{"id":163,"date":"2026-08-06T21:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speaker\/jack-steve\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:11:48","slug":"jack-steve","status":"publish","type":"canvas_conf_speaker","link":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speaker\/jack-steve\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Steve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dark conference-speaker-single\"><div class=\"single-speaker-meta\"><a class=\"speaker-role\" href=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speakers\/\">Community Programs<\/a><ul class=\"speaker-attributes\"><li><span class=\"attr-label\">Company<\/span><strong class=\"attr-value\">Meetup Collective<\/strong><\/li><li><span class=\"attr-label\">Talk<\/span><strong class=\"attr-value\">Building Communities<\/strong><\/li><li><span class=\"attr-label\">Based In<\/span><strong class=\"attr-value\">Manchester, United Kingdom<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p class=\"text-white-50\">Jack builds the programmes that turn one-off attendees into contributors. His talk is a practical account of what scaled, what quietly failed, and why the difference was rarely the software.<\/p><div class=\"single-speaker-cta\"><a class=\"button button-rounded single-speaker-contact\" href=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/contact\/\">Get in Touch<\/a><\/div><div class=\"single-speaker-footer\"><a class=\"button button-rounded single-speaker-back\" href=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speakers\/\">Back to Speakers<\/a><div class=\"related-speakers\"><h3 class=\"related-speakers-title\">More Speakers<\/h3><div class=\"row mx-auto dark\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speaker\/gunther-beard\/\" class=\"team col-lg-4 col-sm-6 mb-5\"><div class=\"team-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/1-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-251\" alt=\"Gunther Beard, Software Designer\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/1-1.jpg 630w, https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/1-1-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"team-desc\"><div class=\"team-title\"><h4 class=\"gradient-text\">Gunther Beard<\/h4><span>Software Designer<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speaker\/desmond-eagle\/\" class=\"team col-lg-4 col-sm-6 mb-5\"><div class=\"team-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/2-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-252\" alt=\"Desmond Eagle, Canvas Business\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/2-1.jpg 630w, https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/2-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/2-1-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"team-desc\"><div class=\"team-title\"><h4 class=\"gradient-text\">Desmond Eagle<\/h4><span>Canvas Business<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speaker\/will-barrow\/\" class=\"team col-lg-4 col-sm-6 mb-5\"><div class=\"team-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/3.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-253\" alt=\"Will Barrow, Cloud Management\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/3.jpg 630w, https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/09\/3-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"team-desc\"><div class=\"team-title\"><h4 class=\"gradient-text\">Will Barrow<\/h4><span>Cloud Management<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building Communities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":255,"menu_order":50,"template":"","class_list":["post-163","canvas_conf_speaker","type-canvas_conf_speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/canvas_conf_speaker\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/canvas_conf_speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/canvas_conf_speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}