Time for Day #2 for WordCamp Chicago and I gotta admit today seems a little bit better – I’m more comfortable and able to relax a little bit ready to take on the day. As I spent the majority of yesterday in developers (DEV) side there was quite of sessions I wanted to check out in the users side.
Starting off was SEO for WordPress by Shannon Steffen (@SKSDesigns). One word: WOW! I like to think I know SEO but Shannon is NOT messing around. While her presentation was great a lot of the audience took over with some basic questions. I wasn’t upset but found myself awaiting to check out the slides of of her session that she had to skip over due to the questions.
On to the next one: Niles Flores (@blondishet) on Rocking Out Your Website With WordPress. Some great examples were given on just how to use various niche’s. It was pretty good.
Next on deck was Jim Turner (@Genuine) talking about The Next Generation of WP Bloggers. Breaking down digital media – there was some great discussion around the audience. However, it did get a little specific which got a little annoying but all in all – two thumbs up.
Last up for the user side of WordCamp Chicago 2010 was Cori Miller (@CoryMiller303) on Entrepreneurship. Honestly, this was the best speaker to me and found some great quotes:
light yourself on fire and people will come and watch you burn
love what you do – change it
team concept – fight for each other and your staff will fight for your customers
Then again don’t take my word for it be sure to check out what happened after he was done talking
In the end I am ready to take on next year however, I’m not sure what the size will be since last year it was 200 and there 500. Quite a big difference so let’s see what the future holds.
