{"id":815,"date":"2015-05-04T10:01:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.brisbane.wordcamp.org\/?p=815"},"modified":"2015-06-30T11:13:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T01:13:16","slug":"speaker-kel-santiago-contributing-back-to-wordpress-why-its-important-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-kel-santiago-contributing-back-to-wordpress-why-its-important-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: Kel Santiago &#8211; Contributing Back To WordPress \u2013 Why It\u2019s Important For Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_817\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-817\" class=\"wp-image-817 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.brisbane.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/05\/Kel-Santiago-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Kel Santiago\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/05\/Kel-Santiago-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/05\/Kel-Santiago-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/05\/Kel-Santiago.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kel Santiago<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Happy Monday all! You should read about our next speaker, Kel Santiago, while your second coffee is kicking in for the day. Kel will be talking about why your business should contribute back to WordPress why\u00a0it&#8217;s important for your business. Your business\u00a0will get\u00a0recognised at events,\u00a0you&#8217;ll become the face of your company and gain trust from the community and clients.\u00a0You&#8217;ll fly the flag for WordPress which is globally-recognised and\u00a0when you contribute, you gain new friends, meet new people and for company&#8217;s like Digital Cube, business is not about the money, it&#8217;s about the people!<\/p>\n<p>Kel Santiago will show you some of the many ways to contribute to WordPress such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress Tips from Users Around the World.<\/li>\n<li>What it Takes to Contribute.<\/li>\n<li>DigitalCube&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2014\/09\/five-for-the-future\/\">Five for the Future<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Contributing back via:\n<ul>\n<li>Plugins.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking, Sponsoring and Organising WordCamps.<\/li>\n<li>Translations \/ Polyglots.<\/li>\n<li>Writing\u00a0WordPress books.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vccw.cc\/\">VCCW<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants\/VVV\">VVV<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp-cli.org\/\">WP-CLI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kel is a Japan-based writer and evangelist of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.digitalcube.jp\/\">DigitalCube<\/a> Co. Ltd. Advanced Consulting Partner of Amazon Web Services and Code Poet WordPress Consultant. They were the first in Japan and all of Asia.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow Kel on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i_Monkey_Robot\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>See this and other great talks:<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"button cta\" title=\"WordCamp Brisbane 2015 Tickets\" href=\"https:\/\/register.eventarc.com\/29601\/wordcamp-brisbane-2015\" target=\"_blank\">BUY YOUR TICKET!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday all! You should read about our next speaker, Kel Santiago, while your second coffee is kicking in for the day. Kel will be talking about why your business should contribute back to WordPress why\u00a0it&#8217;s important for your business. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-kel-santiago-contributing-back-to-wordpress-why-its-important-for-your-business\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Speaker: Kel Santiago &#8211; Contributing Back To WordPress \u2013 Why It\u2019s Important For Your Business<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13428714,"featured_media":817,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Speaker: Kel Santiago @i_Monkey_Robot - Contributing Back To WordPress \u2013 Why It\u2019s Important For Your Business https:\/\/wp.me\/p5LFb3-d9 #wcbne","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,5015],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-speaker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/files\/2015\/05\/Kel-Santiago.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5LFb3-d9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":636,"url":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-tracey-porst-writing-and-design-for-successful-content-strategies-words-images-and-interaction\/","url_meta":{"origin":815,"position":0},"title":"Speaker: Tracey Porst &#8211; Writing and Design for Successful Content Strategies \u2013 Words, Images and Interaction","author":"Bronson Quick","date":"April 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"For years we've been hearing the phrase, \"content is king\" but producing great content is definitely an acquired skill. 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