Schedule

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HUGE Pre-WordCamp Miami 2017 Social Meetup
Thursday, March 23, 2017 @ 6:30 PM

Pre-Conference (Friday, March 24)	Main Conference (Sat/Sun, March 25-26)	Kid’s Activities (Sat/Sun, March 25-26)
WordPress 101 Beginners Course (Located At HUBB Co-Working – NOT at FIU, But Nearby) Freelancer’s Workshop (Room PG6-112) BuddyCamp Miami (Room GC 140 and GC 280)	Sat March 25th Sat After Party 🎉 🍕 🍻 Sun March 26th Learning Javascript Deeply	Kid’s Blogging Workshop Sat Mar 25th Kid’s Coding Workshop Sat Mar 26th Kid’s Panel Sun Mar 26th ICE CREAM!!!

Saturday, March 25th

Our main day of the conference is stuffed full of a variety of topics and includes a number of informative lightning talks.

Time	WordPress 102 Track (CBC 155)	Content / Design (RDB 1100)	Developers Track (CBC 232)
8:00 am	Registration
8:30 am	Opening Remarks (CBC-155)
9:00 am	How To Secure Your WordPress Site Paul Gilzow Favorite session: How To Secure Your WordPress Site	You Are Not Your Audience: How to Create User Centered Design Tracy Apps Favorite session: You Are Not Your Audience: How to Create User Centered Design	Clean Architecture in Plugins & Themes Diana Espino Favorite session: Clean Architecture in Plugins & Themes
9:40 am	Finding Useful Plugins: How To Extend WordPress Past a Simple Blog Meagan Hanes Favorite session: Finding Useful Plugins: How To Extend WordPress Past a Simple Blog	Marketing for Nerds Diane Kinney, Carrie Dils Favorite session: Marketing for Nerds	Joomla Extension Directory vs. WordPress Plugin Directory Aleksander Kuczek Favorite session: Joomla Extension Directory vs. WordPress Plugin Directory
10:20 am	Break – AMA: Victor Santoyo (Sucuri) Favorite session: Break – AMA: Victor Santoyo (Sucuri)	Break – AMA: Mason James (WPValet) Favorite session: Break – AMA: Mason James (WPValet)	Break – AMA: Mark Jaquith Favorite session: Break – AMA: Mark Jaquith
10:50 am	CSS-Tricks: A Poster Board WordPress Site Chris Coyier Favorite session: CSS-Tricks: A Poster Board WordPress Site	Taking SEO Beyond the Green Dot Rebecca Gill Favorite session: Taking SEO Beyond the Green Dot	Custom Roles and Capabilities in WordPress Pete Nelson Favorite session: Custom Roles and Capabilities in WordPress
11:30 am	WordPress & Drupal: Community and Contribution Differences and Lessons Mike Herchel Favorite session: WordPress & Drupal: Community and Contribution Differences and Lessons	DIY Design: Think Like A Designer When Creating Your Site Michelle Schulp Favorite session: DIY Design: Think Like A Designer When Creating Your Site	PHP 7.1 Cal Evans Favorite session: PHP 7.1
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	How To Decide If Page Builders Are Right For You Eduardo Carreiro Favorite session: How To Decide If Page Builders Are Right For You	Getting Real Business Results from Your Content Marketing Efforts David Johnson Favorite session: Getting Real Business Results from Your Content Marketing Efforts	Security for Your Webserver: How to Protect Your Website By Protecting The Server It Runs On Chris Wiegman Favorite session: Security for Your Webserver: How to Protect Your Website By Protecting The Server It Runs On
1:40 pm	Tech And The Power of One Miles Lifton Favorite session: Tech And The Power of One	Managing Multiple WordPress Websites in 2017 Steven Alig Favorite session: Managing Multiple WordPress Websites in 2017	REST API Case Study: Actionable.co Shawn Hooper Favorite session: REST API Case Study: Actionable.co
2:10 pm	Beginner’s Guide To WordPress And Ecommerce Christie Chirinos Favorite session: Beginner’s Guide To WordPress And Ecommerce	How to Create Compelling Content That Increases Traffic and Sales Syed Balkhi Favorite session: How to Create Compelling Content That Increases Traffic and Sales	Introduction to Automated WordPress Deployments Carl Alexander Favorite session: Introduction to Automated WordPress Deployments
2:50 pm	Break – AMA: Andrew Wikel (WooCommerce) Andrew Wikel Favorite session: Break – AMA: Andrew Wikel (WooCommerce)	Break – AMA: Kyle Putnam (FlyWheel) Kyle Putnam Favorite session: Break – AMA: Kyle Putnam (FlyWheel)	Break – AMA: Andrew Norcross Andrew Norcross Favorite session: Break – AMA: Andrew Norcross
3:20 pm	Scoping eCommerce Projects Patrick Rauland Favorite session: Scoping eCommerce Projects	The Current State of UX 2017: Trends, What Works, Future Predictions Karla Campos Favorite session: The Current State of UX 2017: Trends, What Works, Future Predictions	A Better User Experience With The WordPress Customizer Andrew Taylor Favorite session: A Better User Experience With The WordPress Customizer
4:00 pm	Ecommerce Q&A: Making More Money And Avoiding Mistakes Bradley Cummins, Andrew Wikel, Chris Christoff, Patrick Rauland Favorite session: Ecommerce Q&A: Making More Money And Avoiding Mistakes	Building Your Expertise Branding Online: The What, the Why, and the How Anthony Miyazaki Favorite session: Building Your Expertise Branding Online: The What, the Why, and the How	Amp Up Your Admin Amanda Giles Favorite session: Amp Up Your Admin
5:00 pm	End of Day Remarks & Giveaways (CBC-155)
6:00 pm	After Party

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Sunday, March 26th

Our last day of the conference is a perfect fit for business professionals, general WordPress users.

Time	Business Track (CBC 155)	Users Track (RDB 1100)
8:00 am	Breakfast Social
8:30 am	Breakfast Social & Registration
9:00 am	Lessons From Marketing Disasters Shilpa Shah Favorite session: Lessons From Marketing Disasters	Kids And Code Sandy Edwards Favorite session: Kids And Code
9:45 am	Grow Your Business by Elevating The Experience Scott Mann Favorite session: Grow Your Business by Elevating The Experience	Kids Panel Kimberly Lipari Favorite session: Kids Panel
10:30 am	The Owner’s Dilemma: How to Stay at the Top of your Game Without Burning Out, Becoming Boring, or Needing to Live in Your Mom’s Basement Sherry Walling Favorite session: The Owner’s Dilemma: How to Stay at the Top of your Game Without Burning Out, Becoming Boring, or Needing to Live in Your Mom’s Basement	Importance of Landing Pages Alex Oliveira Favorite session: Importance of Landing Pages
11:15 am	Business Panel: Business Longevity: Building Something that Will Last Jon Brown, Sherry Walling, Karim Marucchi, Rebecca Gill, Scott Mann Favorite session: Business Panel: Business Longevity: Building Something that Will Last	WordPress Without Borders – Scaling for Growth Hristo Pandjarov Favorite session: WordPress Without Borders – Scaling for Growth
12:00 pm	Q&A Session With Panelists Sherry Walling, Karim Marucchi, Rebecca Gill, Scott Mann Favorite session: Q&A Session With Panelists	A Simple Way to Customize Your Site Liam Dempsey Favorite session: A Simple Way to Customize Your Site
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Business Panel: Challenges of Owning and Maintaining a WordPress Business Diane Kinney, Brian Rotsztein, Carrie Dils Favorite session: Business Panel: Challenges of Owning and Maintaining a WordPress Business	Does Social Media Make You Happy Dr. Nancy Richmond Favorite session: Does Social Media Make You Happy
2:15 pm	Business Panel: The Inside Track: Making More Money Diane Kinney, Troy Dean, Carrie Dils, Scott Mann Favorite session: Business Panel: The Inside Track: Making More Money	Zero to Zen Rachel S Lucas Favorite session: Zero to Zen
3:00 pm	Seven Figures from Scratch with Online Communities Troy Dean Favorite session: Seven Figures from Scratch with Online Communities	How We Built a Custom Charity With WordPress And No Custom Code Naomi C. Bush Favorite session: How We Built a Custom Charity With WordPress And No Custom Code
3:45 pm	Business Panel: You Want to Build an Agency? Brian Rotsztein, Shayla Price, Troy Dean, Scott Mann Favorite session: Business Panel: You Want to Build an Agency?	Getting Back Up Again – Developing With Mental Illness Adam Soucie Favorite session: Getting Back Up Again – Developing With Mental Illness
4:30 pm	Closing Remarks & Giveaways (CBC-155)

Learn Javascript Deeply

Developers looking to improve their JavaScript skills will have a full day of insights and learning.

Time	Learning JavaScript Deeply (CBC 232)
8:00 am	Breakfast Social
8:30 am	Breakfast Social & Registration
9:00 am	Opening Remarks (CBC-155)
9:10 am	Javascript Made Simple Zac Gordon Favorite session: Javascript Made Simple
10:00 am	Callbacks, I Promise to Explain Nizar Khalife Iglesias Favorite session: Callbacks, I Promise to Explain
10:50 am	Angular Ecosystem 101 Peter Carabeo Favorite session: Angular Ecosystem 101
11:40 am	Intro to GraphQL for REST developers Michael Dyer Favorite session: Intro to GraphQL for REST developers
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	A PHP Developer’s Adventures in React : Building Plugin Admin Interfaces Jonathan Brinley Favorite session: A PHP Developer’s Adventures in React : Building Plugin Admin Interfaces
2:20 pm	Building Content Apps with VueJS Josh Pollock Favorite session: Building Content Apps with VueJS
3:10 pm	Introduction to Redux with React Auston Bunsen Favorite session: Introduction to Redux with React
3:45 pm	JavaScript Q&A Panel Peter Carabeo, Michael Dyer, Jonathan Brinley, Auston Bunsen, Zac Gordon, Nizar Khalife Iglesias, Josh Pollock Favorite session: JavaScript Q&A Panel
4:30 pm	Closing Remarks & Giveaways (CBC-155)

Friday, March 24th

WordPress 101 Beginner Course (Located At HUBB Co-Working – Not FIU, But Nearby)

If you have never used WordPress before, this is the workshop to attend. Read this guide for all the info you need.

Time	WordPress 101 Beginners Course (at HUBB)
8:00 am	Registration
9:00 am	Decisions / Education Favorite session: Decisions / Education
10:00 am	Installation and Setup Favorite session: Installation and Setup
11:00 am	Getting Started with WordPress Favorite session: Getting Started with WordPress
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	WordPress Themes Favorite session: WordPress Themes
2:00 pm	Troubleshooting Favorite session: Troubleshooting
3:00 pm	Plugins Favorite session: Plugins
4:00 pm	Q&A Favorite session: Q&A
4:30 pm	End of Day Remarks

Freelancer’s Workshop (FIU: Room PG6-112)

Whether you use WordPress or not, this full day workshop is devoted to those who want to become better freelancers. Read this guide for more details.

Time	Freelancer’s Workshop (PG6-112)
8:30 am	Registration
9:30 am	Opening Remarks Favorite session: Opening Remarks
9:40 am	Tools of the Trade (for Freelancer/Small Business Owner) Jason Mazier Favorite session: Tools of the Trade (for Freelancer/Small Business Owner)
10:25 am	Talking to Clients About Scope and Specs (Using Wapuu) Jodie Riccelli Favorite session: Talking to Clients About Scope and Specs (Using Wapuu)
11:10 am	From the Front Lines: Finding and Closing the Right Clients Krystal Galewski, Leah Halbina Favorite session: From the Front Lines: Finding and Closing the Right Clients
11:55 am	Pricing Your Services: Are You Selling Yourself Short? Louise Treadwell Favorite session: Pricing Your Services: Are You Selling Yourself Short?
12:40 pm	Lunch
1:50 pm	How To Be A More Productive Freelancer Pascal Depuhl Favorite session: How To Be A More Productive Freelancer
2:15 pm	How to Train Clients to Use Their WordPress Site Allie Nimmons Favorite session: How to Train Clients to Use Their WordPress Site
3:00 pm	Upping Your Freelance Game Melanie G Adcock Favorite session: Upping Your Freelance Game
3:45 pm	The NO Badger Zone: How to Get New Business Without The Hard Sell Shelly Peacock Favorite session: The NO Badger Zone: How to Get New Business Without The Hard Sell
4:30 pm	Freelancers: Q & A Favorite session: Freelancers: Q & A
5:00 pm	End of Day Remarks

BuddyCamp Miami / REST API Workshop (FIU: Room GC 140 and after lunch GC 280)

Developers and BuddyPress Users: This is the workshop to be in on Friday March 24th. Read this guide more details here.

Time	BuddyCamp Miami / REST API (GC140 then GC280)
8:00 am	Registration
9:00 am	BuddyPress 101 David Laietta Favorite session: BuddyPress 101
10:00 am	Taming BuddyPress Tanner Moushey Favorite session: Taming BuddyPress
11:00 am	BuddyPress Case Study: Total Wellness Challenge Tara Claeys Favorite session: BuddyPress Case Study: Total Wellness Challenge
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	How To Use The WordPress REST API Andrew Taylor Favorite session: How To Use The WordPress REST API
2:00 pm	Building A WordPress + BuddyPress Mobile App Brian Messenlehner Favorite session: Building A WordPress + BuddyPress Mobile App
3:30 pm	State of BuddyPress John James Jacoby Favorite session: State of BuddyPress
4:30 pm	End of Day Remarks