{"id":1045,"date":"2019-06-29T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2019-06-27T12:40:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T12:40:32","slug":"speaker-spotlight-amy-lynch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker-spotlight-amy-lynch\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Amy Lynch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amy Lynch is a writer and freelancer focused on travel, international family life, creativity and flexible work. She is founder of \u2018Babies, Business + Breakfast\u2019, a community for parents who want to invest in themselves alongside their loved ones. As a former expat, she currently lives in Ottawa with her young international family, where she advises corporates and individuals on creating child-friendly business spaces and experiences.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy will be speaking at 1:20pm on Saturday, July 13th in the Rideau room. She will also be running a workshop on Sunday, July 14th at 2pm in the Rideau room. Her lightning talk is entitled, <strong>Baby in the Boardroom<\/strong>, and her workshop is entitled, <strong>Startup blogging: Using WordPress to validate a business idea, write a book and build community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Baby in the Boardroom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This talk is designed to help creatives, bloggers, event planners, marketers, content editors plan and document more inclusive experiences using WordPress to reach an often excluded audience of primary caregivers:<br>\u2022 My experiences bringing children into business settings at home in Canada and abroad<br>\u2022 The creatives and business owners I\u2019ve met along the way and the challenges they\u2019ve encountered<br>\u2022 What happens when you bring children into business settings and how I\u2019ve documented it using WordPress as a platform<br>\u2022 Practical resources\/takeaways: Inclusive experience tips for organizations, venues and event planners to accommodate primary caregivers and their loved ones<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Workshop: Startup blogging: Using WordPress to validate a business idea, write a book and build community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This talk is designed to help current and aspiring creatives, freelancers, bloggers, remote workers, business owners and side hustlers with limited time:<br>\u2022 My experiences blogging before and after becoming a parent<br>\u2022 Tools to carve out the time and structure for a creative practice<br>\u2022 How I\u2019ve used WordPress to help me validate business ideas<br>\u2022 The evolution of a book through regular blogging<br>\u2022 Share your message and cultivate a following<br>\u2022 Practical resources\/takeaways: Attendees will use interactive prompts and activities, leaving with inspiring tips and a practical roadmap to get started on validating their business idea, writing a book and building a community<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Lynch is a writer and freelancer focused on travel, international family life, creativity and flexible work. She is founder of \u2018Babies, Business + Breakfast\u2019, a community for parents who want to invest in themselves alongside their loved ones. As a former expat, she currently lives in Ottawa with her young international family, where she &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker-spotlight-amy-lynch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Speaker Spotlight: Amy Lynch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15335200,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paMxYC-gR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15335200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}