Schedule

Friday – September 16th

6:00pm-9:00pm Meet and Greet the Speakers

Saturday – September 17th

Skill Level Key: Low | Medium | High

Time DIY Track Business Track Advanced Track
8:00 Registration – Snacks and Coffee Provided by WordCamp ABQ
9:00 Opening Remarks
9:30

Writing for your Blog (or website): Getting Started

Jay Thompson

Mobile Marketing: Is Your Website Mobile Friendly?

Sheriece Strickland

Site Performance, From Pinto to Ferrari

Joseph Scott

10:30

WordPress Fundamentals

Sean Wells

Gaining More Clients and Customers Through Writing Effective Blog Posts

Mariana Wagner

Building a Powerful, Flexible CMS using Custom Fields and Custom Post Types

Ray Gulick

11:30

WordPress Wardrobe: Dressing Up Your Website With the Best Functioning Theme

Aryon Hoselton

Membership Sites: Your Link to Ongoing Monthly Profits

Cynthia Lay

Creating a WordPress Multisite/Network

Karen Arnold

12:30 Lunch – Provided by WordCamp ABQ
1:30

10 Cool Things You Can Do With Widgets

Ben Byrne

Strategies to Get the Word Out: PR, Marketing, etc.

Kelly Koepke

The Making of: Casual Theme

Brooks Walch

2:30

SEO Panel

Panelists: Bill Zientek, Sam Hotchkiss, Anne Rich, and Brian Tercero

Moderated by Jenifer De La Garza 

WordDoctor

Bring your WP website issues to the experts for a brief appointment and get free diagnosis and prescriptions. Second opinions available! Various WordPress Experts

3:30 break
4:00

The Electronic Canvas: A Palette of Plug-Ins for Artists of All Types

Panelists: Karin Pitman, Michael Browning, Aryon Hoselton

Moderated by Jenifer De La Garza

Shoestring Vlogging: The Business Guide to Low-Budget Promotional Video Production

Toby Younis

WordPress Security: Best Practices and Disaster Recovery

Damian Taggart

5:00

Closing Remarks

Lance Willett, Joseph Scott, Kevin Conboy from Automattic

5:30 After Party – Happy Hour – Networking – Mingling – Snacks Provided

Sunday – September 18

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4
9:00am-11:00am

WordPress for Real Estate

Jay Thompson

Kids and WordPress

Karen Arnold, Sean Wells

WordPress for Small Business, Non-Profits

Julia Mandeville

WordPress Panel for Developers and Designers

Panelists: Aryon Hoselton, Ray Gulick, Kevin Conboy, Joseph Scott

Schedule is subject to change.

All events are at the Albuquerque Sheraton Airport

2910 Yale Boulevard S.E.
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 843-7000 Click here for a Google map.