Author: Dan Soschin

So you want to attend WordCamp US this year and you are worried that taking a day off from your daily work tasks will be challenging. But you work with WordPress as part of your job, so wouldn’t it make sense to incorporate attending WordCamp as part of your workday? Makes sense, right? But how do you convince your employer that taking a whole, or even a part of, a day, is a good investment for the company and yourself?

WordCamp US 2021 (#WCUS) is online this year (thanks COVID!) Attendees will certainly miss all the face-to-face interactions that have been the hallmark of past WordCamp events: the impromptu hallway hangouts, the contributor hackathons, and yes, the after-hours shenanigans.

Congratulations! You’ve decided to attend this year’s WordCamp U.S. online conference. We’re so glad you’ll be joining us, along with about 2,000 of our closest friends and fans. It’s going to be a jam-packed day, filled with delight, wonderment, and yes, a lot of WordPress!

But now what?

You’re going to have to pace yourself, and to do that you’ll need a plan. This WCUS is unlike any other because we’ve condensed it into a single day and moved it online. So without further ado, here are our three top tips for goal setting.