{"id":231,"date":"2017-09-06T02:51:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T02:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.rochester.wordcamp.org\/?p=231"},"modified":"2017-10-23T02:37:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T02:37:19","slug":"announcing-our-keynote-speaker-bridget-willard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rochester.wordcamp.org\/2017\/announcing-our-keynote-speaker-bridget-willard\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Our Keynote Speaker: Bridget Willard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce our Keynote Speaker, Bridget Willard. Bridget will kick off WordCamp Rochester with a presentation titled, \u201cBuilding Community &#8212; One Conversation at a Time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1>About the Keynote Presentation<\/h1>\n<p>In the WordPress Community, the word &#8220;Community&#8221; gets thrown around quite a bit. But what does it really mean? How do you build a community? Who is relevant? How do you spend your time in a way that brings a return? What <em>is<\/em> a return? Communicating with people in person and online and building relationships is the key to personal brand awareness and more. At this talk, Bridget will reveal all of her relationship building tips and tricks both in person and on Twitter.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>About Bridget<\/h1>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">Bridget Willard started her career with office work, earned a teaching degree, but returned to the office where she carved out a career in social media and marketing.\u00a0For two and a half years, she built the GiveWP brand and is now a freelance marketer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p>She is the co-host of WPblab, a show on the WPwatercooler network, co-organizer of Women Who WP Meetup, and Team Rep on the Make WordPress Marketing Team.<\/p>\n<p>She blogs about social media and, of course, WordPress on her site at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bridgetwillard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bridgetwillard.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Attend WordCamp Rochester 2017<\/h1>\n<p>In addition to our keynote address, 21 sessions will be offered over three tracks for every level WordPress user.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are limited, so be sure to register before they are gone.<\/p>\n<p>Register\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2017.rochester.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce our Keynote Speaker, Bridget Willard. Bridget will kick off WordCamp Rochester with a presentation titled, \u201cBuilding Community &#8212; One Conversation at a Time.\u201d About the Keynote Presentation In the WordPress Community, the word &#8220;Community&#8221; gets thrown around quite a bit. But what does it really mean? 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