{"id":25,"date":"2012-06-27T03:48:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T03:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.slc.wordcamp.org\/?p=25"},"modified":"2012-06-27T17:44:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T17:44:08","slug":"2012-wordcamp-slc-call-for-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2012\/2012-wordcamp-slc-call-for-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 WordCamp SLC Call for Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you are passionate about <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a> and love to talk about it, you&#8217;d be perfect to speak at this year&#8217;s WordCamp SLC. \u00a0We love hearing from people from all areas of expertise; \u00a0hardcore hackers and core contributors, innovative entrepreneurs and businesses owners, and users, bloggers and WordPress zealots. \u00a0Now&#8217;s your chance to get on your soapbox and share your story with a roomful of fellow WP fanatics!<\/p>\n<p>So, how do you sign up? 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