WordCamp Calgary 2018

Friday, May 25

Saturday, May 26

Site Clinics are always a hit at our WordCamps, and this year we have not one, but TWO that you can participate in.  But what’s a site clinic without sites to critique? This is your chance! If you are attending (and why wouldn’t you be), and want to get some ideas to improve your site, click through to one of the sessions listed below and submit your site via the form on that page.

https://2018.calgary.wordcamp.org/session/site-clinic/

https://2018.calgary.wordcamp.org/session/super-fast-speed-clinic/

We all know Calgary is a last-minute city. But sometimes there are downsides to waiting until the last minute. Here are 3 reasons you’ll want to register for WordCamp Calgary 2018 asap (like as soon as you finish reading this post!):

1. We want to feed you! In order to ensure we have enough food for everyone at lunch, we need to have accurate numbers several days before the event.  Of course, the venue accounts for a few stragglers, but if 30 people decided to be stragglers, that would have a huge impact. Don’t be a straggler!
2. Make a good impression! Everyone who registers gets a nametag. If you aren’t registered when we send the nametags to the printer, you’ll end up with one of the blank nametags with your name scrawled on it in black Sharpie. These are typically harder to read, and everyone will know you were a late registrant. Just sayin’.
3. All the cool geeks are doing it! Ok, I don’t really have a third reason, but a list of 2 items just doesn’t look right. So I’ll use this opportunity to ask really nicely: if you are planning to attend this year’s WordCamp YYC, could you please register right now? Thanks 🙂

So there you have it. No more reasons for delaying. Register your ticket, and I’ll see you next weekend!

I just discovered something neat about the Schedule page. Maybe you already knew this, but it’s pretty cool. Have you noticed those faded stars beside each session? You can click those to choose your favourite sessions. But that’s not all! Then a little envelope shows up in the bottom right of the page and you can email yourself your list! No more trying to remember which ones you wanted to go to, or printing the whole schedule off to mark it up. You get a list of the times, sessions, speakers and locations. Here’s an example:

WordCamp Calgary 2018

May 25, 2018
9:00 am | Registration | Burnswest Theatre, JOW Gallery, Officers’ Mess
10:30 am | Opening Remarks | Burnswest Theatre, JOW Gallery, Officers’ Mess
11:00 am | From Local To Live: Launching Your Site The Simple Way by Dan Stephenson | Officers’ Mess
12:00 pm | Just Desserts: How baking SEO into your design proves better than sprinkling it on top by Lorraine Watson | Burnswest Theatre
2:00 pm | Submitting, maintaining and growing a plugin on wordpress.org by Brian Hogg | JOW Gallery
3:00 pm | Content focused design: why you should do it by Aurooba Ahmed | Burnswest Theatre
4:15 pm | Panel: How to get involved with the WordPress community | Burnswest Theatre, JOW Gallery, Officers’ Mess
5:00 pm | Friday Wrap Up | Burnswest Theatre, JOW Gallery, Officers’ Mess
5:30 pm | After Party | Burnswest Theatre, JOW Gallery, Officers’ Mess

So now that you have your days planned, make sure you’ve got your ticket!

You’ve been patient and we appreciate it. We are excited to announce the schedule for WordCamp Calgary 2018! There are a couple of holes still, but they will be filled soon 🙂

Check out the schedule: https://2018.calgary.wordcamp.org/schedule/

Then make sure you get your ticket! https://2018.calgary.wordcamp.org/tickets/

We expect tickets to sell fast now that the schedule is up, so don’t wait!

We’ve added a bunch more speakers and their sessions this weekend. It’s shaping up to be an amazing weekend that you won’t want to miss!

Here are the important links:

Speaker page
Sessions page
Get your tickets page

It’s here! The moment you’ve been waiting for! We’re finally able to tell you about the awesome speakers and special skills (aka what they’ll be talking about).

Currently, there are 8 speakers confirmed. We have local speakers, Canadian speakers, and international speakers….all the speakers! You can learn about them on the speaker page.

Wondering what they’ll be talking about? (other than how awesome it is to be at WordCamp Calgary, of course) Read about their talks on the sessions page.

Don’t forget to check back often. We’ll update frequently as we get more confirmations.

And now that you see just how amazing WordCamp Calgary 2018 is going to be, make sure you get your ticket before we sell out!

WordCamp Calgary runs on volunteer power. If you’d like to help out and earn yourself a free ticket, sign up here!

Has your child been asking to have their own website or blog? There are so many reasons they might want one and it can be a really educational experience (don’t tell them that though)!

This year we are excited to offer Calgary’s first WordCamp sessions for kids aka Kids Camp! It will be a whole day of WordPress fun, with lunch and swag as well!

Learn more about KidsCamp