WordCamp Kansas City Schedule

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Thursday, April 20th

7pm, Meetup: How to Rock WordCamp KC – A WordCamp Guide for All!

RSVP – https://www.meetup.com/wordpresskc/events/238284726/

Located at Harpo’s
4109 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, MO → Map

Thursday, April 27th

7pm, WordCamp Kansas City Kickoff Party

Located at Doughnut Lounge
4117 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO → Map

With doughnuts sponsored by Doughnut Lounge!

Friday, April 28th

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

Time Town Square Brookside Brush Creek
8:00 am
Doors Open, Check-in & Breakfast Served
8:45 am
Opening Remarks
9:00 am
KEYNOTE – The 3 Core Focuses of WordPress in 2017 Konstantin Obenland
Favorite session: KEYNOTE – The 3 Core Focuses of WordPress in 2017
9:45 am
Snacks Served
10:00 am
Content, WordPress, and SEO Rebecca Haden
Favorite session: Content, WordPress, and SEO
The Greatest Gift Bill Swearingen
Favorite session: The Greatest Gift
Digital Business Decisions Melissa Roberts
Favorite session: Digital Business Decisions
11:00 am
Using Google Tools for Website Analytics Tim Sisson
Favorite session: Using Google Tools for Website Analytics
A/B Testing – Which Way Does Your Duck Face? Mike Demopoulos
Favorite session: A/B Testing – Which Way Does Your Duck Face?
4 simple steps to build your digital brand Ryan Rhoten
Favorite session: 4 simple steps to build your digital brand
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Crafting a Killer Editorial Calendar with WordPress Brittany VanMaele
Favorite session: Crafting a Killer Editorial Calendar with WordPress
Navigations, Menus and MORE Mary White
Favorite session: Navigations, Menus and MORE
Freelancing: Working from Both Sides of the Table Danny Santoro
Favorite session: Freelancing: Working from Both Sides of the Table
2:00 pm
Getting The Most of Your $$ on Social Andrea Garcia
Favorite session: Getting The Most of Your $$ on Social
Prototyping for Better Design Decisions Jeremy Fuksa
Favorite session: Prototyping for Better Design Decisions
5 Reasons a WP Developer should never go full freelance or start their own company Sam Werner
Favorite session: 5 Reasons a WP Developer should never go full freelance or start their own company
2:45 pm
Snacks Served
3:00 pm
Driving Traffic through Search & Social Media Rebecca Music
Favorite session: Driving Traffic through Search & Social Media
Beginning WordPress Theme Development Jamie Schmid
Favorite session: Beginning WordPress Theme Development
What Entrepreneurs Should Know About The Law Chris Brown
Favorite session: What Entrepreneurs Should Know About The Law
4:00 pm
Local SEO Essentials Michael Black
Favorite session: Local SEO Essentials
Let’s write a plugin! Demystifying the art and science of plugin development Frankie Jarrett
Favorite session: Let’s write a plugin! Demystifying the art and science of plugin development

Saturday, April 29th

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

Time Town Square Brookside Brush Creek
8:00 am
Doors Open, Check-in & Breakfast Served
9:00 am
Developing a Video Strategy That Will Change Your Business Andrea Zoellner
Favorite session: Developing a Video Strategy That Will Change Your Business
Access Denied: Keeping your site off an attacker’s radar Paul Gilzow
Favorite session: Access Denied: Keeping your site off an attacker’s radar
What’s your worth? Why women underestimate their marketplace value. Marianne Worthington
Favorite session: What’s your worth? Why women underestimate their marketplace value.
9:45 am
Snacks Served
10:00 am
Facebook Live! The Secret Sauce Dave Navarro Jr.
Favorite session: Facebook Live! The Secret Sauce
WordPress Debugging Tips and Tricks Keanan Koppenhaver
Favorite session: WordPress Debugging Tips and Tricks
Choosing Progress Over Perfection J. Caleb Rogers
Favorite session: Choosing Progress Over Perfection
11:00 am
Why Bloggers MUST Podcast Rob Walch
Favorite session: Why Bloggers MUST Podcast
WordPress Optimizations Tim Sisson
Favorite session: WordPress Optimizations
Beyond fraud basics: Be secure. Be safe. Be informed Michael L Rattenne IV, Marc Vasquez
Favorite session: Beyond fraud basics: Be secure. Be safe. Be informed
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Actionable Demographic Data Using Google Analytics Michael Black
Favorite session: Actionable Demographic Data Using Google Analytics
Making WordPress Plugin Development Easy Bruce L Chamoff
Favorite session: Making WordPress Plugin Development Easy
Using WordPress As The Foundation For Your Digital Ecosystem Sean R. Nicholson
Favorite session: Using WordPress As The Foundation For Your Digital Ecosystem
2:00 pm
Making Your Site Worthy Of Paid Traffic Jason A Keeler
Favorite session: Making Your Site Worthy Of Paid Traffic
Introduction to React for jQuery Developers Ronald Huereca
Favorite session: Introduction to React for jQuery Developers
WordPress Website = Virtual Assistant Alisha McFarland
Favorite session: WordPress Website = Virtual Assistant
2:45 pm
Snacks Served
3:00 pm
How to increase your organic reach with social media marketing Jennifer Rosenblatt
Favorite session: How to increase your organic reach with social media marketing
React + WordPress: A Match Made in Heaven Josh Broton
Favorite session: React + WordPress: A Match Made in Heaven
Themes and Plugins that will handle the 80 of your 80/20 Ann Gaffigan
Favorite session: Themes and Plugins that will handle the 80 of your 80/20
4:00 pm
The Role of WordPress Websites in B2B Marketing Automation Mark Kelly
Favorite session: The Role of WordPress Websites in B2B Marketing Automation
Ask Me Anything About Plugins Pippin Williamson
Favorite session: Ask Me Anything About Plugins
Not Just a Blog: ECommerce and WordPress Will Hanke
Favorite session: Not Just a Blog: ECommerce and WordPress