April 9, 2024 — In today’s highly competitive job market, building a strong reputation is crucial to achieving your career goals. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, freelancer, or working in a corporate environment, your reputation can make or break your success.

In this talk, Aaron will share his insights on:

– How to build a positive reputation
– Establishing yourself as a thought leader in your industry
– Using your reputation to advance your career

You’ll learn practical strategies for:

– Cultivating a strong online presence
– Networking effectively
– Managing your personal brand

By the end of the talk, you’ll have a clear understanding of how to leverage your reputation to achieve your professional and personal goals – whether you’re just starting out or looking to take your career to the next level.

February 27, 2024 — It can be challenging to be an introvert in a world built for extroverts. Many introverts have been told at some point in their career to “be more extroverted”, as though introversion is bad — but it’s not, and being an extrovert is certainly not required for success – even as a leader!

Ever wondered how the dopamine pathways in your brain affect how and when you’re able to focus? Probably not, but science can tell us a lot about how our brains work and we can learn to leverage that information to help us be the best leaders we can be.

Aaron will take both a scientific and experiential look at introversion and extroversion, how they differ, how to tell where on the scale you are, and how to employ this better understanding of how your brain works as an introvert to be a great leader. He’ll walk through his own journey of learning to leverage the strengths of his introversion and share what he does to help him navigate the parts of life and his career that are harder for him as an introvert.

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February 7, 2021 — It can be difficult to be an introvert in an extrovert-favoring world, but there is nothing wrong with being an introvert and you don’t need to be an extrovert to succeed. Learn about the science behind introversion and extroversion and what advantages each has in today’s workplace. Then find out how Aaron has learned to leverage the strengths of his introversion as well as what he does to help him navigate the parts of the WordPress community and his career that are harder for him as an introvert.

October 19, 2020 — The internet is the single most effective information sharing tool in all of history. We can build on the work and progress of others in a completely unprecedented way. The implications for the progress of humanity are both serious and exciting!

But it’s also in danger. Find out why Aaron thinks open systems and the open web will steer our future or how the lack of them will ruin it.

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April 2, 2020 — You know security is important and want your site to be secure, but there’s so much information available, it’s hard to decipher the myths from what actually helps. In this talk, we’ll take a MythBusters approach to looking at popular security measures for your WordPress site, busting myths and confirming claims along the way. Come find out how to avoid the myths and implement security that really helps.

June 25, 2019 — You know security is important and want your site to be secure, but what will actually help? There’s so much information to be found on securing your site, but what are the myths and what actually helps? Find out how to avoid the myths and implement real security.

June 10, 2019 — It can be challenging to be an introvert in a world built for extroverts. A lot of introverts have been told at some point in their career to “be more extroverted”, as though introversion is bad — but it’s not bad, and being an extrovert is certainly not required for success.

Ever wondered how the dopamine pathways in your brain affect how and when you’re able to focus? Probably not, but science can tell us a lot about how our brains work and we can learn to leverage that information to help us succeed.

Aaron will take both a scientific and experiential look at introversion and extroversion, how they differ, how to tell where on the scale you are, and what advantages each has in today’s workplace. He’ll walk through his own journey of learning to leverage the strengths of his introversion and share what he does to help him navigate the parts of life and his career that are harder for him as an introvert.

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June 2, 2019 — The internet is the single most effective information sharing tool in all of history. We can build on the work and progress of others in a completely unprecedented way. The implications for the progress of humanity are both serious and exciting!
But it’s also in danger. Find out why Aaron thinks open systems and the open web will steer our future or how the lack of them will ruin it.

Presentation Slides »

February 26, 2019 — You know security is important and want your site to be secure, but what will actually help? There’s so much information to be found on securing your site, but what are the myths and what actually helps? Find out how to avoid the myths and implement real security.

December 2, 2018 — You know security is important and want your site to be secure, but what will actually help? There’s so much information to be found on securing your site, but what are the myths and what actually helps? Find out how to avoid the myths and implement real security.