WordCamp, a community – based conference that teaches the fundamentals of WordPress, will be at the Dayton Convention Center on March 20 and 21.
\nWordCamps are laid back conferences held all over the world, and are organized by community members.
\nWordCamp Dayton was held at Wright State University last year after organizers Nathan Driver and Brian Retterer saw the need for the conference to come to Dayton. Around 150 people attended the conference last year, and they expect that nearly 300 will attend this year.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not a typical conference, it\u2019s a community based event,\u201d said Driver, a Sinclair marketing graduate.
\nGiving back to the community was the motivation behind their efforts to start WordCamp Dayton. Driver expressed that he felt Sinclair also shares an interest in giving back.
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\n\u201cSinclair just felt different, \u2013 I\u2019m from Dayton, and It feels like I want to give back. It\u2019s a community school in it\u2019s purest form,\u201d Driver said.
\n\u201cThis year we\u2019re trying to focus more on students,\u201d Driver said.
\nWordPress is a content management system that powers approximately 23 percent of the Internet today.
\n \u201cWordPress, people think it\u2019s just a blog, but a lot of fortune 500 companies use it, a lot of small businesses use it, even educational institutions use it as well for learning tools.\u201d Driver said.
\nDriver, who now works for WDTN-TV as digital director, stressed the usefulness of WordPress.
\n\u201cBasically you think it, it can be done using WordPress in one facet or another,\u201d Driver said.
\nThe two day conference hosts 24 speakers from all over the country including professionals from many different fields who have found use for WordPress in their business. Speakers include photographers, podcasters, editors, branding coaches, small business owners and more.
\n\u201cWordPress is great, not just for small business owners, developers, or marketers, but it\u2019s great for students to get their foot in the door,\u201d Driver said. \u201cI don\u2019t like to use the term networking, but it\u2019s great to pick people\u2019s brains.\u201d
\nDriver and Retterer worked with Computer Information Systems Professor Mohamed Ali and his class. Ali\u2019s class developed websites for local businesses as a part of their capstone.
\nWordCamp Dayton has a track for any level of WordPress user, from beginners to power user. Retterer, who works with the local Real Art Design Group, wanted to stress that anyone can become a WordPress user.
\n\u201cFriday is the one on one where we start from knowing absolutely nothing about WordPress and we kind of move up,\u201d Retterer said.
\nAttendees can learn how to use WordPress in many different ways and how to incorporate photography and social media.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve been to a lot of conferences where it\u2019s a lot of \u2018here\u2019s my card, let\u2019s do business.\u2019 It\u2019s very cheesy,\u201d Driver said. \u201cIt\u2019s not \u2018I\u2019m sitting in a classroom listening to a professor talk to me for 45 minutes about the same thing.\u2019 It\u2019s getting one – on – one.\u201d
\nDriver said this conference was not like normal conferences, and that students get the opportunity to talk about strategy, the market of apps used with WordPress and learn from other users in a relaxed environment.
\n\u201cYou don\u2019t need to be a developer or power user, you can go in knowing nothing and come out with a wealth of knowledge,\u201d Driver said.<\/p>\n
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