{"id":1305,"date":"2016-06-02T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2016-05-31T20:58:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T20:58:19","slug":"speaker-spotlight-michelle-ames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2016\/speaker-spotlight-michelle-ames\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight &#8211; Michelle Ames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1306\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/05\/1de238aef6adcc741086c355b4dc49b6.jpeg?resize=80%2C80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1de238aef6adcc741086c355b4dc49b6\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/>Overextended, overcommitted, entrepreneur &amp; volunteer.\u00a0 Avid Scrabble\u2122 player. Tea snob. Mom. WordPress fanatic. 11<sup>th<\/sup> hour expert. Michelle is the owner and marketing diva at <a href=\"http:\/\/marketedbymichelle.com\/\">Marketed by Michelle<\/a>, where she makes a living through WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle will be giving a talk entitled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/2016.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/session\/hidden-features-of-wordpress\/\">Hidden Features of WordPress<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s been your best experience with WordPress?<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to pick just one! In 2016 I&#8217;m speaking at camps, and organizing one camp, lead organizing another. Can&#8217;t get enough!<\/p>\n<h2>Tell us a bit about your WordCamp Ottawa talk.<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great talk for beginners or anyone who wants to understand the dashboard help and settings to make their WordPress experience even better.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s your favourite thing about attending WordCamps?<\/h2>\n<p>The community &#8211; meeting other WordPressers and building my network of amazing people.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s exciting you about WordPress in 2016?<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m loving the changes in the recent core updates &#8211; especially around media management. Looking forward to doing even more with that.<\/p>\n<h2>Recommend one to three people in the WordPress world to follow on social media!<\/h2>\n<p>@williamsba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overextended, overcommitted, entrepreneur &amp; volunteer.\u00a0 Avid Scrabble\u2122 player. Tea snob. Mom. WordPress fanatic. 11th hour expert. 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