WordCamp Dallas/Fort Worth will be held on Saturday, November 11 and Sunday, November 12, 2017 at the University Of North Texas Health Science Center. We also have some transportation and lodging information available.
- Your ticket includes a Texas-style lunch on both Saturday and Sunday — along with a t-shirt and other swag.
- A Networking Reception will be held on Saturday for one hour immediately after Closing Remarks, where snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.
- You will then have about an hour to grab some dinner on your own with WordCamp friends before the After Party begins at 7:00 PM.
- Contributor Day happens all day on Sunday, concurrent with other sessions. But you are welcome to come and go or stay all day, as you wish. You don’t have to be a developer to participate — anyone can contribute!
- “Tracks” are not contained within any one room, and you are encouraged to go to any session that interests you in any room.
Be sure to see our Sessions page for more information about each session and our Speakers page to read more about our fabulous presenters.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
| Time | Friendship Room "Friendship" is the Texas state motto. | Mockingbird Room The Mockingbird is the Texas state bird. | Bluebonnet Room Bluebonnets are the Texas state flower. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Registration | ||
| 8:45 am | Opening Remarks | ||
| 9:00 am | Keynote Speaker Sheryle Gillihan | ||
| 10:00 am | If You Think It, You Can Build It Scott Kingsley Clark | Starting Your Digital Agency With WordPress Brennen Bliss | Workshop: WordPress 101 Elayna Fernández |
| 11:00 am | You Built It… Now What? Lori Calcott | Javascript – Beyond jQuery Tanner Moushey | Workshop: WordPress 101 (Continued) |
| 11:45 am | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 pm | Custom Fields: Beyond the Basics Scott Kingsley Clark | How to Raise your Web Design Rates Erin Flynn | Customizing a Theme in the Browser Susan Ramsey |
| 2:00 pm | Using Social Media to Grow your Personal Brand and Build your Freelance Business Isaac Irvine | 360 Degrees of Security – Setting Standards for Your Websites and Yourself Adam W. Warner | Centralizing News through WordPress REST API Todd McKee |
| 3:00 pm | The Way to Theme Enlightenment Amanda Giles | Integrating VR (Virtual Reality) Content into WordPress Websites Jeff VanDrimmelen | Workshop: SEO in an Hour for WordPress Lindsay Halsey |
| 4:00 pm | Optimize Your WordPress Website John Peterson | Herding Cats: How Project Management can Help Build Your Best Customer Experience (and then Make it Better) Ani King | Workshop: SEO in an Hour for WordPress (Continued) |
| 5:00 pm | Closing Remarks | ||
| 5:15 pm | Networking Reception (1 Hour) | ||
| = Business | = Development | = Blogging / Content Creation | = Community |
Sunday, November 12, 2017
| Time | Friendship Room "Friendship" is the Texas state motto. | Mockingbird Room The Mockingbird is the Texas state bird. | Bluebonnet Room Bluebonnets are the Texas state flower. | Pecan Room Pecan is both the Texas state tree and the state nut. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 pm | After Party | |||
| 9:00 am | Registration | |||
| 10:00 am | Keynote Speaker Carrie Dils | |||
| 11:00 am | Beyond the basics of WordPress SEO Sean Jackson | The Future: Why Open Matters Aaron D. Campbell | Get Paid! Plugins, Gateways, BitCoin: WordPress Ecommerce Project Management Peter Walker | Contributor Day (All Day) |
| 11:45 am | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm | Bringing a WordPress Product into the Market Chris Lema | Introduction to WordPress Multisite Aaron Edwards | Five Tips for Better Blogging as a Beginner Cathy Rueter | Contributor Day (All Day) |
| 2:00 pm | How Losing My Son Gave Birth to So Many Blessings Alex & Marie Juchniewicz | Getting to ROI – The Shift to Results Oriented Google Analytics Tom McCracken | Creating a Digital Marketing Strategy that Works Sara Graybill | Contributor Day (All Day) |
| 3:00 pm | How to Turn Your Blog into a Book in 60 Days or Less Elisha & Elyssa Fernández | Chatbots: Why Your Business Must Adopt Conversation Based Marketing Kevin Fontenot | WordPress for Non-Profit Organizations Laura Dapkus | Contributor Day (All Day) |
| 4:00 pm | Getting SEO Advantages from Social Media Chris Silver Smith | The Basics of Content Marketing Adam Fout | Sales 101 – Finding Clients and Freeing up Dollars Matt Hayman | Contributor Day (All Day) |
| 5:00 pm | Closing Remarks | |||
| = Business | = Development | = Blogging / Content Creation | = Community |