[Announcement] Our Keynotes – Josepha Haden and Chris Wiegman!

Posted on by Nile Flores

WordCamp St. Louis is excited to announce that we’re having two keynotes this year! Yes, two! These individuals bring a lot to the table, and have done a lot for the WordPress community. Our keynotes this year are Josepha Haden and Chris Wiegman.

Here’s a little about each, as well as a few links to some of their past WordCamp talks, so you can see some of what they love to share with the WordPress community.

2018 WordCamp St. Louis Keynotes

Josepha Haden

Bio: Josepha comes from a long line of writers and was raised to be a life-long learner. She has a passion for language and storycrafting, a skill she has honed on starsandthemoon.com. Josepha has over a decade of experience using SEO, data analysis, and content marketing to bring success and visibility to clients all over the world. Since 2010 she’s been working in her hometown of Kansas City to increase digital literacy and get more women in tech. Josepha works at Automattic as a community organizer for the WordPress open source project.

Talk Title: TBA

Talk Description: TBA

A few links to a few of Josepha’s past talks:

Want to connect with Josepha? Here’s where to find her:

Chris Wiegman

Bio: Chris is a senior developer for UF Health at the University of Florida who has been working on WordPress since 2008. Over the years he built one of the largest security plugins on WordPress.org as well as numerous other plugins, themes and other solutions. When not coding Chris loves to teach and has presented at numerous WordCamps and other conferences as well as taught computer security for St. Edward’s University and other University courses ranging from computers to aviation.

Talk Title: Build with the community: how the power of the WordPress community helped me build and contribute to some of the largest projects in WordPress.

Talk Description: Getting any plugin on the WordPress.org forum can be a lot of work. Taking a plugin like Better WP Security (now iThemes Security) to more than 2.5 million downloads when it isn’t your full-time job can seem nearly impossible. This talk will discuss how I utilized the WordPress community to build Better WP Security up to one of the largest plugins on WordPress.org including what I did right and what I could have done better. In addition, I’ll talk about how you can use the WordPress community to build up any side project as well as how to give back using your own skill set. Learn how to handling support, marketing and general bugs when you wear all the hats (developer, marketer, teacher, project manager, etc.)

A few links to a few of Chris’s past talks:

Want to connect with Chris? Here’s where to find him:

Want to hear their talks? Don’t miss out! Buy a ticket to WordCamp St. Louis, and join us May 12 and 13th, 2018, at Washington University.