{"id":2056,"date":"2012-09-28T00:20:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T04:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.raleigh.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=2056"},"modified":"2012-09-28T00:21:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T04:21:03","slug":"grant-swaim","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker\/grant-swaim\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Swaim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/20521617\/grant-swaim-150x150.png\" alt=\"Grant Swaim\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a name=\"Grant Swaim\"><\/a>Grant Swaim<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Grant, who has a passion for cars, computers, and education, is a full time automotive instructor in the North Carolina Community College system and the author of \u201cTechnology Guide for Today\u2019s Automotive Technician\u201d. This book covers digital technology and how it is utilized within the automotive service industry.<br \/>\nHe is also building an online course to deliver this content. In the process of building this membership-style site, Grant did extensive research on publishing platforms, membership software, and ecommerce solutions. Grant is a true educator and is always willing to share his experiences to make the path easier for others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Digital Literacy Project<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordCamp Raleigh 2012 Session:<\/strong> WordPress Membership Solutions<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Follow Grant Swaim on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantSwaim\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker\/kevin-dees\/twitter_icon-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/09\/twitter_icon.png\" data-orig-size=\"39,51\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Follow Amy Hendrix on Twitter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/09\/twitter_icon.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.raleigh.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/09\/twitter_icon.png\" alt=\"Follow Grant Swaim on Twitter\" width=\"39\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalliteracyproject.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker\/kevin-dees\/web_icon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/09\/web_icon.png\" data-orig-size=\"39,51\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Visit Sayed Balkhi&amp;#8217;s Website\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/09\/web_icon.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2035\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.raleigh.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/09\/web_icon.png\" alt=\"Visit Grant Swaim's Website\" width=\"39\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant, who has a passion for cars, computers, and education, is a full time automotive instructor in the North Carolina Community College system and the author of \u201cTechnology Guide for Today\u2019s Automotive Technician\u201d. This book covers digital technology and how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker\/grant-swaim\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Grant Swaim<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368318,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wcpt_user_name":"","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[],"class_list":["post-2056","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pheWLn-xa","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/2056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/368318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/2056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2059,"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/2056\/revisions\/2059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=2056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}