Birmingham WordCamp has a killer speaker roster this year, and we are proud to host their presentations. Here is a quick teaser, featuring some of our favorite Friday noontime talks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Kathryn Lang<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHave fun. Make friends. Be relentlessly helpful. It doesn\u2019t have to be any more complicated than that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kathryn Lang shares words of hope, inspiration, and encouragement with a twist of snark to keep things interesting. Her blogs, radio programs, and articles reveal her belief in possibility and the power of a good laugh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her talk, \u201cFrom Blog to Book,\u201d teaches bloggers how to turn focused blog content into a book manuscript. After you have your manuscript ready, Kathryn will go through the steps to query agents and publishers or independently publish your book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the end of the session, attendees will have a finished book, ready to publish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Click here<\/a> to visit Kathryn\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By William Jackson<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\u201cShare your voice with the world, from Central America to Africa.\u201d \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n William Jackson graduated from South Carolina State University with a Bachelor\u2019s in Education; after his Bachelor\u2019s, he earned his MA in Teaching from Webster University with a focus in Educational Technology, Social Media, and STEM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n William\u2019s career involves teaching at NASA, the Florida Department of Education, and Edward Waters College, where he was a professor. He has worked in education for over 30 years, teaching elementary to college students about diversity in education and business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n William is also a national and international blogger; he has published in the United States, Canada, and Africa. He loves sharing his WordCamp adventures with peers and Jacksonville community members; he strives to empower youth, teens, and young adults via \u201cteachable moments\u201d that apply classroom curriculum to real-world problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his presentation, \u201cUse WordPress to Build Your Brand and Share Your Voice,\u201d William explores how building and growing your brand can affect social issues. There is a growing need for diverse content creators – the world needs them to share their experiences and encourage others to speak, write, teach, and spread love. WordPress inspires global creativity, innovation, digital voice amplification, and collaboration; it\u2019s an important tool that should be used to spread worldwide diversity, to encourage acceptance and tolerance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Attendees will learn how to improve the human experience by applying WordPress to community building, acceptance, and inclusion. They will discover how a demonstration of individual and group voices can build and strengthen a brand, both personally and professionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here<\/a> to visit William\u2019s website; click here to follow him on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and Tumblr<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cUse WordPress to Build Your Brand and Share Your Voice \u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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