About WordCamp SLC

When & Where

September 23, 2017
9am – 5pm
(Afterparty at 5:30
Church & State
370 S. 300 E.Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(We recommend taking TRAX or parking at the Library)

What is WordCamp?

On September 23, the local WordPress community will meet in Salt Lake for a relaxed, single-day conference that includes workshops, talks, a t-shirt, and lunch. Thanks to generous sponsors, tickets are only $20. Click here to register now!

Who will be there?

You, we hope! We plan WordCamp with developers, designers, business owners, and end users in mind. Not to mention WordPress contributors. If you’ve never been to WordCamp before, we hope you’ll come see what this is all about. If you have been, welcome back!

Blog

September 22, 2017

Are you ready for some WordCamp?

WordCamp Salt Lake City is TOMORROW! Are you ready? A couple things you should be aware of for tomorrow’s event: We’ve SOLD OUT! Six months or so ago, when we started planning this WordCamp, I made the arbitrary decision to set the number of tickets to 250. This was before we even knew for sure …

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September 15, 2017

Speaker change, welcome Allison Tarr!

We’ve had another last minute speaker lineup change. Chris Rogers isn’t able to join us this year. Instead, I’m happy to announce that my good friend Allison Tarr will be speaking instead about the importance of mental health as developers. Allison is coming all the way from Toronto (in Canada) and didn’t think she’d be …

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September 13, 2017

Speaker change announcement

Our previously-announced speaker, Susan Daniero, from Materiell, will be unable to make it to WordCamp Salt Lake City. However, one of her project managers, Jeremy Englert, will be taking over in her stead to give her presentation titled Whoo, you’ve launched! Now what? Be sure to thank Jeremy for filling in next week!

Schedule

Saturday, September 23rd

All times subject to change until the day of the event.

Time	Chapel	1893	Training Room
8:00 am	Check-in / Registration
9:00 am	Welcome
9:25 am	Hang In There, Baby!: Lessons on Relevance & Longevity on the Ever-Changing Internet Joelle Reeder Favorite session: Hang In There, Baby!: Lessons on Relevance & Longevity on the Ever-Changing Internet	The part you play in your company’s website security John Hawkins Favorite session: The part you play in your company’s website security	Better Admin Navigation for Large Sites Clarence Bowman Favorite session: Better Admin Navigation for Large Sites
10:15 am	Demystifying WordPress Theme Development Carrie Forde Favorite session: Demystifying WordPress Theme Development	How to Score 100 on Google Page Speed Test Joseph Stevenson Favorite session: How to Score 100 on Google Page Speed Test	Increase Your Personal Bandwidth: Singlehandedly Manage 100’s of WP Sites & Clients Tevya Washburn Favorite session: Increase Your Personal Bandwidth: Singlehandedly Manage 100’s of WP Sites & Clients
11:05 am	Bridging the Gap Between Design and Development Jo Murgel Favorite session: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Development	Getting Redesign Right Velda (supernovia) Favorite session: Getting Redesign Right	Entrepreneurish: WordPress as a Business Building Block Gina Marie Zanutto Favorite session: Entrepreneurish: WordPress as a Business Building Block
11:55 am	A Code Commentary Mike Selander, Tyrel Kelsey Favorite session: A Code Commentary		Taxes for Techies Scott DeLuzio Favorite session: Taxes for Techies
12:40 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Tip Your Server Duke Speer Favorite session: Tip Your Server		Credit Cards: “The Stupid Tax” Brenner Adams Favorite session: Credit Cards: “The Stupid Tax”
1:40 pm	How to tell your startup’s story without spending all day writing Kyle Gray Favorite session: How to tell your startup’s story without spending all day writing		Inbound Marketing for the Small Business Chris Fontes Favorite session: Inbound Marketing for the Small Business
1:55 pm	Revenue Doesn’t Mean Sht if You’re Not Profitable Lisa Sabin-Wilson Favorite session: Revenue Doesn’t Mean Sht if You’re Not Profitable
2:45 pm	Field Guide to Caring for a Developer Allison Tarr Favorite session: Field Guide to Caring for a Developer	Web Accessibility and WordPress Chris David Miles Favorite session: Web Accessibility and WordPress	WP on Auto Pilot: Populate data using XML Dhanushka Samarakoon Favorite session: WP on Auto Pilot: Populate data using XML
3:35 pm	Introversion and Open Source: an Unlikely Combination Garth Mortensen Favorite session: Introversion and Open Source: an Unlikely Combination	Freelance Success Through Specialization Theresa Smith Favorite session: Freelance Success Through Specialization	Whoo, you’ve launched! Now what? Jeremy Englert Favorite session: Whoo, you’ve launched! Now what?
4:25 pm	Drop-kick Imposter Syndrome Chris Reynolds Favorite session: Drop-kick Imposter Syndrome	Shameless Self Promotion Michael Sheen, Angie Fenimore Favorite session: Shameless Self Promotion
5:15 pm	Closing remarks
5:30 pm	Afterparty

WordCamp Salt Lake City 2017 is over. Check out the next edition!