{"id":1182,"date":"2017-11-02T10:01:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2017-11-02T10:01:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:01:14","slug":"the-secret-superpower-of-wordcamp-and-how-to-make-it-yours-at-wordcamp-cincinnati-2017-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/the-secret-superpower-of-wordcamp-and-how-to-make-it-yours-at-wordcamp-cincinnati-2017-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Superpower of WordCamp (and How to Make It Yours at WordCamp Cincinnati 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is part of a series of posts from the perspective of a first-time WordCamp attendee. Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2017.cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/09\/06\/the-secret-superpower-of-wordcamp-and-how-to-make-it-yours-at-wordcamp-cincinnati-2017\/\">Part One<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/10\/19\/the-secret-superpower-of-wordcamp-and-how-to-make-it-yours-at-wordcamp-cincinnati-2017-2\/\">Part Two<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Bottom Line: If You Come to WordCamp Cincinnati 2017, Awesome Things Can Happen for You If You Dig In and Participate<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u2026 Even if you&#8217;re an introvert. Or a beginner. Or a non-technical person.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WordPress is all about making the power of the web accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>WordCamp does the same thing for WordPress: It helps all kinds of users at all levels of skill and experience learn how to achieve their goals with WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>No matter who you are or what you know (or don&#8217;t know), there&#8217;s something here for you.<\/p>\n<h3>The Atmosphere Is Casual; the Experience Is As Transformative As You Want It to Be<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Come as you are, it&#8217;s a casual event&#8211; it is the weekend, after all. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Come with your questions and be prepared to get lots of answers. (The <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/09\/19\/happiness-bar-no-id-required\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Happiness Bar<\/span><\/a>, where you can get individual answers to your technical and other WordPress questions from an expert, is hopefully coming back again this year &#8211; woohoo! That alone is worth the price of admission in my book.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What You Get out of WordCamp depends on what you bring to it&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">If you come with questions, and make the effort to ask them&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">If you come to meet others, and smile and say hello&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">If you come to learn, and are willing to share what you know&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">If you come to grow, and to help others grow, too&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>&#8230; You&#8217;ll be amazed at how much you leave with.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You&#8217;ll leave:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>inspired<\/b>&#8230; with lots of ideas and things you&#8217;re itching to try.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>smarter<\/b>&#8230; with links to more info and resources to keep on learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>connected<\/b>&#8230; with a diverse group of interesting, fun, generous people who are learning or working with WordPress just like you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>networked<\/b>&#8230; with resources who can help you when you get stuck, and contacts that might lead to great things in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>sporting some nifty swag<\/b>&#8230; including a Limited Edition Uber-Cool WordCamp Cincinnati 2017 t-shirt.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1184\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1184\" class=\"wp-image-1184 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/10\/image1-17-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"WordCamp 2016 Swag\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/image1-17-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/image1-17-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/image1-17-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/image1-17-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/image1-17-1000x562.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My WordCamp Cincinnati 2016 Swag Stash: a great nylon Woo bag, plus the official t-shirt. There were a lot more goodies there that I left for others&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And finally&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You&#8217;ll leave with a new (or improved) appreciation of the possibilities of WordPress&#8211; the platform, the people and the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And because it&#8217;s WordPress, you&#8217;ll also leave with a new vision of the possibilities of <b><i>you<\/i><\/b>, on the web.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How awesome is that?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Submitted by Julie Ladd of <a href=\"https:\/\/copyshark.net\/\">Copyshark.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you come to WordCamp Cincinnati 2017, awesome things can happen for you if you dig in and participate <a href=\"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/the-secret-superpower-of-wordcamp-and-how-to-make-it-yours-at-wordcamp-cincinnati-2017-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">The Secret Superpower of WordCamp (and How to Make It Yours at WordCamp Cincinnati 2017)<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14091420,"featured_media":1184,"comment_status":"closed","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":[1163816],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress-knowledge"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/image1-17.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8FrQ6-j4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14091420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cincinnati.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}