You read that title right! We realized, since we set our deadline the day after Easter, and after some emails from people we’ve reached out to, that they were either on a short vacation, or out of town. We decided to extend the speaker submission deadline to April 1, 2016, at 11:59PM U.S. Central Standard Time.
You can submit your speaker proposal at:
https://2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org/2016/03/08/do-you-speak-wordpress-come-speak-at-wordcamp-st-louis/
We’ve received quite a few talks. However, for those of you who need some guidance on some topics we’d love to see, here’s some ideas:
- How bloggers can make money with WordPress: This could be a case study on what has worked for you.
- Client management and WordPress: WordPress tools and advice on managing clientele.
- Local SEO: What you can do to have your site ranked favorably on the search engines, more specifically, your local community
- Google Analytics and WordPress: Understand Google Analytics, and some tips for using GA that will help you.
- Better theme or plugin development
- Learning JavaScript more deeply
- e-Commerce for WordPress (or even WooCommerce)
- Securing your WordPress website (beginner and advanced)
- Accessibility
These are but a few of many topics. The St. Louis WordPress community is quite diverse and we have a wide range of interests. If the our topic that you want to submit is different, please consider sending your proposal in. Once we have closed the submissions on April 1st, we will take a week to review.
We really appreciate everyone who has already submitted their speaker proposals.
As a last note, if you are having trouble realizing your topic, don’t worry. If your submission is accepted, you will be able to tweak your talk title and refine your talk’s description.We look forward to seeing what you’d like to share with the St. Louis WordPress community. Again, the final deadline is April 1, 2016, at 11:59PM U.S. Central Standard Time.
If you don’t plan to speak, but are in town May 14 and 15, 2016, don’t forget to buy your WordCamp St. Louis ticket.
P.S. – The date will not change, so we won’t play an April Fool joke on you. We promise!