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Bio

Atlanta WordPress Leadership and Community Developer
I have been supporting WordPress people and contributing to the community locally, regionally, and nationally for more than a decade.

My firm Kathy Drewien & Company, is a rescue shelter for abandoned, broken, ugly, orphaned, and non-productive websites. I am an attentive listener, kind, generous, and outspoken.

Life beyond WordPress includes delighting in my role as Nana, completing 2000-piece jigsaw puzzles, and expanding my Le Creuset cookware collection.

Connect on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Slack channels.

Interests

speaker | trainer | cheese slave | patient non-geeky teacher | WordPress fanatic | sweet tea lover | believes success is teamwork | loves to laugh | enjoys good eating

WordPress Origin Story

My love for the internet began in 1994 when I built a website using Hotdog by Sausage Software to launch and grow my real estate business. When the real estate market crashed in 2008 I ventured into a new career as a WordPress developer, coach, and trainer. Still learning, and still in love.

Badges

COMMUNITY
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Community Contributor '19 Community Team '19 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Organizer '19 WordCamp Speaker '19
PRACTICE
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Training Contributor '19

Current Job

Executive Producer
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Kathy Drewien & Company

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Team focus

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Contributions

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January 2023
Jan 27 Fri · 22:05
Meta high
October 2022
Oct 09 Sun · 18:04
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Idea: Freescout for WordCamp organising teams, on the site Make WordPress Community:
We've used FreeScout for email communications during WCUS since 2019 and will continue to do…
September 2022
Sep 29 Thu · 22:55
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: CampTix Attendee to Google Sheets integration, on the site Make WordPress Community:
I learned a lot through the WCUS print-on-demand process! However, exporting CampTix Attendee data directly…
Sep 26 Mon · 15:40
Meta high
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2022
June 2022
Jun 19 Sun · 18:31
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Monthly Deputy / Organizer Training and Mini Sprints, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I'm disappointed that I will be traveling during the first session.
Jun 18 Sat · 20:12
Forums med
Created a topic, cMap 5.5 Displays the Wrong Country, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The map for Diane Williams does not display the correc…
May 2022
May 09 Mon · 12:38
Forums med
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We replaced the file as suggested and the site is back online. I did not…
May 07 Sat · 04:54
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Posted a reply to [Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Pods Version 2.8.16 was updated from the most recent version today. ### wp-core ### version:…
May 06 Fri · 23:01
Forums med
Created a topic, PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Honestly, I am making a stab in the dark with this top…
January 2022
Jan 11 Tue · 17:20
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Mandatory Safety Measures for In-person WordPress Events in 2022, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
On temp checks, if someone reads high ( they may not even be aware) would…