Greetings WordCamp Portland attendees! This will probably be the last communication to you before this weekend’s event. Read below to find out logistical information and other things you should know.

IF YOU CAN’T ATTEND:

If you’re unable to attend, we have a waiting list of over 50 people that would love to be at WordCamp Portland. You can either transfer your ticket to another person, or let us know that you’d like it to go to someone from the waiting list.

Either way, you’ll need to contact Betsy Richter (bdrichter@gmail.com) to have her facilitate the ticket transfer. (Do note that while we notify the waiting list recipient who originally held the ticket – including your email address – we can’t broker any financial transactions, sorry.)

Please contact Betsy by WEDNESDAY AT 5:00 PM if you’re unable to attend!

TRANSPORTATION/PARKING:

WordCamp Portland is at Webtrends (851 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 1600). (Google Map) If arriving by car, there is some street parking as well as several parking lots within a couple blocks. A better option might be to take TriMet’s MAX light rail service; the Pioneer Courthouse Square MAX stations are within a block of Webtrends.

BUILDING ACCESS:

The Webtrends offices are in a secured area of the building, so access will require escort from one of our volunteers. Attendees arriving in the morning will be let in as a group; if you arrive and there isn’t an escort available there will be instructions posted to call or txt to have someone let you in.

Note that we’re not equipped to handle pets (other than service animals) or children.

SMOKING:

Because of the secured building access, having smokers frequently leaving and returning from smoking breaks will be disruptive. If you’re a smoker, expect that we’ll be able to let you back into the building a few times per day but minimizing your in-and-out trips will allow our volunteers to enjoy more of the weekend themselves. While there is a balcony on the 16th floor, smoking on said balcony is expressly prohibited.

BEER AND BLOG:

WordCamp is invading Portland’s weekly Beer and Blog event this coming Friday. Join dozens of Portland bloggers and techies at the Green Dragon (SE 9th & Yamhill) (Google Map) from 4pm-6pm for networking and a beverage.

SCHEDULE:

Saturday, September 19

• 8:15 – Doors open / Registration
• 9:00 – Welcome/opening/intro to unconference
• 9:30 – Micah Baldwin – Do Your Readers Trust You? Building Influence The Right Way
• 10:30 – Cami Kaos / Dr. Normal – Bondage: How to be your podcast’s Dom, not its Sub
• 11:30 – Lunch
• 12:45 – Matt Mullenweg – WordPress Q&A
• 13:45 – Jason Grigsby – Speed Up Wordpress. Make Readers Happy and Your Site Green
• 14:30 – Break
• 15:00 – Duane Storey – BraveNewBlog – Embracing the mobile frontier
• 16:00 – Tyler Sticka – WordPress-Powered Portfolios
• 16:45 – Closing Comments

Sunday, September 20

• 9:00 – Welcome/networking
• 9:30 – Lorelle VanFossen – Tags and Categories: Are You Uncategorized?
• 10:30 – John Hawkins – Building a Plugin – It’s Easier Than You Think
• 11:30 – Lunch
• 12:45 – Scott Porad – LOLs, FAILs and Life at the Cheezburger Factory
• 13:45 – Will Norris – How NOT to build a WordPress Plugin
• 14:30 – Break
• 15:00 – Garron Selliken – Geotagging and Mapping WordPress Content
• 16:00 – Scott Hendison, Amber Case, Dawn Foster, Rick Turoczy, and Nate DiNiro – SEO Smackdown Panel
• 16:45 – Closing Comments

We’ll see you all on Saturday morning!

- Aaron Hockley and the rest of the WordCamp Portland team

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