Agenda
The following is the schedule as of December 4th. Some shifting of time slots may still occur as we are still confirming one or two speakers, but this is pretty close to finalized.
| Saturday, January 10th, 2009 |
| 8:00 am |
- Badge Pickup (No onsite registration, sorry)
- Breakfast (muffins, danish, cinnamon rolls) Sponsored by Voodoo Ventures
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| 9:00am |
- Speaker: John Hawkins
Topic: Introduction/Welcome
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| 9:15am |
- Speaker: Matt Mullenweg
Topic: State of the Word
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| 10:15am |
- Speaker: Geoff Kleinman
Topic: Managing Contributors: how to run a blog with a staff of contributors
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| 10:45am |
- Speaker:Aaron Hockley
Topic: Beyond Beer and Blog: How Social Media Lit Up the Portland Tech Scene
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| 11:30am |
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| 1:00pm |
- Speaker: Michael Dorausch
Topic: 10 Steps to Search Engine Optimize your Wordpress Blog
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| 1:45pm |
- Speaker: Jim Kukral
Topic: You’ve failed? Learn Why!
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| 3:00pm |
- Speaker: Lorelle VanFossen
Topic: By the Numbers: a look at stats and what they mean to you
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| 3:45pm |
- Speaker: Chris Brogan
Topic: Using Your Blog for Sales and Marketing
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| 5:00pm |
- Conference closes for the day
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Happy Hour After Party |
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| Sunday, January 11th, 2009 |
| 8:00am |
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| 9:00am |
- Speaker: Ethan Gahng
Topic: Viva La Network! Remixing Your Blog to Increase Traffic and Visibility
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| 10:00am |
- Speaker: Joseph Scott
Topic: WordPress XML-RPC APIs
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| 10:45am |
- Speaker: Dave Taylor
Topic: How to screw up your reputation with a single blog post, comment or tweet
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| 11:15am |
- Speaker: Gerard Ramos
Topic: Voodoo Ventures presentation
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| 11:30am |
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| 1:00pm |
- Speaker: Liz Strauss
Topic: From blog to community
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| 1:45pm |
- Speaker: Shayne Sanderson
Topic: WordPress and the Bling #2
Secret product launch
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| 2:15pm |
- Speaker: Niran Amir
Topic: PicApp Demo
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| 2:45pm |
- Speaker: Warren Whitlock
Topic: Using Twitter to promote your blog
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| 3:15pm |
- Speaker: Micah Baldwin
Topic: You Are The Center of Your Universe
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| 3:45pm |
- Speaker: Jim Turner
Topic: Blogging for a Living
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| 4:45pm |
- Speaker: John Hawkins
Topic: Closing Wrap-up
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| 5:00pm |
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[Possible after party] |
Now the fine bold print.
Though we will make every effort, the conference schedule and list of presenters is subject to change without warning or notice. Conference schedule times are all approximate. No refunds will be given due to a change in the schedule or the list of speakers scheduled to appear.