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Chris Lema<\/a> coaches companies building commercial products in the WordPress ecosystem. He\u2019s also a daily blogger, a public speaker, and product strategist. He helps companies leverage WordPress, and helps WordPress companies find leverage.<\/p>\n We\u2019re thrilled Chris will be speaking at WordCamp Sacramento 2016 on Five Things You’ll Discover About Yourself As You Blog Consistently!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To help you learn even more about Chris, we asked him to answer a few questions for us, some WordPress-related, and some others we think you’ll appreciate \ud83d\ude42 Be sure to give him a shout out on Twitter<\/a> and don\u2019t forget to use our hashtag #wcsac<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I find that people get nervous or frustrated with the challenge of a blank screen. Blogging can feel hard and blogging consistently can feel impossible, so I wanted to show folks a new way to think about things.<\/p>\n I was looking for an alternative to a CMS that was in .NET (dotnetnuke) and found WordPress via Google. Trying it out, I discovered it was really clean and easy to use. That was 11 years ago.<\/p>\n WordPress has introduced me to a community of people — some of whom have become my closest friends.<\/p>\n I work with companies that are bringing WordPress products to market and help them with product marketing and product development, from a strategy perspective.<\/p>\n Most importantly, when working with WordPress, is what you learn about yourself — which is why I’m giving the talk that I am.<\/p>\n Super Bosses<\/strong> by Sidney Walter Finkelstein.<\/p>\n Fogo de Chao<\/p>\n West Wing (every three years).<\/p>\n I smoke cigars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Get To Know Chris Lema Chris Lema coaches companies building commercial products in the WordPress ecosystem. He\u2019s also a daily blogger, a public speaker, and product strategist. He helps companies leverage WordPress, and helps WordPress companies find leverage. We\u2019re thrilled … Continue reading WordCamp Sacramento Speaker Q&A: Chris Lema<\/span> Speaker Q&A With Chris<\/h2>\n
What inspired you to give this talk at WordCamp?<\/h3>\n
How did you discover WordPress?<\/h3>\n
How has WordPress Or WordCamp impacted you?<\/h3>\n
How do you primarily work with WordPress?<\/h3>\n
What does the WordCamp theme Discovery mean to you?<\/h3>\n
What is the latest book you read?<\/h3>\n
What is your favorite restaurant? Favorite menu item?<\/h3>\n
What TV series are you current binging on\/into?<\/h3>\n
What do you do for fun?<\/h3>\n