Every year at WordCamp, we feature innovative and experienced people from the WordPress community who share their knowledge with us in 45-minute talks across different tracks. WordCamp attendees can choose to follow a track through the whole weekend or can jump from track to track based on speakers and topics. Either way, you\u2019ll get a wealth of WordPress knowledge.<\/p>\n
This year at WordCamp, we\u2019re adding an exciting new series of 15-minute lightning talks, featuring new and returning speakers. These shorter talks take place across tracks and allow attendees to hear about a wider variety of topics each day. Some of our lightning talks are on topics that can be easily digested in a short period of time. Others are introductions to larger concepts that attendees may choose to dive into at later WordCamps and WordPress meetups.<\/p>\n
On Saturday afternoon, Business track attendees will hear three short talks. Asheville\u2019s own Boomer Sassmann (owner of Big Boom Design<\/a>) will talk about using Asana for team collaboration. Adam Walker will explain what he learned from building 48 websites in 48 hours. And Leah Quintal (Director of SEO at JB Media Group<\/a>) will address the important question \u201cDo Keywords Still Matter?\u201d The Developer track will feature lightning talks on WP CLI, server profiles, and post types.<\/p>\n On Sunday, all four tracks get a set of lightning talks. The Business track features talks on integrating social media, using Pinterest, and podcasting. Developers will hear speakers on plugin development, using WordPress as the backend of mobile apps, and MU Plugins. Later in the afternoon, the All Users track will include talks on email marketing, bad web habits, and one called \u201chow the internet works,\u201d while the Front-end\/Designer track features talks on Page Builders, Flexbox, and Child Themes.<\/p>\n No matter which track you choose, these new 15-minute lightning talks are a great way to get a lot of information on a lot of different subjects in a short time. We hope you enjoy this new format as much as we do.<\/p>\n You can see our complete schedule of events on the schedule page. Check out the lightning bolt icon for our shorter lightning talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spark – Create – Collaborate Every year at WordCamp, we feature innovative and experienced people from the WordPress community who share their knowledge with us in 45-minute talks across different tracks. WordCamp attendees can choose to follow a track through the whole weekend or can jump from track to track based on speakers and topics. … Continue reading What is a Lightning Talk and Why Should I be Excited about Them?<\/span>