{"id":535,"date":"2017-07-10T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/?p=535"},"modified":"2017-07-10T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T12:44:15","slug":"what-and-why-of-wordcamp-in-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/what-and-why-of-wordcamp-in-the-lehigh-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"What and Why of WordCamp in the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few people who enjoyed using a particular computer program got together to exchange ideas and ask questions. \u00a0For many of them hearing from others ideas in person\u00a0was a key to understanding more deeply the workings and possibilities of this program.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the program was WordPress, and the group of people was our local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Lehigh-Valley-WordPress-Meetup\/\">WordPress Meetup<\/a>. Starting the fall of 2014, our meetings met at the local co-working space\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sobecoworks.com\/\">SoBeCoWorks<\/a>. \u00a0Then as we&#8217;ve grown we&#8217;ve moved to NCC South Side or at the <a href=\"http:\/\/allentownedc.com\/business-incubation\/bridgeworks-enterprise-center\/\">BridgWorks<\/a> in Allentown. \u00a0Our meetings are open to all people at all levels of skills. \u00a0From brand new business folks to hardcore programmers. \u00a0Our monthly meeting turned into hosting a yearly WordCamp. \u00a0Having a WordCamp allows us to invite people to share what they have been doing with WordPress. \u00a0In the same spirit of our meetings, a WordCamp is a community of everyday people helping one another learn.<\/p>\n<p>The best part of WordCamp is it&#8217;s only $20 for the day! \u00a0This event is kept inexpensive by the hard work of an all-volunteer\u00a0staff (including the speakers), space provided by NCC and the generous sponsorship by local and national companies who support the WordPress community.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s WordCamp will take place August 19, 2017. \u00a0 Along with 12 speakers on a variety of WordPress related subjects, a 3-hour morning session is planned for those new to the WordPress platform. \u00a0 Our hopes are that this event will not only be a great place to learn something new but an opportunity to network with people in our area! \u00a0We hope you can join us! \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2017.lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Get your ticket\u00a0today!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few people who enjoyed using a particular computer program got together to exchange ideas and ask questions. \u00a0For many of them hearing from others ideas in person\u00a0was a key to understanding more deeply the workings and possibilities of this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/what-and-why-of-wordcamp-in-the-lehigh-valley\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">What and Why of WordCamp in the Lehigh Valley<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7575577,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8hqzU-8D","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7575577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lehighvalley.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}