Schedule

Friday, September 30th

Time Beginner 1 Beginner 2 Intermediate Advanced
8:30 am
Registration
9:30 am
Opening Remarks
10:00 am
WordPress.ORG Basics: Setup and Installation – pt 1 (10am-12pm) Daniella Norwood
Favorite session: WordPress.ORG Basics: Setup and Installation – pt 1 (10am-12pm)
WordPress.COM Basics: Setup and Installation – pt 1 (10am-12pm) Lydia Rogers
Favorite session: WordPress.COM Basics: Setup and Installation – pt 1 (10am-12pm)
Joint session: Keeping Your Website/Blog Looking Fresh! (10am-11am) & Analytics: Gaining Meaningful Data from Your Audience (11am – 12pm) Patrick Gleavey, Ajay Coletta
Favorite session: Joint session: Keeping Your Website/Blog Looking Fresh! (10am-11am) & Analytics: Gaining Meaningful Data from Your Audience (11am – 12pm)
Contributing to WordPress Core – pt 1 (10am-12pm) Jonathan Desrosiers
Favorite session: Contributing to WordPress Core – pt 1 (10am-12pm)
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
WordPress.ORG Basics: Setup and Installation – pt 2 (1pm-3pm) Daniella Norwood
Favorite session: WordPress.ORG Basics: Setup and Installation – pt 2 (1pm-3pm)
WordPress.COM Basics: Setup and Installation – pt 2 Lydia Rogers
Favorite session: WordPress.COM Basics: Setup and Installation – pt 2
Pick Great Plugins (and Developers) Without Knowing Code Luke Gedeon
Favorite session: Pick Great Plugins (and Developers) Without Knowing Code
Contributing to WordPress Core – pt 2 (1pm-3pm) Jonathan Desrosiers
Favorite session: Contributing to WordPress Core – pt 2 (1pm-3pm)
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Design Workflow: What To Do and When To Do It Christopher Lucock
Favorite session: Design Workflow: What To Do and When To Do It
SEO Beyond Yoast Kerch McConlogue
Favorite session: SEO Beyond Yoast
How to Create a Comprehensive Training Manual for Your Clients Hanna Furey
Favorite session: How to Create a Comprehensive Training Manual for Your Clients
Make Meta Boxes Great Again Nate Allen
Favorite session: Make Meta Boxes Great Again
5:30 pm
Speaker’s Dinner
Favorite session: Speaker’s Dinner

Saturday, October 1st

Time Beginner Developer Business
8:30 am
Registration
9:30 am
Opening Remarks
Favorite session: Opening Remarks
10:00 am
20 Tips to Improving Your WordPress Site for Beginners Reiko Beach
Favorite session: 20 Tips to Improving Your WordPress Site for Beginners
Getting Started with WP-CLI Christian Nolen
Favorite session: Getting Started with WP-CLI
The Formula for Custom Proposal Writing Adam Lamagna
Favorite session: The Formula for Custom Proposal Writing
11:00 am
Blog Like a Boss Aileen McDonough
Favorite session: Blog Like a Boss
Why Did You Do That!? SEO Mistakes All Developers Make Alicia Hale
Favorite session: Why Did You Do That!? SEO Mistakes All Developers Make
Selling Your Soul Lauren Hanson
Favorite session: Selling Your Soul
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm
Keynote Speaker – John Maeda on Computational Design and Inclusion
2:00 pm
Simple Strategies for Creating a Killer IA Matthew O’Bryant
Favorite session: Simple Strategies for Creating a Killer IA
Avoiding Catastrophic Plug-In Failure: Best Practices are Born During Fire Drills Nate Berger
Favorite session: Avoiding Catastrophic Plug-In Failure: Best Practices are Born During Fire Drills
Managing Clients Without Going Crazy John Eckman
Favorite session: Managing Clients Without Going Crazy
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Wicked Fast WordPress Chris Ferdinandi
Favorite session: Wicked Fast WordPress
The Most Beautiful Templates You’ve Ever Seen! How a Template Language Can Speed Up Your Development and Make You a Better Engineer Jared Novak
Favorite session: The Most Beautiful Templates You’ve Ever Seen! How a Template Language Can Speed Up Your Development and Make You a Better Engineer
Five Figure Freelancing Nathan Reimnitz
Favorite session: Five Figure Freelancing
4:30 pm
Panel Discussion
6:00 pm
2016 WordCamp Rhode Island After Party
Favorite session: 2016 WordCamp Rhode Island After Party