{"id":1343,"date":"2011-09-09T13:53:59","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T03:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2011-09-09T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T03:53:59","slug":"speaker-stephen-cronin-wordpress-in-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/speaker-stephen-cronin-wordpress-in-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: Stephen Cronin, WordPress in Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stephen Cronin\" src=\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f68bde62e80f71442f8219614e1e1086?size=180\" alt=\"Stephen Cronin Avatar\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Cronin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Having provided custom WordPress solutions since 2007 and holding web management roles within Queensland Government for most of that time, Stephen Cronin knows the intricacies of the relationship between WordPress and Government. He has first hand experience with the challenges that hinder the adoption of WordPress by government within Australia.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re excited to have him present the Australian perspective of using WordPress in Government at WordCamp Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen&#8217;s presentation will\u00a0cover many issues, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the reasons WordPress often isn&#8217;t used for large government sites;<\/li>\n<li>the content management systems that are commonly used within Government;<\/li>\n<li>opportunities for WordPress in the government in the short term;<\/li>\n<li>trends towards the greater use of WordPress; and<\/li>\n<li>reasons why Government should embrace WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stephen&#8217;s talk will be a must see for anyone working in or with government. I know I&#8217;ll be there!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can follow <a title=\"Stephen Cronin Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/StephenCronin\">Stephen on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or learn more about him on <a title=\"More than Scratch the Surface\" href=\"http:\/\/scratch99.com\/\">More than Scratch the Surface<\/a>. You should also follow <a title=\"WordCamp Gold Coast on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wordcampgc\">WordCamp Gold Coast on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to join the awesome line-up of WordCamp Gold Coast speakers, <a title=\"WordCamp Gold Coast speaker Applications\" href=\"https:\/\/2011.goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/become-a-speaker\/\">apply now<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having provided custom WordPress solutions since 2007 and holding web management roles within Queensland Government for most of that time, Stephen Cronin knows the intricacies of the relationship between WordPress and Government. He has first hand experience with the challenges &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/speaker-stephen-cronin-wordpress-in-government\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speaker: Stephen Cronin, WordPress in Government<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5728390,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[12359,12360,12361],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers","tag-government","tag-govspace","tag-stephen-cronin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1wRKr-lF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5728390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378,"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldcoast.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}