You don’t have to miss any sessions at WordCamp

With so many great sessions to choose from this weekend, inevitably you’ll see two at the same you’ll want to attend. No worries – simply attend one in person, and watch the other one later.

Every talk at WordCamp Atlanta will be recorded and posted on WordPress.tv in the coming weeks. In fact, you can even go back and see all of the talks from the past six years: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012.

Sure, attending a live talk, and being able to participate in question and answer time, is invaluable. But knowing you’ll be able to catch up with the other talks you missed is a great way to get the widest range of information, insight and ideas from all the smart presenters at WordCamp Atlanta.

Connecting through Slack

Slack has become a powerful tool to help like-minded people stay in touch, and the WordPress community is no different. You can connect with the global WordPress community through this Slack team, but you can also use the WordCamp Atlanta Slack team to keep up with everything throughout the weekend.

If you’ve registered in past years, simply go to wcatl.slack.com to sign back in and to rejoin the conversation. If you’ve never been a part of our Slack team before, then just head over to this page to get signed up first.

You can use Slack through your laptop browser, or down their app for Android or iOS. If you’re already a member of a different Slack team, you can add as many as you want to the app so you can quickly switch between them.

See you on Slack!

Enjoy the food

The Loudermilk Center is a wonderful venue for WordCamp. It’s big enough to handle all 650 of our new friends, but intimate enough that we’re not getting lost inside of a massive conference center.

Perhaps even better is their food. When you arrive each morning, we’ll have fresh brewed coffee and assorted herbal teas available to you. Loudermilk provides you with two delicious lunches (three if you join us for Friday), and various snacks in the afternoons with items such as coffee, tea, soft drinks, cookies and granola bars.

When you registered for WordCamp, you indicated your meal preference and we have you covered. If you chose a vegetarian option, we’ll have those available to you. Please do your best to stick with your desired food option so that we have the right amounts available for everyone, and please only take one main lunch item on your way through the line to ensure plenty of food for all.

Come ready to learn, and we’ll make sure to keep you well fed!

Get to Know Our Keynote, Aimee Copeland

Aimee Copeland

Get ready to be inspired.

You may have heard about Aimee Copeland in the news a while back. WordCamp Atlanta 2018’s keynote speaker is a 30-year-old necrotizing fasciitis survivor and quadruple amputee.

In May of 2012, Aimee contracted flesh-eating bacteria from an injury after falling from a homemade zip line. Against all the odds and medical knowledge, through faith, determination, and love, she survived this insidious disease after four months in the hospital and the amputation of all four of her limbs. Over the past six years, Aimee has discovered that all obstacles in life can serve as tests of spirit and strength.

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KidsCamp

Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

WordCamp parents can now usher in the next generation of WordPress creators at our second annual KidsCamp! Parents attending WordCamp can bring their children along and enjoy a day of parent-child learning under the tutelage of some of our WordPress Creators!

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Why Designers Should Attend WordCamp Atlanta

WordCamp: its reputation often proceeds itself as a gathering of WordPress beginners and experienced developers sharing ideas and best practices. Each attendee comes out with a new trick or process they hadn’t considered before.

So why should a designer attend WordCamp Atlanta? Whether your focus is website design or branding, there’s a place for you at WordCamp.

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Local Meetups in Atlanta

Atlanta is extremely lucky to have such an active WordPress community scattered around the Metro area. All of the Atlanta Meetups are dedicated to showing the community how to efficiently use WordPress, spark interest in WordPress, and share new ideas about how we can make it better.

If you are interested in attending a local Meetup, here is some additional information about each one within the Atlanta area.

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Atlanta Points of Interest

The ATL. A-Town. Hotlanta. Hollywood of the South. These are just some of the nicknames given to the great city of Atlanta, but to us, we’re proud to call it home. This city offers a ton of places to see, both historical and new, for all ages to enjoy. If you’re coming to WordCamp Atlanta early or want to discover the city during your downtime, here’s a list of some noteworthy points of interest to check out while you’re in town.

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Call for Volunteers

 

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Generous volunteers hold the key to the success of just about every WordCamp.

To be sure, a successful WordCamp requires the combination of many factors – yet it is volunteers who often serve as the face of the conference.

Volunteers welcome attendees at the registration table. Volunteers help ensure speakers are in the right room at the right time. Volunteers help attendees find where they are going.

We are currently looking for those who can help make WordCamp Atlanta 2018 an enjoyable experience for all. Being a volunteer is a great way of giving back to the WordPress community, and meeting a lot of great people.

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