{"id":1350,"date":"2017-07-03T14:01:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T20:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.slc.wordcamp.org\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2017-06-28T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T19:28:40","slug":"wordcamp-slc-2017-speaker-announcements-round-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wordcamp-slc-2017-speaker-announcements-round-two\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp SLC 2017 Speaker Announcements: Round Two!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with our ongoing speaker announcements, we&#8217;re delighted to include the illustrious\u00a0<strong>Lisa Sabin-Wilson<\/strong> as our keynote speaker. Lisa is well known in the\u00a0WordPress community and is the author of the\u00a0WordPress for Dummies series. She&#8217;s flying to Utah for the first time from her home in Wisconsin and we&#8217;re thrilled to welcome her!<\/p>\n<p>There are still tickets available (and one or two speaker slots), so make sure to get yours with promo code\u00a0<strong>wcslc2017-earlybird<\/strong>. And now, on with the announcements!<\/p>\n<h3>Keynote Speaker:\u00a0Lisa Sabin-Wilson<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a9b4696a9eab7e51b9ad99dc643a684?s=200\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Lisa Sabin-Wilson is co-owner and Chief Operating Officer at <a href=\"https:\/\/webdevstudios.com\">WebDevStudios<\/a>, where our large team of web development experts provides custom web design and development solutions for clients like Viacom, Campbell Soup, Uber, Microsoft, Discovery Channel, Wharton University, University of Pennsylvania, Kaspersky Antivirus and more.<\/p>\n<p>In this role, she provides the leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure WebDevStudios has the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and people systems in place to effectively grow the organization and to ensure financial strength and operating efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her role with WebDevStudios, Lisa operated her own freelance business for 10 years, starting in 2003, providing custom design and development services to her WordPress clients.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa is a subject matter authority on WordPress and is the For Dummies\u2122 brand franchise author on all things WordPress due to her extensive experience and knowledge on the platform and shares it as the author of several WordPress-related books, including the best-selling WordPress For Dummies.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa is a regular public speaker at national events on topics such as: WordPress, Development, Design, CSS and Social Media. You can find her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LisaSabinWilson\">@LisaSabinWilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Clarence Bowman<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pad-bottom alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/debb829dc02a9332f8298d582eceeb53?s=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Clarence Bowman is the owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/bowmandesignworks.com\/\">Bowman Design Works<\/a>, a graphic and web development company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has been an artist, coder and full-stack developer for more than 20 years. Specializing in both front-end, UI\/UX design, as well as back-end PHP and mysql development, he has strived to continually educate himself on emerging technologies and the current state of web security as pertains to websites.<\/p>\n<h3>Michael Sheen and Angie Fenimore<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920379c77c76369de72ea362ab5d031f?s=200\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Michael Sheen and Angie Fenimore are a husband and wife powerhouse team. They co-host the <a href=\"http:\/\/calliopewritingcoach.com\/\">Calliope Writing Coach<\/a> podcast and lead conferences for writers of every genre.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5117683b87e5da383c79cc6087603364?s=200\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Angie Fenimore is the International Bestselling Author of BEYOND THE DARKNESS, a highly effective coach, and the facilitator of Calliope Writing Courses. She has landed six-figure book deals with the Big-6 publishers and signed with the industry&#8217;s top literary agents. She has spearheaded legislative reform, programmed film festivals, spoken to thousands, and supports writers of every genre to achieve success.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Sheen with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dandelionplatformdesign.com\/\">Dandelion Platform Design<\/a> has over 15 years of experience in marketing and branding, and web and graphic design. Michael has worked with NYTimes Bestselling Authors, world-renowned artists and coaches, and worldwide companies to establish and expand their unique online presence. Michael was the Technical Director for the emPOWR Film Festival for the Parliament of the World&#8217;s Religions.<\/p>\n<h3>Joseph Stevenson<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pad-bottom alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a70c6d6f1a00b8ff206ca44cf75ea51e?s=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Joseph Stevenson is a public speaker, author and SEO Consultant. He has over 17 years of experience in digital marketing and is currently the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/josephstevenson.com\/\">Joseph Stevenson SEO Consulting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Mike Selander<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pad-bottom alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/90d28b81863249b11710cf78bbdcbb7b?s=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Mike is a WordPress Engineer at <a href=\"https:\/\/humanmade.com\">Human Made<\/a> hailing from Coeur d&#8217;Alene, ID and has been building custom websites for more than 6 years. Building everything from full sites to immersive publishing experiences, he has worked with several of the largest publishing sites on WordPress from USA Today to News UK.<\/p>\n<p>Obsessive over QA, testing and code standards, Mike is also quite passionate about publishing, front-end performance, photography, and the great outdoors.<\/p>\n<h3>Tyrel Kelsey<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pad-bottom alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/af561b02ecb57183677c63f62bbc81f2?s=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Tyrel Kelsey is a Web Engineer at <a href=\"https:\/\/10up.com\">10up<\/a>, Organizer of <a href=\"https:\/\/utahwp.com\">UtahWP<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/utos.org\/\">Utah Open Source<\/a> core team member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with our ongoing speaker announcements, we&#8217;re delighted to include the illustrious\u00a0Lisa Sabin-Wilson as our keynote speaker. Lisa is well known in the\u00a0WordPress community and is the author of the\u00a0WordPress for Dummies series. She&#8217;s flying to Utah for the first time from her home in Wisconsin and we&#8217;re thrilled to welcome her! There are still &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wordcamp-slc-2017-speaker-announcements-round-two\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WordCamp SLC 2017 Speaker Announcements: Round Two!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1130752,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qMt9-lM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1130752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1582,"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/1582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slc.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}