{"id":1779,"date":"2016-09-23T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2016-09-20T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T20:29:25","slug":"design-content-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2016\/design-content-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Pull Up A Chair For Sessions On Design, Content, And Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2016\/design-content-blogging\/design-content-sessions\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/09\/design-content-sessions.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"740,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Design and Content Sessions\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/09\/design-content-sessions.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/09\/design-content-sessions.jpg\" alt=\"Design and Content Sessions\" width=\"740\" height=\"415\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/09\/design-content-sessions.jpg 740w, https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/09\/design-content-sessions-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/09\/design-content-sessions-500x280.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Non-Developers Welcome<\/h2>\n<p>When I ask other local industry folks and WordPress users around Sacramento why they aren&#8217;t planning on coming to WordCamp or why they don&#8217;t attended the monthly Sacramento WordPress meetup, the answer is often the same: <em>&#8220;But I&#8217;m not a developer.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know where the idea that everything at the monthly meetup or at WordCamp is only for developers came from. <em>But I do know that it&#8217;s simply not true.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WordCamp Sacramento and the monthly meetup is for WordPress users of all skill levels and all types!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>We have NINE sessions for <strong>designers, copywriters, strategists, bloggers, and business owners<\/strong>, as well as developers. This year we&#8217;ve got talks on content creation best practices, a content-first design process, and daily blogging. We&#8217;ve got sessions on theme design, podcasting, leveraging the Yoast SEO plugin, and more. <\/p>\n<p>Plus, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/2016\/09\/22\/get-down-to-business\/\">SEVEN business-focused sessions<\/a> on topics like project management, pricing your web projects, leveraging partnerships, growing an agency and finding the right tools for your WordPress workflow.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\">the complete two-day schedule<\/a> to make a plan for which sessions you want to attend and see the specific sessions for non-developers below:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Design And Content-Focused Sessions<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a list of sessions focused on design, content, and blogging: <\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Five Things You\u2019ll Discover About Yourself As You Blog Consistently<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/chris-lema\/\">Chris Lema<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/five-things-youll-discover-about-yourself-as-you-blog-consistently\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Creating Themes With Atomic Design<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/carrie-forde\/\">Carrie Forde<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/creating-themes-with-atomic-design\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Best Practices For Creating Content<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/cristina-robinson\/\">Cristina Robinson<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/lightning-talks\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> A Slack Bot SAAS Built On WordPress<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/jon-shumate\/\">Jon Shumate<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/lightning-talks\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Five Steps To Launching Your Podcast Using WordPress<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/jonathan-denwood\/\">Jonathan Denwood<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/lightning-talks\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Developer First Design: Make Design Great Again<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/ozzy-rodriguez\/\">Ozzy Rodriguez<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/developer-first-design-make-design-great-again\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> Taking The Yoast SEO Plugin To The Next Level<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/david-mccormick\/\">David McCormick<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/yoast-seo-plugin-next-level\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> Falling in Love with Flexbox<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/sallie-goetsch\/\">Sallie Goetsch<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/falling-in-love-with-flexbox\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Using A Content First Design Process<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/dawn-pedersen\/\">Dawn Pedersen<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.sacramento.wordcamp.org\/session\/content-first-design-process\/\">View Session<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Developers Welcome When I ask other local industry folks and WordPress users around Sacramento why they aren&#8217;t planning on coming to WordCamp or why they don&#8217;t attended the monthly Sacramento WordPress meetup, the answer is often the same: &#8220;But I&#8217;m &hellip; 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