{"id":1753,"date":"2025-05-31T00:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=1753"},"modified":"2025-07-05T20:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T10:09:38","slug":"design-approved","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/design-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"OMGWTF, Design Approved: How to Present Web Designs That Clients Can\u2019t Refuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/05\/Speaker-Corey-Dodd-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/05\/Speaker-Corey-Dodd-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/05\/Speaker-Corey-Dodd-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/05\/Speaker-Corey-Dodd-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/05\/Speaker-Corey-Dodd-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/brisbane.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/05\/Speaker-Corey-Dodd.png 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Level: <em>Beginner<\/em><br>Track: Designer<br>\ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IH0rXdvCL9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presentation summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fed up with endless revisions, vague client feedback, and feeling more like an order-taker than an expert designer? 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