{"id":693,"date":"2016-06-08T06:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T12:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/?p=693"},"modified":"2016-07-02T23:37:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T05:37:15","slug":"goals-for-wordcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/goals-for-wordcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"What are your Goals for WordCamp?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Fayetteville&#8217;s 2015\u00a0keynote speaker, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, was given a goal by Automattic when they sent her to WordCamp Brisbane in Australia: she had to meet 30 new people. She met that goal.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to set goals for WordCamp. You can come just for fun and look on the experience as an adventure.<\/p>\n<p>But if you like to have goals, here are some ideas to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meet new people.<\/strong> It doesn&#8217;t have to be 30 new people, but challenge yourself to make some new connections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Find the right person.<\/strong> Looking to hire someone? Hoping to be hired? Need a strategic partner or a gym buddy? WordCamp is a great place to find the right WordPress partner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learn some new things.<\/strong> I (Rebecca) always write a blog post about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hadeninteractive.com\/10-more-things-i-learned-at-wordcamp-fayetteville\/\">10 things I learned at WordCamp<\/a>, so that&#8217;s a goal for me. (Click through that link for some special treats.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Find the answers to some questions.<\/strong>\u00a0Each session usually includes a Q and A portion at the end and you&#8217;ll find that the WordPress community loves to help fellow members with questions. Also, Sunday Jam Session is a great place to get questions answered, but you can get answers all along the way, too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learn what you don&#8217;t know.<\/strong> No matter what your background or training, there&#8217;s somebody at WordCamp who knows things you don&#8217;t know. WordCamp can start you off in a brand new direction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share your knowledge.<\/strong> Not only is there someone who knows something you don&#8217;t know, but there are also people who don&#8217;t know everything you know. You will have an opportunity to help someone, so be prepared to take that opportunity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get refreshed and inspired.<\/strong> If you sometimes get burned out with blogging or disenchanted with development, WordCamp can be your annual restart.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Develop a new goal for yourself or your company.<\/strong> It&#8217;s easy to get settled in. You can come away from WordCamp with a new personal challenge for yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you have goals for WordCamp Fayetteville 2016?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Fayetteville&#8217;s 2015\u00a0keynote speaker, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, was given a goal by Automattic when they sent her to WordCamp Brisbane in Australia: she had to meet 30 new people. She met that goal. You don&#8217;t have to set goals for WordCamp. 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