Welcome to KC’s WordPress Community!

WordCampKC is almost here! It will be located in the Plaza area at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, a wonderful building that houses the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s mission is to help individuals attain economic independence by advancing educational achievement and entrepreneurial success.

This year at WordCampKC, we will have the following tracks:

WordPress 101 & 201

This track will include a mix of tracks and panels that focus on the basics of WordPress. From choosing between .org or .com, content strategies, and working with themes or plugins… this is the place to get your questions answered.

Designer

This track will include design and development tips and tricks. Typography, theme customization, and which tools work the best will be discussed here.

Developer

This track will include heavy development work. Core contributions, how to get started making your own plugins, and an up close look at KCPT’s current modifications with WordPress.

Entrepreneur

This track will include discussions of how to manage multiple user workflows, eCommerce and other must know items for an entrepreneur.

Community Support Lounge

The Community Support Lounge is part of the event where volunteer experts hang around and help attendees with any questions they have. Get your WordPress questions answered, one-on-one, by some of the best experts around. Tricky configuration question? Plugins issues? Wanting to bring WordPress in your enterprise but wondering if it’ll fit in? Whatever the question, our friendly volunteers will make sure you leave the chat with solutions.

Contributor Day

Whether you’re a designer, developer, systems or support specialist or writer, there’s a way for you to contribute back to WordPress. Learn More >

Sessions & Speakers

We have a great line up, so stop by and take a look at what we’ve got.

Friday, June 12th

Located at Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO → Map

Time	WordPress 101 Room: Town Square	WordPress 201 Room: Troost
11:00 am	Registration
12:00 pm	From Zero to WordPress Publish Michele Butcher Favorite session: From Zero to WordPress Publish	How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Update Button Chris Koerner Favorite session: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Update Button
1:00 pm	The Beginner’s Guide to Writing in WordPress Jamie Smith Favorite session: The Beginner’s Guide to Writing in WordPress	WordPress.com vs WordPress.org Josepha Haden Favorite session: WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
2:00 pm	Break Time!
2:30 pm	Before You Build Mary White Favorite session: Before You Build	Ins and Outs of Child Themeing Topher DeRosia Favorite session: Ins and Outs of Child Themeing
3:30 pm	WordCamp 101 Marc Benzakein Favorite session: WordCamp 101	Keep Your Site Secure Michele Butcher Favorite session: Keep Your Site Secure

7:30 pm Welcome-party at Tomfooleries – 612 W 47th St, Kansas City, MO → Map

Saturday, June 13th

Located at Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
4801 Rockhill RoadKansas City, MO → Map

Time	Entrepreneur Room: Town Square	Developer Room: Brookside	Designer Room: Troost	Community Support Room: Plaza
8:00 am	Registration and Opening Remarks
9:00 am	Rebranding with WordPress: How WordPress Helped ECJC Create a New Identity Melissa Roberts Favorite session: Rebranding with WordPress: How WordPress Helped ECJC Create a New Identity	The Magic of Advanced Custom Fields Kristin Falkner Favorite session: The Magic of Advanced Custom Fields	Designing for Conversion Mary Baum Favorite session: Designing for Conversion	Helping Press Words All Day Favorite session: Helping Press Words All Day
10:00 am	Stop Selling and Start Solving Jennifer Rosenblatt Favorite session: Stop Selling and Start Solving	Developing WordPress Website Using Google App Engine Kim Beasley Favorite session: Developing WordPress Website Using Google App Engine	Timber & Twig Templating for WordPress Brent Schultz Favorite session: Timber & Twig Templating for WordPress
11:00 am	Startups and Team Building Marianne Worthington Favorite session: Startups and Team Building	From Cowboy Coding to Professional Developer Andy Brudtkuhl Favorite session: From Cowboy Coding to Professional Developer	Advanced Plugins for the Mobile Web Dave Navarro Jr. Favorite session: Advanced Plugins for the Mobile Web
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Creating a Life Workflow that . . . Works? Marc Benzakein Favorite session: Creating a Life Workflow that . . . Works?	How to Build WordPress Plugins People Love Frankie Jarrett Favorite session: How to Build WordPress Plugins People Love	How to Stop the Robot Apocalypse and Put Your Site to Work! Eric Huber Favorite session: How to Stop the Robot Apocalypse and Put Your Site to Work!
2:00 pm	WordPress SEO: Penguins, Pigeons, and Pandas Rebecca Haden Favorite session: WordPress SEO: Penguins, Pigeons, and Pandas	Building Responsible WordPress Sites Brian Goldstein Favorite session: Building Responsible WordPress Sites	WordPress Theme Builders vs. Page Builders Brian Bookwalter Favorite session: WordPress Theme Builders vs. Page Builders
3:00 pm	Held Hostage: How WordPress Saves Small Businesses from Captivity Heather Physioc Favorite session: Held Hostage: How WordPress Saves Small Businesses from Captivity	Going Beyond Syntax: Solving Problems in Development Before Touching Code Pippin Williamson Favorite session: Going Beyond Syntax: Solving Problems in Development Before Touching Code	New Design Rules for Mobile-Ready Sites Mary Baum Favorite session: New Design Rules for Mobile-Ready Sites

6:00 pm After-party at Tapcade at Crossroads – 1701 McGee, Kansas City, MO → Map

Sunday, June 14th

Located at Sprint Accelerator
210 West 19th Terrace, Kansas City, MO → Map

Time	Content Sprint Accelerator	Contributor Sprint Accelerator
10:00 am	Registration
10:30 am	Rich Pins, Twitter Cards and Facebook: Optimizing your Content for Social Sharing Brianna Privett Favorite session: Rich Pins, Twitter Cards and Facebook: Optimizing your Content for Social Sharing	Contributing All Day Favorite session: Contributing All Day
11:30 am	Google Analytics and WordPress Mike Hansen Favorite session: Google Analytics and WordPress
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Podcasting and WordPress Go Together like Peas and Carrots Shane Purnell Favorite session: Podcasting and WordPress Go Together like Peas and Carrots
2:30 pm	World Domination with Collaborative Tools Rebecca Haden Favorite session: World Domination with Collaborative Tools
3:30 pm	Why and How Businesses and Organizations Should Blog Jamie Smith Favorite session: Why and How Businesses and Organizations Should Blog