{"id":1236,"date":"2015-01-15T11:34:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T21:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.maui.wordcamp.org\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2015-01-16T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T22:22:45","slug":"speaker-spotlight-adelle-lennox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-adelle-lennox\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight:  Adelle Lennox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;margin-left: 20px;margin-bottom: 10px\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25cee41cc63a148fe4214564867544d16369f6477ad9e181ef32d03e319f6856?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25cee41cc63a148fe4214564867544d16369f6477ad9e181ef32d03e319f6856?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/><\/p>\n<p>Adelle loves media, publications, and technology. She fell in love with computers as a teenager and began building websites in 1999. Her love affair with WordPress began in the spring of 2008. Adelle is a trained journalist and small business owner who enjoys helping others navigate websites and online technology. She holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Advertising and &#8220;actually uses it.&#8221; Her skills include: graphic design, writing, research, website building, SEO, content development, photography, and social media marketing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:\u00a0<\/strong> Amazing and Helpful<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/amazingandhelpful.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/amazingandhelpful.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Title:<\/strong>\u00a0 Longterm Benefits of Using WordPress<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Free\/low cost investment (How to save time &amp; money longterm using WP)<br \/>\nFast &amp; Flexible &#8211; content, design\/template, user roles&#8230;<br \/>\nSEO happy &#8211; use the database structure to support your keyword strategy<br \/>\nSuper powerful &#8211; plugins, oh my! (tips, ideas, my favorites)<br \/>\nGorgeous &#8211; Themes &amp; Design (how to pick a good one, css)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus topics:<\/strong><br \/>\nIs it really free? (Minimum time &amp; cost to setup &amp; maintain vs. realistic time &amp; financial investment)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s Fun! (Recruit a passionate WP helper)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love most about WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What I love most about WP is that it gets me excited and it gets me talking. I&#8217;m passionate about solutions and I love helping others feel successful and satisfied. WordPress is a tool that I find very useful for helping people. I find it to be the best tool for my needs, because I can use it with a large and diverse group of clients, all in different industries. It&#8217;s base cost is free and I can help people build highly customized, yet affordable websites and teach them how to make updates. I have confidence using and sharing WP with others. That is a relief for me as a small business owner, because trust and reputation are critical. From its flexibility to its community of resources and developers, WP satisfies my needs for a complete CMS. Love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adelle loves media, publications, and technology. She fell in love with computers as a teenager and began building websites in 1999. Her love affair with WordPress began in the spring of 2008. Adelle is a trained journalist and small business owner who enjoys helping others navigate websites and online technology. She holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-adelle-lennox\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speaker Spotlight:  Adelle Lennox<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14070086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[9463],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers","tag-speaker-spotlight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Sfes-jW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2176,"url":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wcmaui-speaker-slides\/","url_meta":{"origin":1236,"position":0},"title":"WCMaui Speaker Slides","author":"Jon Brown","date":"February 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We'll be updating this post with slide and video details as we get them, so please check back for the latest!* Friday Beginner\u00a0Track\u00a0Slides & Videos Gregg Franklin - Intro To WordPress - Slides - Video Adam Silver - Intro to WordPress Themes Workshop - Slides - Video Kathryn Presner -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Slides and Videos&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Slides and Videos","link":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/category\/slides-and-videos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2014\/11\/wc-maui-logo-final-blue-1208x540.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1183,"url":"https:\/\/maui.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-rosie-warfield\/","url_meta":{"origin":1236,"position":1},"title":"Speaker Spotlight:  Rosie Warfield","author":"ElenaRego","date":"January 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Rosie Warfield is the Manager of eGovernment services at eHawaii.gov. 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