{"id":1113,"date":"2018-06-19T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2018-06-18T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T18:09:54","slug":"get-to-know-the-speakers-11am-and-2pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2018\/get-to-know-the-speakers-11am-and-2pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know the Speakers: 11AM and 2PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Jeff Large<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">speaking at 11A on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/session\/podcast-equipment-tools\/\"><b>Podcast Equipment and Tools<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the <\/span><b>General<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> track<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A former school teacher turned podcast strategist, producer and host, Jeff has found his niche producing podcasts for other businesses. He and his team at Come Alive Creative embrace the technical and human aspects of producing quality podcasts to assist their clients in building, engaging, and nurturing their audiences through ongoing podcast series. Aside from client work, he also serves as the lead instructor at Come Alive Academy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond podcasting and education, he spends his time with his family, playing board games, and learning something new everyday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='525' height='263' src='https:\/\/video.wordpress.com\/embed\/6e4lDflN?hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jefflarge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jefflarge<\/a><br \/>\nCompany site-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/comealivecreative.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/comealivecreative.com<\/a><br \/>\nLast year&#8217;s talk-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jefflarge.com\/speaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.jefflarge.com\/speaking<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tim Nolte<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">speaking at 11A on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/session\/wordpress-devops\/\"><b>WordPress DevOps<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\"><b>Developer<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> track<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a high school student, Tim began building websites for local business in 1996 and has freelanced at it, off and on, ever since. From there he has applied his skills to web and application development throughout ministry, education, telecommunications, and manufacturing. Currently, he can be found working for Sprint as an Applications Developer for their primary ticketing application, developing on both the front and back end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tim is also a runner who is currently training for a marathon to raise money for clean water in Africa through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopewaterinternational.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hope Water International<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>Personal Site:\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timnolte.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.timnolte.com<\/a><br \/>\nFreelance\/OSS Site:\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndigitals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ndigitals.com<\/a><br \/>\nGitHub:\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/timnolte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/github.com\/timnolte<\/a><\/div>\n<h5>Plugin Contributions:<\/h5>\n<div><a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-seo<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/staff-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/staff-directory<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/job-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/job-manager<\/a><\/div>\n<h5>OSS Contributions:<\/h5>\n<div><a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vetruvet\/laravel-phpredis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/github.com\/vetruvet\/laravel-phpredis<\/a>\u00a0(Redis Authentication Support)<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bcit-ci\/CodeIgniter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/github.com\/bcit-ci\/CodeIgniter<\/a>\u00a0(MySQL SSL Support)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Joe Casabona<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">speaking on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/session\/learndash-woocommerce-why-i-added-a-whole-e-commerce-system-to-my-lms\/\"><b>LearnDash + WooCommerce: Why I Added a Whole E-Commerce System to my LMS<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\"><b>General<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> track<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yankees fan and dedicated educator, Joe Casabona has a full time goal of helping people. To accomplish this, he uses his skills as a front end developer, instructor, and course creator to teach people how to use WordPress, coach them on their WordPress business, and improve their communication and customer support. Another tool in his arsenal is \u00a0How I Built It, his weekly podcast that highlights the stories and processes of how various product developers and business owners have brought their ideas to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5J05kBkYOM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Personal site-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/casabona.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/casabona.org<\/a><br \/>\nCourses-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/creatorcourses.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/creatorcourses.com<\/a><br \/>\nPodcast-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/howibuilt.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/howibuilt.it<\/a><br \/>\nInterview-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jefflarge.com\/podcast\/joe-casabona-online-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.jefflarge.com\/podcast\/joe-casabona-online-courses<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Aaron D. Campbell<\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">speaking on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/session\/myths-and-facts-about-securing-your-site\/\">Myths and Facts About Securing Your Site<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2018.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\">Developer<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> track<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With over 18 years of web development experience, Aaron has worked with a wide range of clients, everything from small, local business to Google, Yahoo, Disney, and Harvard. As of now, he is funded by GoDaddy to work on the WordPress open source project full time and is currently the WordPress Security lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Away from the computer, his interests vary as much as the clients he\u2019s worked for. Occasionally called both a coffee snob and beer snob, he wears the mantles proudly. You can also find him spending time with his wife and son, enjoying sci-fi\/fantasy books, or riding his motorcycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='525' height='295' src='https:\/\/video.wordpress.com\/embed\/SDwyNKB5?hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>About-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/aarondcampbell.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/aarondcampbell.com\/about<\/a><br \/>\nSpeaker reel-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ayc5AZHrZJo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ayc5AZHrZJo<\/a><br \/>\nSpeaking-\u00a0<a class=\"autolinked\" href=\"https:\/\/aarondcampbell.com\/speaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/aarondcampbell.com\/speaking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Large speaking at 11A on Podcast Equipment and Tools in the General track A former school teacher turned podcast strategist, producer and host, Jeff has found his niche producing podcasts for other businesses. 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