Yesterday, we added 25 more tickets to the original 75, so if you thought you were going to miss out, now’s your chance to get your ticket!
In addition to more tickets, we just announced all of our WordCamp OKC 2016 Speakers.
Our schedule is being worked on and will come out soon. After that, we’ll be introducing each speaker and their session.
We had a lot of great talks submitted for this first-ever WordCamp in Oklahoma, and with only a small number of available slots it was tough to pick just the right ones. We decided to focus on the building blocks of WordPress: community, content, security, and business.
With that in mind, we’re excited about this diverse group of WordPress bloggers, business people, developers, community organizers, and contributors, and are confident that their talks will encourage, inform, and entertain everyone who attends this year.
Visit the Speakers page on our site to learn more about each of them, and look for the schedule to be published soon.
Sponsors are a huge part of making WordCamps happen! We appreciate all the support these companies have provided. Thank you to these Silver sponsors for helping making WordCamp OKC 2016 a reality.
Sponsors are a huge part of making WordCamps happen! We appreciate all the support these companies have provided. Thank you to these Bronze sponsors for helping making WordCamp OKC 2016 a reality.
We’ve had several inquiries about our schedule for our Saturday, July 30th WordCamp. Well, it’s not quite finished yet.
So you’ll know what time to get out of bed that morning, we can give approximate times.
Registration will most likely begin around 8 AM with the first session around 9 AM. We expect to finish up between 4 and 5 PM with the after-party scheduled to begin about an hour after we conclude.
We hope that helps – stay tuned – information will be posted as it is ready.
Oklahoma City is the 27th largest city in population, but the 8th largest city in America, by land area at 602 square miles. We share this fun fact to let you know that if you’re flying into Oklahoma City for the WordCamp, you’ll probably want to rent a car. NW OKC is not a walking area and public transport in this area will not serve you very well.
Our WordCamp is at Portland & 150th St. at the Francis Tuttle Bruce Gray Center. Just a mile south of 150th is Memorial Road – a mecca of hotels, restaurants and a major mall in OKC.
We recommend this link to check out hotels along Memorial Road. Most of them will be under 3 miles to the WordCamp. This link is an interactive map from VisitOKC.com that may also be helpful. If you would like recommendations further away, use our contact form and we’ll get back with you.
Here’s a map to give you a feel of where the venue is (circled in red), and how far away the hotels are. Memorial Rd. and the John Kilpatrick Turnpike parallel each other.
WordCrash allows traveling WordPressers to view a list of friendly folks across the globe who are willing to offer free accommodations, and start a conversation with any of them about visiting their town. Save money, see the world, meet people, make friends.
With WordCamp OKC just about six weeks away the timing seemed perfect to encourage our local WordPress fans to consider signing up to be a host. WordCrash.net provides all the info you need to decide if it looks like a good fit for you and has a convenient form to use to sign up if you’re ready to enter the conversation.
WordCrash.net was built by the Ann Arbor, Michigan WordPress meetup group as a fun group project. In less than a year there are already over 20 hosts. Let’s see if we can add some Oklahoma City options to the list!
I love the WordPress community and have been fortunate to be able to travel to numerous WordPress events in the past few years including WordCamps, meetups and more. The best part about traveling to these new places is getting to meet and spend time with new people and WordCrash is great for facilitating that. I’ve consistently found that when I travel and stay with a local host rather than a hotel, I have an overall better experience. I have someone to share rides with who can show me around. I don’t end up getting lost in the worst part of town (which I have a knack for) or missing out on the city’s noteworthy sites. I create new or strengthen old relationships by spending less time alone in a hotel room. I also save a lot of money!
So if you’re open to conversations with travelers who want to experience Oklahoma City, I encourage you to sign up on WordCrash. It’s a simple site that serves only to facilitate introductions. Anything that happens after is up to the host and the traveler and WordCrash is no longer involved. You are not required or even expected to open your doors to everyone who happens to contact you. You should only do so if you feel comfortable with it.
The first WordCamp OKC is coming in just about 6 1/2 weeks. If you’ve been thinking about submitting a talk it’s not too late!
Speaker submissions are being accepted until Wednesday, June 15th at 11:59 PM.
Check out the Call for Speakers for more details and the submission form.
If you have applied to be a speaker or a volunteer, there are special instructions on the page for you.
For our first WordCamp in OKC, we are having a 1-day User’s track. We’re working on bringing you great speakers and topics we think will interest any level of WordPress user.
WordCamp OKC is Saturday, July 30th and will be held at the Bruce Gray Center/Portland Campus of Francis Tuttle Technology Center.
Make a note to come back here on Friday, June 10th to purchase your ticket!
