Agenda

Saturday, August 7th
Business

Blogger
Developer
Case Studies
8:00am Breakfast+
Check-in
9:00am Keynote Speaker MATT MULLENWEG | Founder, WordPress + Automattic + Proud Houstonian
10-10:50am Breakout Session Rebirth of Slick

Kelsey Ruger

WordPress 101:
The Basics

David Stagg

WordPress 3.0: What’s New?

Stephanie Leary

Andrea White, PassionateSupporter.com

colab

11-11:50am Breakout Session

Easy SEO in WordPress

John-Michael Oswalt

WordPress 102:
Beyond the Basics

Monica Danna +
Chris Everson

Optimizing for performance – Make your WordPress Blog faster

Chris Olbekson

Saurage Marketing Research

Schipul, The Web Marketing Company

Noon Lunch
1-1:50am Breakout Session Let’s Talk About WordPress

Roby Fitzhenry

Journalist vs. Blogger: Understanding the FTC Online Disclosure Law

Dean Betz + Mike McGuff

Custom Theme Development

Chris Everson

AIDS Foundation Houston

Marc Cohen, Courtenay Siegfried, Chris Valdez

Break Break it Down Whew. Take a breather. You’ve earned it, Rockstar.
2:10-3pm Breakout Session Leveraging WordPress for Advocacy Campaigns

Celinda Provost
Dan Derozier
Dan Joyce


Must-Have Plug-ins

Matthew Wettergreen

You’re Holding it Wrong: Using Proper WordPress Conventions and APIs

Aaron Brazell

University of Houston Housing

Marion Montgomery, Inc.

3:10-4pm Breakout Session

Putting the Press in WordPress: Best Practices in Online Publishing

Grace Rodriquez

Blogging for Businesses: Who’s Blog is it Anyway?

Amanda Hansen +
Lauren McKechnie

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WordPress Beyond Blogging

Bill Erickson

Houston Museum of Natural Science
4pm-6pm WordLab + Mixer
@ Caroline Collective
Didn’t catch something? Need some one on one WordHelp? Join us at the WordLab.
It’ll be Rad. RadLab?
Mos def.