{"id":1141,"date":"2015-01-11T09:42:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T19:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.maui.wordcamp.org\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2015-01-16T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T22:22:45","slug":"speaker-spotlight-tamara-olson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-tamara-olson\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Tamara Olson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;margin-left: 20px;margin-bottom: 10px\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74b89874a4d7444b6c4477b5dbf40a8e8c8a893e01904a8588afb1173ed67a38?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74b89874a4d7444b6c4477b5dbf40a8e8c8a893e01904a8588afb1173ed67a38?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/><\/p>\n<p>Prior to starting Tamara Olson Designs, Tamara spent several years at Google as a design lead. She has also crafted user experiences for Apple, numerous startups, media companies, and countless small business websites. A hybrid designer\/developer, Tamara has been building websites for nearly 17 years and lives in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamaraolsondesigns.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.tamaraolsondesigns.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Title:\u00a0<\/strong> The power of outside-in thinking: Providing a better UX for both your clients and end users<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Summary<\/strong>:\u00a0 Learn ways in which user-centered thinking and data can improve your process of creating WordPress websites for both end users and clients, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to conduct research and interviews to better understand your client\u2019s target audiences and prioritize their needs alongside your client\u2019s business objectives<\/li>\n<li>Ensure your clients\u2019 user experience is also seamless and intuitive by customizing the WordPress back-end and creating easy to follow documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Ideal for the solo designer\/developer or small agency.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love most about WordPress?<\/strong>\u00a0 Its flexibility, and the community (for its collective wisdom about how to put that flexibility to work).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to starting Tamara Olson Designs, Tamara spent several years at Google as a design lead. She has also crafted user experiences for Apple, numerous startups, media companies, and countless small business websites. A hybrid designer\/developer, Tamara has been building websites for nearly 17 years and lives in New York City. 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