{"id":303280,"date":"2013-08-13T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=303280"},"modified":"2013-08-06T12:59:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:59:55","slug":"speaker-monica-guerra-leiria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2013\/speaker-monica-guerra-leiria\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: M\u00f3nica Guerra Leiria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2013.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/08\/monica.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-303281\" alt=\"monica\" src=\"https:\/\/2013.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2013\/08\/monica-300x300.jpeg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/08\/monica-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/08\/monica-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2013\/files\/2013\/08\/monica.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>M\u00f3nica is a Portuguese designer who loves nothing more than to deliver beautiful and functional websites tailored to her clients&#8217; needs. She has been involved with design in one form or another since 1997 and has given up subdivisions in favor of simply considering herself a designer. Working with WordPress exclusively for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designerblogs.com\/\">designerblogs.com<\/a> on the Genesis framework has allowed her to stretch her creative wings while learning something new every day.<\/p>\n<p>A self-confessed geek, when she isn&#8217;t designing she can be found roleplaying, playing boardgames or reviewing videogames at <a href=\"http:\/\/rubberchickengames.com\/\">www.rubberchickengames.com<\/a> and she has a rather neglected blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/monicaguerraleiria.com\/\">monicaguerraleiria.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her presentation is &#8220;Between Glorified Computer Interface and Ultimate Narcissist: delivering what the client needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When doing client work there is a fine line between what the client wants and what we, as designers, would like to deliver; balanced on that line is what the client truly needs, and achieving it takes more than talent &#8211; it takes self-restraint and great communication skills.<\/p>\n<p>Every designer has, at some point, been faced with that client who has a need to micromanage every aspect of the design, who relentlessly attempts to relegate the designer to the same role one would a keyboard or a mouse. This is a talk about the design process, about the pitfalls that lie in bowing to the client&#8217;s wants instead of tirelessly seeking the answer to their needs, and about the other fine line in this equation &#8211; the one between subservience and ego.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00f3nica is a Portuguese designer who loves nothing more than to deliver beautiful and functional websites tailored to her clients&#8217; needs. She has been involved with design in one form or another since 1997 and has given up subdivisions in favor of simply considering herself a designer. 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