{"id":8670,"date":"2016-11-18T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.us.wordcamp.org\/?p=8670"},"modified":"2016-11-18T09:34:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T14:34:10","slug":"excited-about-wordcamp-us-bring-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/excited-about-wordcamp-us-bring-a-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Excited About WordCamp US? Bring a Friend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is one of those tools that you can learn from the ground up at home (or anywhere you have a computer and some internet). No matter where you are, no matter your current level of technological savvy, WordPress resources are widely available across the internet so that you can level up your skills at your own pace.<\/p>\n<p>With all this ready-to-use training available, you may\u00a0ask yourself why you should attend\u00a0a WordCamp.<\/p>\n<p>WordCamps, which are always\u00a0filled with <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.us.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\">fabulous content<\/a>, give you a chance to meet an\u00a0extensive community of passionate WordPress enthusiasts.\u00a0Meeting people from your own area who do exactly what you do &#8211; whether that&#8217;s development, design, or running a full-service agency\u00a0&#8211; can really connect you to what makes WordPress thrive. The community behind WordPress is what makes it so different from other CMS options out there and WordCamp US brings WordPressers from all over North America together to learn, connect, and celebrate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8706 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.us.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o-1024x683.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015 WordCamp US (photo by Casey Alexander)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/us.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/11\/23801736660_8d76ee0f92_o.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you excited about WordCamp now? Guess what. I bet you have a friend who would be excited, too. We have at least one person on our own organizing team who\u00a0feels like they were introduced to WordPress for the first time through a WordCamp. WordCamps, and the WordPress community as a whole, are welcoming and inclusive; we take all kinds here and teach them all about WordPress. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>So what do you say? <a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/746pn\" target=\"_blank\">Bring a friend, Make a friend!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wordcampunitedstates\/23801736660\/in\/gallery-designsimply-72157662915348281\/\">Photo Credit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is one of those tools that you can learn from the ground up at home (or anywhere you have a computer and some internet). 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