WPMotivate: Good Karma Only, Please

Michelle and Kathy discuss Michelle’s trip to WordCamp Europe and some of the experiences. Though Michelle received the worst departing gift ever, she encountered incredible kindness along the way. Her experiences have lessons for all of us. As she gave gifts to flight crews and others along the journey, it was apparent how powerful kindness…

If you’ve ever been down to the wire and had others relying on you, then you’ll understand the anxiety that Michelle was dealing with when her passport arrived with a mere week to book travel and plan her trip to Asia. Kathy understands how that feels as sometimes plans are interrupted by things outside our…

The world is not always a kind place. People are distracted, worried, and often too disconnected to be present enough to realize what kindness can do. As such, cultivating kindness can create an impression. In this episode, Kathy and Michelle talk about how kindness to strangers is quite memorable. And when you encounter the unkind,…

As Michelle prepares for WordCamp Rochester, a visit to the final resting places of both Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass with WCROC’s keynote speaker Nyasha Green sparks awareness of the dramatic impacts that change agents can make on the world. The right to vote was, in their day, a privilege allowed only to few….

Does giving make you more susceptible to malicious activity? Once a week, Michelle shares a list of known job openings in the WordPress space, and nearly every week, someone reaches out, asking her to find them a job. Recently, someone got a bit manipulative and even started using her as a reference. With the recent…

At WordCamp US, Matt Mullenweg announced that WordPress.com would be offering 100-Year domain and hosting plans for $38,000. Kathy and Michelle take a look at whether or not this is a marketing strategy or something that inspires us to consider what 100 years actually looks like. Kathy mentions the work done by mystery schools 100…