{"id":1681,"date":"2019-03-08T13:53:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T12:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2019-03-10T18:34:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T17:34:33","slug":"kate-edwards-be-open-minded-and-explore-the-possibilities-of-your-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/kate-edwards-be-open-minded-and-explore-the-possibilities-of-your-talents\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Edwards: &#8220;Be open-minded and explore the possibilities of your talents&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/kate-edwards-be-open-minded-and-explore-the-possibilities-of-your-talents\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kate-edwards.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1683\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kate-edwards.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/kate-edwards-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kate Edwards<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In celebration of the international Womens&#8217;s Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocketgamer.biz\/interview\/70195\/kate-edwards-be-open-minded-and-explore-the-possibilities-of-your-talents\/\">PocketGamer<\/a> ran an interview with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realwomenofgaming.com\/2018\/02\/09\/influential-women-in-the-gaming-industry-kate-edwards\/\">Kate Edwards<\/a><\/strong>. In it she talks about her experiences from a 26-year career in games (including founding <a href=\"http:\/\/geogrify.com\/\">Geogrify<\/a>, and being the executive director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igda.org\/\">IGDA<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She talks about what she&#8217;s currently up to, traveling the world consulting for game studios and industry advocacy, and offers a ton of advice for aspiring game developers looking to break in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocketgamer.biz\/interview\/70195\/kate-edwards-be-open-minded-and-explore-the-possibilities-of-your-talents\/\">Click through to read the full interview!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/speaker\/kate-edwards\/\">Kate<\/a> is speaking at the Gotland Game Conference in June, so <a href=\"https:\/\/ti.to\/campus-gotland-game\/ggc2019\">grab a ticket now<\/a> if you want more of her insights. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the international Womens&#8217;s Day, PocketGamer ran an interview with Kate Edwards. In it she talks about her experiences from a 26-year career in games (including founding Geogrify, and being the executive director for IGDA). She talks about what she&#8217;s currently up to, traveling the world consulting for game studios and industry advocacy,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-style\" href=\"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/kate-edwards-be-open-minded-and-explore-the-possibilities-of-your-talents\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotlandgameconference.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}