{"id":1410,"date":"2017-11-29T17:49:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=1410"},"modified":"2018-03-28T05:41:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T05:41:34","slug":"pratima-sharma","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/kathmandu.wordcamp.org\/2018\/speaker\/pratima-sharma\/","title":{"rendered":"Pratima Sharma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>You should blog (Even if you&#8217;re killing it on Instagram and Snapchat)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apart from being a wordsmith and pensive writer, Pratima is also a tech nut- she is a Software Engineer and works at Goreto Software; a software company based in Pokhara. Her inescapable path of self-discovery and creativity led her to WordPress and she has been rocking it so far.<\/p>\n<p>As a woman, the fact that she\u2019s still working in tech is not lost on her and by now, she\u2019s grown used to being the only woman at work. However, she wishes to be an inspiration and fill the pipeline with more talented young women. When she is not working, she is usually reading or writing something. Pratima loves to read and has hopes to write a good book someday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Topic Description:<\/strong> <\/span>A pursuit to get all those who haven&#8217;t hopped on the blogging bandwagon get started with blogging.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It can be easy to disregard something like blogging as boring and outdated but blogs can be a great way to find a creative outlet and having an active, curated company blog is just as important today as it was 10 years ago. Th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e internet is not just a platform for sharing weird memes and funny pictures. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discover a handful of reasons why you should still blog even if you&#8217;re killing it on much newer, hipper social media platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Intended Audience:<\/strong> Everyone<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You should blog (Even if you&#8217;re killing it on Instagram and Snapchat) Apart from being a wordsmith and pensive writer, Pratima is also a tech nut- she is a Software Engineer and works at Goreto Software; a software company based in Pokhara. 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