{"id":1045,"date":"2011-04-27T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.oc.wordcamp.org\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2011-04-25T08:34:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T15:34:19","slug":"kohl-crecelius-social-media-for-social-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/kohl-crecelius-social-media-for-social-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohl Crecelius: Social media for social change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Topic<\/em>: <strong>Social Media for Social Change<\/strong><br \/>\nTaking authenticity online to create a committed following for your cause.\u00a0 Learn how Krochet Kids intl. has leveraged the free tools of social media to drive awareness and new followers in support of their work and their products.\u00a0 Using a WordPress powered site to drive social change on a bootstrapped budget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1046\" title=\"Kohl Crecelius\" src=\"https:\/\/2011.oc.wordcamp.org\/files\/2011\/04\/profile.small_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kohl Crecelius\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Kohl Crecelius is the CEO &amp; Co-founder of Krochet Kids intl.\u00a0 Kohl and his team of close friends are on a journey to revolutionize what it means to do business and do good.\u00a0 In 2007 they foundedKrochet Kids intl. (KKi) \u2013 a non-profit lifestyle brand focused on empowering communities and engaging customers to make a sustainable impact on global poverty.\u00a0 KKi is a leader in producing and selling products made in Africa.\u00a0 They employ over 100 people in Northern Uganda through the production of their handmade headwear and fashion accessories, and have recently started a new program in Peru.\u00a0 Now spanning three continents, their work connects the producer with the customer through a hand-signed label that accompanies every product.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Kohl does crochet.\u00a0 He also has a variety of other interests that keep him grounded, including surfing, skateboarding, and blogging. You can normally find him wearing a KKi beanie and occasionally sporting a mustache.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: Social Media for Social Change Taking authenticity online to create a committed following for your cause.\u00a0 Learn how Krochet Kids intl. has leveraged the free tools of social media to drive awareness and new followers in support of their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/kohl-crecelius-social-media-for-social-change\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6138191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4980,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentation-topics","category-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1oLzi-gR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6138191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1129,"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/1129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oc.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}