{"id":8152,"date":"2023-09-07T08:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T08:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/?page_id=8152"},"modified":"2024-07-26T11:08:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:08:56","slug":"ben-matthews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, this is the website of Ben Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >On this page<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/#Writing\" title=\"Writing\">Writing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/#Popular_Posts\" title=\"Popular Posts\">Popular Posts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/#Recent_Posts\" title=\"Recent Posts\">Recent Posts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/#Elsewhere\" title=\"Elsewhere\">Elsewhere<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><br>I create spaces for people to make positive social impact.  I&#8217;m the co-founder of a digital agency called <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.agency\/\">Empower<\/a>. Here&#8217;s what else I&#8217;m up to <a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/now\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10762\">now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read a bit more <a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/about\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/about\/\">about me&nbsp;yonder<\/a>.  <a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6927\">Contact me hither<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Writing\"><\/span>Writing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I generally write about, for better or worse.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-categories-list wp-block-categories\">\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-2567\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/agency\/\">Agency<\/a> (5)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-2684\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/business\/\">Business<\/a> (7)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-922\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/freelance\/\">Freelance<\/a> (57)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-24\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/general\/\">General<\/a> (332)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-2682\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/impact\/\">Impact<\/a> (2)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-2686\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/leadership\/\">Leadership<\/a> (3)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-2683\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/peeknotes\/\">Peeknotes<\/a> (2)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-2685\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/strategy\/\">Strategy<\/a> (1)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-2687\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/category\/tech\/\">Tech<\/a> (2)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>I keep a list of every post I&#8217;ve ever written, which is mainly for me to keep track in posterity. 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