{"id":241702,"date":"2014-11-02T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T17:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&p=241702"},"modified":"2014-11-03T12:53:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T17:53:55","slug":"dawn-comber","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/dawn-comber\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn Comber"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a copywriter, providing web content and content strategy to small businesses, non-profits and individuals. I also teach monthly LearnWP WordPress workshops in Toronto with Ruth Maude (we’re doing a joint session). <\/p>\n

I’m an experimental gardener – this year I grew over 100 sweet potato plants in a community plot. I won’t be going that big next year!<\/p>\n

Workshop session<\/h2>\n

Website Assessment clinic<\/a> in the Content and Business<\/a> track<\/p>\n

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

We want people to come away with practical tips make their websites better for users and better for search.<\/p>\n

Why speak at #WCTO?<\/h2>\n

I enjoy sharing my WordPress and content experience. I also really like the whole concept of a sharing community – which is what WordPress has been for me. <\/p>\n

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

I was attracted to WordPress because it’s user-friendly regardless of your comfort level with tech\/code stuff. For example, those of us with little or no coding expertise can still make a website do cool things. You just need to find a plugin. Now that makes me happy. <\/p>\n

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

Another tricky question …. because there are so many. But Black Studio TinyMCE Widget is one of my favourites. This plugin adds a new Visual Editor widget type that allows you to insert rich text and media objects in widgets with no hassle. <\/p>\n

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

Hard to choose but my top three would be: <\/p>\n