{"id":977,"date":"2017-10-16T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/?p=977"},"modified":"2017-10-16T11:02:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:02:18","slug":"krogsgard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2017\/krogsgard\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Keynote Speaker: Brian Krogsgard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever Googled anything about WordPress, you&#8217;ve probably come across an article (with a solution to your problem!) by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krogsgard.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Krogsgard<\/a>. The fella is just everywhere, y&#8217;all.<\/p>\n<p>And this year, he&#8217;s at WordCamp Birmingham. As our keynote speaker, Brian tackles a common question we all face on a semi-daily basis:\u00a0<em>Why WordPress?\u00a0<\/em>If there ever was a topical and pertinent keynote address, this one is it.<\/p>\n<p>He runs <a href=\"https:\/\/poststatus.com\/\">Post Status<\/a>, a fantastic resource for WordPress professionals, and puts out the podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/poststatus.com\/category\/draft\/\">Post Status Draft<\/a>. If you haven&#8217;t listened to it, then you should definitely load it up in iTunes (or just click through above and give it some ear-time).<\/p>\n<p>So yeah. We are kind of excited to have him speak at the conference, and if you&#8217;re interested in getting to know him before you <del>give him a hug attack<\/del> shake his hand in person, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/krogsgard\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">you can find him on Twitter<\/a> and everywhere WordPress is sold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Still don&#8217;t have a ticket for #wpyall? No problem! <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mosey on over to our tickets page and grab one<\/a>. That way you don&#8217;t miss any of the fun, frolicking, or friendship! <em>Disclaimer: frolicking not guaranteed<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever Googled anything about WordPress, you&#8217;ve probably come across an article (with a solution to your problem!) by Brian Krogsgard. The fella is just everywhere, y&#8217;all. And this year, he&#8217;s at WordCamp Birmingham. 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