So You Want to Speak at WCOC16…

Speaker submissions are going to be closing very soon.

You don’t know what you want to talk about? No problem, we have a lot of sessions we’d love to see this year. Just take a look at these:

Design
• Good UI – How to recognize it and put it to use from a dashboard perspective
• Accessibility in Theme Design – how to make what you’re building work for everyone
• Modifying the Customizer – how to give your users more configurable options
• Photoshop to WordPress – a step by step breakdown
• Building a Political Website – what’s needed to run
• Collaborating with Developers – Things a designer should know and do to make a developer happy

Development
• The JSON REST API – what it is and how to use it
• Javascript – it’s been on everyone’s lips since the release of Calypso, let’s break it down
• Decoupling WordPress – using WordPress with other backends
• CLI – don’t be afraid of the command line
• Git Basics – how to get started with git and why it’s important
• WordPress Coding Standards – learn them and work with them, let’s all get on the same page; and how to start the debate to change them
• Responsive Images – RICG integration and how to use it

Business
• Teamwork – working well with others
• Role Definition – what should you know to be a designer? A developer? A project manager? How do you acquire that knowledge?
• Documentation – what are the key documents and how do you read them? How do you create or modify them?
• Writing a Scope – how to scope a successful project, with real examples!
• Contracts – how to sell your skill right

Beginners
• The WordPress Community – unique ways to give back to the community
• Kids and WordPress – they are our future

Apply today!