{"id":1549,"date":"2015-06-09T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2015-06-07T20:43:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T01:43:06","slug":"making-the-most-out-of-wordcamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/making-the-most-out-of-wordcamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Most out of WordCamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This guest post is by Austin Gunter<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve spent enough time working with WordPress, you\u2019ve come across the ubiquitous \u201cWordCamps\u201d and probably asked the question, \u201c<a title=\"What the heck is a WordCamp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/beginners-guide\/what-is-a-wordcamp-and-why-you-should-attend-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\">What the heck is a WordCamp?<\/a>\u201d Hopefully at this point you\u2019re considering attending a local one, and you want to know, <strong>\u201cHow can I make the most out of my weekend?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a good post to read before you go. It will help you make a conference plan to maximize your weekend. There\u2019s a lot you can get out of a WordCamp, so let\u2019s help you decide what that is!<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/events\/making-most-wordcamps\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/events\/making-most-wordcamps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guest post is by Austin Gunter If you\u2019ve spent enough time working with WordPress, you\u2019ve come across the ubiquitous \u201cWordCamps\u201d and probably asked the question, \u201cWhat the heck is a WordCamp?\u201d Hopefully at this point you\u2019re considering attending a local one, and you want to know, \u201cHow can I make the most out of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/making-the-most-out-of-wordcamps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Making the Most out of WordCamps<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7184932,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[478747],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordcamp-kc-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5UiQo-oZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1555,"url":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/what-to-expect-from-a-wordcamp\/","url_meta":{"origin":1549,"position":0},"title":"What to Expect from a WordCamp?","author":"Josepha","date":"June 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re thinking of attending a WordCamp, you may be wondering what to expect. 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