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\nJennifer Bourn<\/a><\/b> is speaking on The Path To Conversion: Storytelling Through Theme Design<\/b><\/a> at WordCamp Minneapolis.<\/div>\n

What inspired or motivated you to give this talk at WordCamp?<\/h2>\n

I’m a designer! Most WordCamps and meetups I attend focus on development and content, with maybe a few sessions on design if you’re lucky, yet every website needs to take design into consideration from day one. Design sets the foundation for the emotions and perceptions associated with a brand, and it guides websites visitors along their journey of discovery to a conversion.<\/p>\n

How do you \u201ccreate intention\u201d in your job, career, or life?<\/h2>\n

To me, creating intention means you are purposefully taking (or not taking) specific actions so you can achieve a specific outcome. The intention in my workday is to focus on the deadlines and client work at hand without distraction. This means I close email, close social media, put on headphones, and get to work. This focus and intention then allows me to use the non-working hours to create joy in my life through family adventures, activities, and fun.<\/p>\n

If you were a WordPress Plugin, what Plugin would you be and why?<\/h2>\n

If I’d be a WordPress plugin? Oh goodness! I think I’d be Give so I could enable others to contribute to great causes and do great things in the world.<\/p>\n

If you were not doing your current job, what profession would you be in and why?<\/h2>\n

If I wasn’t a designer, I’d probably be a writer or a teacher. I always wanted to be a teacher when I was growing up and I love little kids. I’d never teach middle school or high school!<\/p>\n

What professional and\/or research resource(s) can’t you live without?<\/h2>\n

Clearly as a designer, I must have the Adobe suite of tools. I also must have my headphones, my iPhone, and good old Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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