Chris Wiegman
Chris Wiegman

Join Chris as he shares his experience of giving back to the community.

Chris is a Senior Software Engineer at WP Engine and has been working with WordPress since for over a decade. During that time he built one of the largest WordPress security plugins as well as various plugins and themes for clients of all sizes, Google Chrome extensions and even WordPress development environments. A teacher at heart, Chris has spoken at numerous WordCamps and other conferences as well as taught both computer science and aviation for universities throughout the US.

Yoast
Yoast

Join Taco as he shares how Yoast is giving back to the community.

Hi! I’m Taco and I’m community manager here at Yoast. Of course, I’m much more than just a job title. Let’s do the short version first. After being in Customer Support for the better part of 7 years at Yoast, I transitioned into my current position as Community manager early 2020. This allows me to spend even more time with the community that became my 3rd family; the WordPress community. Third? Well yeah. I have a wife and two amazing daughters, and consider my friends and colleagues at Yoast to be my second family. I love meeting and connecting people. Being at social events gives me more energy than one can imagine. I do have strong opinions and I’m prototype Dutch, so I can be quite direct and rather blunt, even when I try really hard not to be. If we haven’t met yet, I’d love to meet you. And in the meantime, please do reach out on Twitter or the WordPress Slack.

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Topher DeRosia
Topher DeRosia

Join Topher as he shares his experience of giving back to the community.

Topher DeRosia is Senior WordPress Architect at Camber Creative. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a web developer, over a decade of which has been spent building out WordPress sites. In addition, Topher curates http://HeroPress.com. Fun fact: Topher is responsible for making the official International Space Station Windows95 desktop theme. He currently lives in Grand Rapids, MI with his wife Cate and two daughters, Ema and Sophia. You can find Topher on Twitter talking about e-commerce, web development, general technology, and culture. He’s also a regular on the Make WordPress and Post Status Slack channels.

Weglot
Weglot

Join Thomas as he shares how Weglot is giving back to the community.

Thomas is a Partnership Manager at Weglot. Establishing new connections and organizing events every day. Breathing, talking and dreaming about Weglot and a multilingual world.

Weglot is a WordPress multilingual plugin to translate and display your website in multiple languages. It provides a fast first layer of automated translation which you can easily edit yourself or by adding teammates or collaborating with pro-translators through the Weglot dashboard. 

Topher DeRosia
Topher DeRosia

Everything you need to know to safely release and use online media.

Creative Commons licences give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use other creative work under copyright law.

Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman

In this 30 minute session we’ll explore some new ways to bring movement into your daily work life, all right from your chair. Remote work tends to keep us in a pattern of few positions during the day (sitting, standing, rounding forward). It’s crucial to add diversity and challenge to our movement patterns to keep our bodies feeling their best. Movement is a great way to nurture connection with our body and its needs. When we move well, we can think and live well, too.

This session is accessible for any and all bodies. Come with an open mind and a willingness to try something new.

Bluehost
Bluehost

Join Devin as he shares how Bluehost giving back to the community.

Michele Butcher-Jones
Michele Butcher-Jones

Join Michele as she shares her experience of giving back to the community.

Michele is the Lead WordPress Technical Specialist at Thrive Internet Marketing Agency and runs her own WordPress shop at 13Core. She is also the Head Geek over at Can’t Speak Geek. When not working her jobs, Michele is an organizer for WordCamp St Louis and the Lead Organizer of the Southern Illinois WordPress Meetup. You can usually find her snapping pictures, at the gym, hanging with her family, or reading a book. She is always down for an adventure, especially if it involves great food or drinks.

Dan Maby
Dan Maby

Join Dan as he shares her experience of giving back to the community.

Dan is the Founder of Big Orange Heart, where he helps deliver a vision of better well-being and mental health support within remote working communities.

Joe A. Simpson
Joe A. Simpson, Jr.

How do you start over after ‘the end?’ During a once in a lifetime pandemic, we all have faced incredible times that have rocked us to our core. Join Make WordPress Accessibility Team Rep Joe Simpson as he shares a story of rebirth and hope. In 2017, five years of worsening fatigue and no answers from a team of doctors, two 100% blocked arteries and a heart event forced him to re-evaluate his life. In this inspirational presentation, we’ll discuss what happens in the days, months, and years after seemingly impossible odds? Finally, we’ll learn about how he moved through difficult times by: – Finding sanctuary in the WordPress Community; – Discovering mindfulness five minutes before sunrise; – Recovery by setting smaller, attainable goals; – Replacing negative energy with positive acts to heal yourself; and – Getting a helping hand despite your ‘best’ efforts (from organizations like Big Orange Heart, etc)

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