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\"\"I work with small and medium-sized businesses to create amazing web experiences, usually with WordPress. I’ve been working with WordPress for as long as I can remember and I absolutely love traveling to WordCamps around the US and Canada to share what I’ve learned!<\/p>\n

Speaking Session<\/h2>\n

WordPress Project Management 101<\/a> in the Agency track<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll be focusing on how you can manage a WordPress development project from start to finish: writing great proposals, working with project management software, learning to communicate with clients, and more.<\/p>\n

What do you want people to learn from your presentation?<\/h2>\n

I hope people learn from my mistakes! I’ve been working with clients for almost a decade, and I’ve got a lot of experience that I hope people can use to improve their businesses and projects.<\/p>\n

Why did you decide to speak?<\/h2>\n

Speaking is one of my favourite things to do\u2014I love creating presentations and sharing my knowledge with people. Also: I spoke at WordCamp Toronto Developers in 2012 and was under the influence of some intense cold meds (November’s my season for sickness), and I wanted to see what a WordCamp Toronto was like sober!<\/p>\n

What attracted you to WordPress in the first place?<\/h2>\n

It was easy to use and easy to hack on.<\/p>\n

What’s your favourite WordPress plugin or theme, and why?<\/h2>\n

I don’t really have favourites, but I’ve been working with the JSON API and Edit Flow<\/a> recently and they’re both amazing plugins. Really well built, thorough, and super useful for enterprise WordPress projects. Very excited to see the JSON API in core too!<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to at WordCamp Toronto?<\/h2>\n

I’m excited to have an excuse to visit Toronto again! I haven’t been in years, and it’s one of my favourite cities. Of course, getting to learn from amazing people in the WordPress community will be pretty great too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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