{"id":724,"date":"2018-05-07T07:22:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T12:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/?p=724"},"modified":"2018-06-04T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T21:37:17","slug":"2018-wordcamp-speaker-dave-navarro-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fayetteville.wordcamp.org\/2018\/2018-wordcamp-speaker-dave-navarro-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 WordCamp Speaker: Dave Navarro, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Navarro, Jr. is the lead web developer for the Topeka &amp; Shawnee County Library and Director of Digital Media for Alpha Media Topeka Radio. In addition to plugin and theme development, he&#8217;s a social media expert.<\/p>\n<p>We met Dave at WordCamp Kansas City (WordCamp is a great place to meet people!). He has joined us at WordCamp Fayetteville for several years now, sharing well-researched talks on a variety of topics.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Dave is bringing us something a little more personal. &#8220;I&#8217;m in my 50&#8217;s now and I&#8217;ve been an entrepreneur since I was 8,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;My first business was a lemonade stand, but I ran my stand like a restaurant and made good money. Most importantly, I learned a LOT&#8230; And that&#8217;s been my story&#8230; learning from lots of mistakes, failures and successes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dave wants to share with us his discovery of WordPress and how it resurrected his passion for being an entrepreneur and web developer. His presentation, &#8220;Never worked a day in my life,&#8221; will be the keynote presentation for WordCamp Fayetteville 2018.<\/p>\n<p>So many people tell us that WordCamp has changed their lives. Maybe Dave&#8217;s presentation will inspire you in your life as an entrepreneur or web developer. 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