{"id":288783,"date":"2014-05-24T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T23:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=288783"},"modified":"2014-07-14T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T21:20:30","slug":"marc-benzakein","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/marc-benzakein\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Benzakein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/06\/Marc-Benzakein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-289160\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/06\/Marc-Benzakein-e1402637826704-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Benzakein\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Marc has been involved with almost every aspect of technology for the past 30 years. Having built a tech startup from the ground up, Marc has had to take part in the development of every department necessary to make a company function. Customer service is his passion that has driven him to learn, through both good and poor experiences, how to determine what the customer really needs and how to deliver it to their great satisfaction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bio\">\n<h3 class=\"session-title\">Sessions<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"session-links\"><a title=\"How to Rock a WordCamp Even if You\u2019re a Total n00b\" href=\"https:\/\/2014.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/session\/how-to-rock-a-wordcamp-even-if-youre-a-total-n00b\/\">How to Rock a WordCamp Even if You\u2019re a Total n00b<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speakerdeck.com\/javaboy42\/how-to-rock-a-wordcamp-even-if-you-are-a-n00b\" target=\"_blank\">Session Slide<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"How I Tell a Customer They are Wrong and Make Them Love Me\" href=\"https:\/\/2014.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/session\/how-i-tell-a-customer-they-are-wrong-and-make-them-love-me\/\">How I Tell a Customer They are Wrong and Make Them Love Me<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speakerdeck.com\/javaboy42\/how-i-tell-my-customer-their-wrong-and-make-them-love-us\" target=\"_blank\">Session Slide<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"bio-title\">Bio Info<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"bio-short\"><strong>From: <\/strong>Milwaukee, WI<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"bio-links\"><strong>Links:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/serverpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">serverpress.com<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcBenzak\" target=\"_blank\">@MarcBenzak<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marcbenzakein\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/marcbenzakein<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc has been involved with almost every aspect of technology for the past 30 years. Having built a tech startup from the ground up, Marc has had to take part in the development of every department necessary to make a company function. Customer service is his passion that has driven him to learn, through both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/marc-benzakein\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marc Benzakein<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10573955,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wcpt_user_name":"","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[],"class_list":["post-288783","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"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:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/288783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10573955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288783"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/288783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290618,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/288783\/revisions\/290618"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/289067?_embed=1&context=view"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/288822?_embed=1&context=view"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=288783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}