I spent my weekend at WordCamp Chicago. WordCamps are WordPress conferences organized by volunteers and they are super affordable, as in free, or up to about $35.00.
Many of the slides from this weekend are online:
http://2012.chicago.wordcamp.org/want-to-follow-along-online
Here’s the schedule, if you want to get a feel for the type of presentations there are:
http://2012.chicago.wordcamp.org/wordcamp-chicago-2012-schedule-saturday
Many presentations are about the technical side, but many others are relevant to bloggers — covering traffic, SEO, plug-ins and more.
There may be a WordCamp near you! Here’s where to find one:
What about you? Have you been to a WordCamp? What did you learn? Where do you learn about blogging?
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