{"id":2508,"date":"2016-05-11T13:47:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T18:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2016-05-11T17:40:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T22:40:35","slug":"meet-the-business-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/meet-the-business-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Business Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 10AM on May 15th, we\u2019ll be holding a special panel for business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers. Our panel consists of company owners, agency professionals, and entrepreneurs. They also have wide knowledge in various areas of business and WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>In this panel, you can ask questions about how to get started in your own WordPress business, how to maintain and grow your business, and how to keep a positive image. We\u2019ll start off with some prepared questions, and then open the questions to the room, so have your questions ready!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/05\/wcstl-meet-the-business-panel-600x315.png\" alt=\"wcstl-meet-the-business-panel-600x315\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/wcstl-meet-the-business-panel-600x315.png 600w, https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/wcstl-meet-the-business-panel-600x315-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/wcstl-meet-the-business-panel-600x315-500x263.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Our Business Panel<\/h3>\n<p><em>(in Alphabetical order)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-michele-butcher\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-michele-butcher wcorg-track-user-i\">\n<h2>Michele Butcher<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-648e9dee3b466390727d4345be4b4724-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/648e9dee3b466390727d4345be4b4724?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>A self-styled, proud graduate of the University of Inspect Element \u2014 aren\u2019t we all? \u2014 Michele is a triple threat in the WordPress world:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accounts Coordinator for Valet.<\/li>\n<li>Support Guru for Give.<\/li>\n<li>Support Engineer for Yoast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hailing from Carbondale, Illinois (the other, prettier part\u00a0of Illinois), she\u2019s\u00a0also the lead organizer of the Southern Illinois WordPress Meetup and teaches beginners\u2019 WordPress at\u00a0John A. Logan College.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter:\u00a0@Michele_Butcher<\/p>\n<p>Site:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cantspeakgeek.com\/\">Can\u2019t\u00a0Speak Geek.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-chris-flannagan\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-chris-flannagan wcorg-track-user-i wcorg-track-developer-ii\">\n<h2>Chris Flannagan<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-ca1e711443df53110c571d5df5a56353-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca1e711443df53110c571d5df5a56353?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Raised in South Alabama, I started toying with computers at a very young age. By 12 I was building geocities websites and the rest is history. I picked up on WordPress in the mid 2000\u2019s and really got serious about it a few years ago. I\u2019ve been the Webmaster for Sarasota Memorial Hospital and University of South Florida (I won bid to bring first WP Campus to our school this July!) since living in Sarasota. I\u2019ve developed plugins available at WordPress.org and been featured in blogs such as WordImpress! Shiny New Toys.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/whoischris.com\">http:\/\/whoischris.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-james-hipkin\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-james-hipkin wcorg-track-user-ii wcorg-track-user-i\">\n<h2>James Hipkin<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-17529da86a0a1bf2606e2aa761e004a7-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17529da86a0a1bf2606e2aa761e004a7?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>James is an accomplished, forward-thinking marketing professional with 25+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in marketing and marketing communications companies serving high-profile, global brands and B2C clients in consumer packaged goods, durables, transportation, telecommunications and financial services.<\/p>\n<p>He has been involved in digital for more than ten years, first as President of a direct marketing agency in San Francisco, where he led the evolution of the agency from traditional direct marketing to digital. Clients included Apple and Wells Fargo online bank. And then as the head of a mid sized agency\u2019s interactive group, with Toyota as the main client. He joined <a href=\"http:\/\/red8interactive.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Red8 Interactive<\/a>, a long term vendor, as an owner and managing director, five years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-shelly-peacock\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-shelly-peacock wcorg-track-developer-ii wcorg-track-user-i\">\n<h2>Shelly Peacock<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-b8536924219989f2965052012aabbdfd-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b8536924219989f2965052012aabbdfd?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Shelly Peacock, AKA @Spinbird, has been in sales and graphic design since 2001, moving focus to include Social Media Management and Digital Marketing in 2007. She built her first WordPress site in 2009- as a way to make her designs \u201cdo stuff\u201d, and as a portfolio for her art business. Shucked it all to run The SpinBird Group, a WordPress consulting and design business. She likes short walks on the beach, cabanas, and shooting opossums off her back deck with her shotgun. Daily Mantra: Life is short- GET #FIERCE WITH IT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Our Moderator: <\/strong><strong>Chris Lema<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2460\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/05\/chrislema-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"chrislema\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/chrislema-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/chrislema-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/05\/chrislema.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Chris Lema is a storyteller \u2013\u00a0and a storytelling evangelist.<\/p>\n<p>You heard that right.<\/p>\n<p>He tells stories about the importance of storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Until mid-April\u00a0the CTO and Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite, Chris has spent the last two decades managing high-performing teams\u00a0who build software products. (Largely, by telling them stories.)<\/p>\n<p>Usually, that\u2019s\u00a0been\u00a0SaaS products across\u00a0a variety of B2B vertical markets.\u00a0But the description also applies to his coaching practice, as he\u2019s helped startups\u00a0\u2013\u00a0in recent years primarily WordPress startups \u2013 develop more viable\u00a0products and take them to market faster. You can find his blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/chrislema.com\" target=\"_blank\">ChrisLema.com<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrislema\" target=\"_blank\">@chrislema<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on all the awesome information that this panel will unleash, <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>buy your WordCamp St. Louis ticket now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 10AM on May 15th, we\u2019ll be holding a special panel for business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers. 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