch of SocialPhotoTalk.com, including the planning and site setup, theme and plugin configuration, launch steps, and basic publicity. | |
| Will Norris – How Not to Build a WordPress Plugin | Developing for WordPress is quite easy to learn, but difficult to master. In this session, Will Norris will teach some of the most common mistakes new plugin developers make and how to avoid them. Attendees should have at least a basic knowledge of plugin development. | |
| George Plumley – Giving Your WordPress Site a Video Makeover | Whether it’s the occasional video of your pug or you’re gathering every pug video on the web, WordPress and its plugins have lots of easy ways to display them. George will present some of the options available and talk about some ideas for using video on your site. | |
| Unconference | Come ready with a topic to discuss or present | |
| Unconference | Come ready with a topic to discuss or present | |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM | Break-out Sessions | You can choose from the following sessions: |
| Lorelle VanFossen – Content Creation with WordPress | With tips on speed blogging with WordPress, Lorelle will tackle the tough job every blogger faces: How to generate powerful and consistent content on your blog. Have we forgotten the true definition of blog? It’s about publishing. | |
| Brett Nordquist – How Dad Blogging Makes Me A Better Dad Maya Bisineer – WordPress ease, power and flexibility to run a mommy blog AND an entrepreneur blog |
Brett started his first blog in 1999. He spent more time keeping it running than writing. Like most blogs at that time, it was focused on technology. But over time, and with feedback from his readers, he morphed it into a dad blog. Brett will discuss how WordPress helped make this possible along with how blogging has made him a better father. He’ll discuss how he’s opened up his family to readers around the world including the good and bad that comes from doing so. He’ll also share his suggestions for creating unique content that connects with readers on an emotional level and why he strongly encourages all fathers to blog. | |
| Scott Porad – WordPress at the Cheezburger Factory | The professional un-corporate way to run an online business. ICanHasCheezburger.com has found the perfect way to run a business with low overhead, maximum community building and participation. They are breaking the rules found in traditional online companies. He’ll also mention a lot of the tools they use to run their business on top of the WordPress platform. | |
| Unconference | Come ready with a topic to discuss or present | |
| Unconference | Come ready with a topic to discuss or present | |
| 2:10 PM | Break | |
| 2:30 PM | Break-out Sessions | You can choose from the following sessions: |
| Windows Live – Easy WordPress Blogging with WIndows Live Writer | Windows Live Writer is a tool to help increase blogger productivity. Windows Live Writer works with many blogging platforms but works the best with WordPress. Many features of Windows Live Writer are exclusive to WordPress. We will cover how to enable XML-RPC for WordPress blogs and how to configure Windows Live Writer against a WordPress blog. The Windows Live Writer has a set of plugins that will help users further a user’s productivity even past what comes inside of the box with Windows Live Writer. These plugins will take advantage of special features available only in WordPress’ API. | |
| Mark McLaren – Business Blogging 101 | This breakout presentation is intended as a counterpart to Aaron’s “After Launching a Couple Dozen Blogs, I Figured Out How to Do it Right”. More and more businesses are using WordPress to create not just blogs but full-blown websites. I will give an overview of important things to think about when setting up a business website with WordPress, including resources and suggestions for plugins and themes. But, our primary focus will be on the differences between a social media (trust-building) approach to Web marketing and a “sales pitch” approach. WordPress works well for either one. The question is, Which one works best for your business? | |
| Mark Jaquith – BuddyPress and the Future Of WordPress Plugins | In this developer-friendly session you’ll learn what BuddyPress is, what it can do, and how to set it up, integerate it, and extend it. You’ll get a preview of some of the features coming in BuddyPress 1.1, and learn why it is to your advantage as a WordPress developer to incorporate BuddyPress consulting into the services you offer. The session will close with some discussion of how BuddyPress is a good model for the future of the WordPress plugin landscape. |
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| Unconference | Come ready with a topic to discuss or present | |
| Unconference | Come ready with a topic to discuss or present | |
| 3:15 PM | Break | |
| 3:35 PM | Ignite @ WordCamp Seattle (5 min. presentations) | 1. Evil ZEN Scientist – Self-hosting multiple WordPress blogs: my experience, tips and tricks 2. Eric Amundson – 5 Free Ways to Bulletproof Your WordPress Site 3. Donald DeSantis – Create Your Own WordPress Theme in Five Minutes 4. Chris Molitor – Finding the perfect theme for you or your business 5. Josh Harrison – wp-config Tips and Tricks 6. Mark McLaren – WordPress and the Social Web |
| 4:15 PM | Liz Strauss – Context, Campaigns, and the U Community | |
| 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | |
Saturday night- Immediately after WordCamp Seattle comes to a close we will all head over to the Ballroom in Fremont to enjoy free pizza and unwind with new friends.
