Schedule

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Saturday, October 21

Time	Blogger	Business	Developer
8:00 am	Registration
9:00 am	Opening Remarks
9:30 am	Who, What, Why, and When of Blogging Kathryn Lang Favorite session: Who, What, Why, and When of Blogging	Entrepreneurship: Living the Dream or the Tower of Terror? Gordon Seirup Favorite session: Entrepreneurship: Living the Dream or the Tower of Terror?	WP-CLI: Don’t Fear The Command Line Dwayne McDaniel Favorite session: WP-CLI: Don’t Fear The Command Line
10:15 am	Blogging strategies for 2018 Mickey Mellen Favorite session: Blogging strategies for 2018	Psst! Client’s Aren’t Telling You the Truth Kathy Drewien Favorite session: Psst! Client’s Aren’t Telling You the Truth	Task Runners + Theming: Automating Your Workflow Joshua Gilmer Favorite session: Task Runners + Theming: Automating Your Workflow
11:00 am	They Ask, You Answer, They Trust Andrew Podner Favorite session: They Ask, You Answer, They Trust	Help Me Help You (or the one where I sell your services and we both get paid) Luke Camara Favorite session: Help Me Help You (or the one where I sell your services and we both get paid)	Multidev, Multi-Platform Development with Docker Doug Cone Favorite session: Multidev, Multi-Platform Development with Docker
11:45 am	Lunch
1:00 pm	Keynote – Why WordPress? Brian Krogsgard
1:45 pm	People Not Pageviews Javacia Harris Bowser Favorite session: People Not Pageviews	Upping Your Freelance Game Melanie G Adcock Favorite session: Upping Your Freelance Game	Introduction to the WordPress REST API Bill Robbins, Micah Wood Favorite session: Introduction to the WordPress REST API
2:30 pm	Afternoon Refreshments – Frios Gourmet Pops
3:00 pm	Demystifying the Domain Registration Katie Ford Favorite session: Demystifying the Domain Registration	Outsourcing with WordPress Mickey E Trivett Favorite session: Outsourcing with WordPress	A Developer’s Guide to the WordPress REST API Micah Wood Favorite session: A Developer’s Guide to the WordPress REST API
3:45 pm	How to Leverage your Soft Skills into Hard Opportunities B.J. Keeton Favorite session: How to Leverage your Soft Skills into Hard Opportunities	Pivotal Steps to Digital Rebranding Mitzi Eaker Favorite session: Pivotal Steps to Digital Rebranding	Build Your Own Web App With The WordPress REST API Bill Robbins Favorite session: Build Your Own Web App With The WordPress REST API
4:30 pm	Closing Remarks and Giveaways!
6:00 pm	Afterparty at Margarita Grill ( Info )

Sunday, October 22

Time	Workshop A	Workshop B	Workshop C
12:30 pm	Venue Open
1:00 pm	Applying Improv to All Aspects of Web Development Dwayne McDaniel Favorite session: Applying Improv to All Aspects of Web Development	Evaluating the Accessibility of Websites with Free Plugins and Web-Based Tools Kim Camp Smalley Favorite session: Evaluating the Accessibility of Websites with Free Plugins and Web-Based Tools	WordPress 101 Kathy Drewien Favorite session: WordPress 101
2:45 pm	Afternoon Break
3:00 pm	SEO in 2017: Identifying Strategies to Boost Results Jenny Munn Favorite session: SEO in 2017: Identifying Strategies to Boost Results	Usability Testing Workshop George Childs Favorite session: Usability Testing Workshop	How WordPress Freelancers Can Stop Sucking at Budgeting Phylecia Jones Favorite session: How WordPress Freelancers Can Stop Sucking at Budgeting

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