{"id":251,"date":"2018-05-03T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.kent.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=251"},"modified":"2018-07-20T09:02:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T13:02:51","slug":"michelle-ames","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/michelle-ames\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Ames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marketing is intuitive for Michelle which is why she pursued and gained her MBA from the University of Rochester\u2019s Simon School of Business. Michelle has over twenty years of experience in higher education; ten years owning a web design and marketing company; and currently serves as the Head of Customer Success for GiveWP.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michelle is a veteran of public\u00a0speaking. Teaching is in her DNA. She\u2019s been an instructor for a wide variety of topics including\u00a0<em>Using Quantitative Data Analysis Software<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Meditative Drawing<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Intro to WordPress<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Marketing for Massage Therapy<\/em>. Michelle\u00a0speaks\u00a0at conferences all over North America. You can find many of them recorded on WordPress.tv including \u201cLittle Things That Make a Big Difference\u201d and \u201cHidden Features of WordPress Revealed,\u201d as well as panel discussions on marketing and women in technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Michelle isn\u2019t organizing events, she\u2019s attending them, exploring photography, and mentoring people in her local community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marketing is intuitive for Michelle which is why she pursued and gained her MBA from the University of Rochester\u2019s Simon School of Business. Michelle has over twenty years of experience in higher education; ten years owning a web design and marketing company; and currently serves as the Head of Customer Success for GiveWP.com Michelle is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/michelle-ames\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michelle Ames&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7694169,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"michelleames","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[],"class_list":["post-251","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ZOue-43","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/672dc13f1e8c6d5bc45281edc668f362d5c4a703b0e21b66032e4937e3d55208?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/672dc13f1e8c6d5bc45281edc668f362d5c4a703b0e21b66032e4937e3d55208?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/672dc13f1e8c6d5bc45281edc668f362d5c4a703b0e21b66032e4937e3d55208?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/672dc13f1e8c6d5bc45281edc668f362d5c4a703b0e21b66032e4937e3d55208?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/672dc13f1e8c6d5bc45281edc668f362d5c4a703b0e21b66032e4937e3d55208?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/672dc13f1e8c6d5bc45281edc668f362d5c4a703b0e21b66032e4937e3d55208?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/251\/revisions\/842"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/516?_embed=1&context=view"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/wordcamp"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}