We would like to thank BigWing Interactive for being a Gold sponsor of WordCamp OKC 2016!

BigWing Interactive is a full-service online marketing company located in Oklahoma City, offering web design and development, content marketing, organic SEO, paid search and retargeting, social media management and more.

We are online marketing experts with creativity and passion, who:

• Take the extra time to get to know your business and market.
• Design unique and results-driven online marketing solutions for your business.
• And drive qualified web traffic to your business, resulting in more customers and a full sales funnel.

You can find us at https://bigwing.com.

We would like to thank WooCommerce for being a Gold sponsor of WordCamp OKC 2016!

WooCommerce is the fastest growing eCommerce software/platform, powering over 30% of all eCommerce stores with over 1 million active installations. It is is built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, making it the obvious eCommerce choice for existing WordPress users and connects you to the fast-growing WordPress ecosystem which now powers over 25% of all websites on the internet.

With WooCommerce you can start with all the basic tools that any small business would need to start selling online, including product setup, payments, shipping options, and sales reports and as your business grows choose from over 300 premium add-ons available including additional payment processors, shipping methods, inventory systems and marketing tools anyone to sell anything, anywhere from real products and digital downloads to subscriptions, content and even your time.

In July 2015, WooCommerce was acquired by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com which serves more than 15.8 billion pages a month and also the creators of other popular WordPress services including Akismet, Jetpack, and VaultPress. We look forward to growing WooCommerce to achieve even greater things together with Automattic.

We would like to thank iThemes for being a Gold sponsor of WordCamp OKC 2016!

Founded in 2008, iThemes provides professional WordPress software, including themes, training and plugins, like BackupBuddy, iThemes Exchange, iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) and more.

With a 20+ person team, iThemes is committed to making people’s lives awesome by providing simple, easy to use solutions for WordPress. You can learn more at iThemes.com.

Do you have a ticket for WordCamp OKC, but now can’t attend? Maybe you’re looking for a ticket for the sold-out event.

If you’re in either of these categories, we recommend that you post on Twitter if you are seeking a ticket or have a ticket you can’t use. Then search the hashtag #WCOKC from time to time.

Whoever gets a ticket from someone else can change the name of the attendee by using the link contained in the confirmation email.

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.

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!