This slidedeck is from my presentation: Making WordPress Knowledge Stick. I talked about the frustrations people face when first learning WordPress, resources to consider and ways to make what you learn stick. To get a better understanding of my talk, visit this post on my blog where I have added comments to each slide: http://www.bobwp.com/making-wordpress-knowledge-stick/

1. Making Your WordPress
Knowledge Stick
WordCamp Portland 2013

2. someone
made
it stick
and did the
WordPress
happy dance

3. bob dunn | aka bobwp
WordPress trainer
bobwp.com bobwponline.com
@bobwp

8. “Bob, I have been staring at
this dashboard for hours...”

10. clarify your goals for your
website and/or blog
whoa!
what the hell
was I thinking?

11. understand the difference between
WordPress.com & WordPress.org & a self-hosted site
how many times do I have to tell
you that your site will not be on
WordPress.org

12. think
about
your
theme
oooooo, I want
them all

13. choosing your
learning resources

14. books & manuals

15. WordPress.org
codex
learn.WordPress.org
WordPress.tv

16. random tips and tutorials

17. video
tutorials

18. online classes

19. one-on-one training

20. in-person
workshops
and classes

21. asking
questions

22. so how do we
magically make
what we learn
from these
resources stick?

23. what is your learning style?

24. what are
your
limitations?

25. what else can you add to your brain that is already
filled with so much more important information...
like your first date, that poem you recited in the pageant in
3rd grade, the lines from the move Airplane, and the name
of that weird, smelly kid that sat behind you in 5th grade

26. tune in
tune out
syndrome

27. I found. I learned.
Now how in the world do I keep it all
organized so I can find it?

30. plus find other
creative ways
to make it stick

31. so, yeah baby,
bring
on the
WordPress