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<\/a>Lunch & Laughs: Intrepid WordCamp women grab a bite and swap stories at lunch in Tangeman Center. (Lunch both days is included in the ticket price.)<\/p><\/div>\n
If You Want to Learn WordPress in Cincinnati, WordCamp Cincinnati 2017 Is a Can\u2019t-Miss Event<\/h3>\n
At WordCamp Cincinnati 2016, there was a long list of sessions offered\u2014 from technical to practical, and for every experience level from beginner to power user to developer\u2014 on a broad range of topics, from content marketing, podcasting, SEO and membership sites to site maintenance, security, advanced custom fields and multi-site development (and that\u2019s just scratching the surface).<\/p>\n
You can check out last year’s full list of presentations here<\/a>. (This year\u2019s event is still in the planning phase, more on that in a moment\u2026)<\/p>\n The speakers were an impressive lineup of subject matter experts who volunteered their time and shared their smarts. Most presenters were local to the Cincinnati area, including some from the university. And all of them (at least from the sessions I attended) stayed and answered individual questions afterward\u2014 I got a lot of great info by hanging around after and chatting one-on-one.<\/p>\n Academic Advice: UC faculty members Julie Campbell-Holmes, Michael Holmes, Autumn Miller and Lora Arduser talk about how higher education and nonprofits can use WordPress to reach their audiences at WordCamp Cincinnati 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n The bench of talent was wide, and everyone’s willingness to share resources and their own connections made it deep as well. I\u2019d be willing to bet you could find a resource (or at least someone else to ask) for just about anything you might need.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a small WordPress world, or so it seems\u2026<\/p>\n Do you know a thing or two that might help others in Cincinnati get the most out of WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n Want to show what you know and build authority with an audience hungry for helpful information? The Call for Speakers for WordCamp Cincinnati 2017 is now open!<\/p>\n Learn More and Submit Your Proposal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n At WordCamp, you can learn what you want and skip what you don\u2019t. But if you attend some sessions outside of your primary areas of expertise, you\u2019ll probably still learn some useful things. (I did.)<\/p>\n I\u2019m not a developer; I\u2019m primarily a conversion copywriter and marketer (though I have made websites for clients). And sure, I went to some sessions in the Marketing track– I\u2019m always looking to learn the latest and greatest, and in marketing, there\u2019s always something new to know.<\/p>\n But I also attended a couple of Developer track sessions on website security and plugin development, and even a non-coder like me got something out of them.<\/p>\n \u2026 Like how to change the configuration of a security plugin to fix an error that had been bugging me for months.<\/p>\n \u2026 And a trick for using Inspect Element to find CSS info.<\/p>\n \u2026 And a better understanding of what happens behind the scenes when I install a plugin that helped me fix a problem from outside the WordPress dashboard when I couldn\u2019t log in.<\/p>\n I may never be a developer (or maybe I will someday\u2014 with WordPress, anything\u2019s possible). But these little insights into what\u2019s inside the \u201cblack box\u201d of a WordPress site help me better understand how it works, so I can solve more problems and fix more errors myself.<\/p>\n A little information can be empowering. And there\u2019s tons of it available for the asking at WordCamp.<\/p>\n Submitted by Julie Ladd of Copyshark.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordCamp is where local WordPressers of all stripes came together to share what they know and to learn from each other. Continue reading The Secret Superpower of WordCamp (and How to Make It Yours at WordCamp Cincinnati 2017)<\/span> <\/a>Learn Some New WordPress Things\u2014 In Your Zone or Outside Your Bubble<\/h3>\n