{"id":1162,"date":"2017-05-02T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2017.jackson.wordcamp.org\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2017-05-01T20:54:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T20:54:05","slug":"introducing-our-third-final-round-of-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackson.wordcamp.org\/2017\/introducing-our-third-final-round-of-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Our Third (Final) Round of Speakers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introducing Our Third (Final) Batch of Speakers!<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the third and final batch of speakers for WordCamp Jackson, happening this coming Friday and Saturday May 5-6! <a href=\"http:\/\/2017.jackson.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Get your tickets<\/a> if you haven&#8217;t already.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-aj-morris\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-aj-morris wcorg-track-dev-micro-track wcorg-track-main-track\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAJ Morris\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55834c5cbcacedf589355fd41922a717?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ajmorris.me\" target=\"_blank\">AJ<\/a> is the Managed WordPress Product Manager for Liquid Web, a fully managed hosting company. In his position AJ is responsible for the leading product and go to market strategy for Liquid Web\u2019s Managed WordPress product line. He oversees initiatives focusing on open-source, community and spreading the love of WordPress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordCamp Jackson topic: <em>Starting Your First Online Business with WordPress<\/em> and <em>Getting started with WP-CLI, a command-line tool to automate your life<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .wcorg-speaker --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-nicole-arnold\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-nicole-arnold wcorg-track-dev-micro-track\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNicole Arnold\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7adf649c4c90278665a05e7e3643857?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Nicole is a software developer at Alley Interactive, a full-service digital agency focused on news media, where she develops WordPress sites for high profile clients such as Digiday and The New York Post. She also contributes to WordPress as part of the Documentation Team, and has spoken at Detroit area meetups and several WordCamps across the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordCamp Jackson topic: <em>More Core Functions You (Maybe) Don\u2019t Know Exist<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .wcorg-speaker --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tessa-kriesel\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tessa-kriesel wcorg-track-dev-micro-track\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTessa Kriesel\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3734ba5f47b3e579b367b4202aaba163?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Tessa has more than a decade of experience as a front end developer, including both freelancing and working for creative agencies and corporate companies. She is also an Instructor for the Minneapolis chapter of Girl Develop It!, a national nonprofit that teaches women to code, where she manages curriculum and teaches courses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordCamp Jackson topic: <em>Introduction to Configuration Management<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .wcorg-speaker --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-steve-bennett\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-steve-bennett wcorg-track-main-track\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Bennett\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e1c23afcf6c6c5de8838431477ce5916?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Steve is co- founder of Real Big Marketing in Jackson, MI which leverages WordPress to enhance the web for it&#8217;s clients. Steve has 9 years of experience with the platform and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm at Meetups and WordCamps. You may find him online at @BigActual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordCamp Jackson topic: <em>Moving your business to WordPress<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .wcorg-speaker --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-john-parkinson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-john-parkinson wcorg-track-main-track\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Parkinson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2017.jackson.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/05\/john-parkinson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1164\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WordPress user since 2010. Volunteer with WordPress TV since 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordCamp Jackson topic: <em>The Accidental Vlogger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .wcorg-speaker --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-courtney-boatin\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-courtney-boatin wcorg-track-main-track\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtney Boatin\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d954692f714140905157c09f5fc47719?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Boatin is a WordPress site designer, HubSpot partner, and agency owner since 2008. 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