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Since I don’t consider my blog anonymous or ‘seekrit’ I grabbed a text widget and started adding an “About Me” to my sidebar. After trying to get things aligned, formatted, and adding a few links I started thinking a widget might be nice for this. Et voila. This was my first-ever widget, so I appreciate your patience ;’)
Now, with over 8000 downloads I am releasing what I hope to be a more friendly widget. The biggest issues previously were related to path(s), layout and alignment. This left me wanting to re-design the configuration interface, keeping in mind a lot of users know little about HTML/CSS and validity issues, yet allowing the geekier to get into details/code if so desired.
After a lot of hours designing, testing and uttering quite a few curses, my head finally popped out of my sphincter and I decided to use what WordPress uses: TinyMCE. WordPress users are at least somewhat familiar with it, it’s already ‘built-in’ (no extra libraries/scripts) and I soon discovered it was easily configurable. Actually it’s easily configurable AFTER you’ve learned how. Before, it’s a bitch.
So here it is. The New King Hell Deluxe About Me Widget Supreme (ymmv)
!!Note!! 
This version is not backwards compatible with versions of wordpress older than 3.1 
If you are upgrading to version 2.0 from an older version be sure to copy the old about me text out before upgrading, as the new API creates new values for the title and text in the wordpress database.
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About Me widget

Add an "About Me" widget to your sidebar.

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<h4>Features</h4>
Customizable “Book To Speak” Button
Make it easy for event planners to book you with MySpeakingPage’ customizable “call to action” button. You pick the text (“Invite Liz to Speak”) and where the button goes (www.example.com/form).
YouTube & Vimeo Integration
Show off samples of your speaking in style. Don’t have a promo video for your speaking yet? No problem. You can easily substitute a photo (an action image of you speaking in front of an audience works best).
Speakers Bureau Integration
Do you have an agency who handles your bookings for you? No problem. MySpeakingPage can integrate with your speakers bureau website.
High Resolution Headshots & Bio
The two things every event planner asks for you to email them are your photo and your bio. MySpeakingPage puts those often-requested items on a silver platter. No email required. You can even show off high resolution versions of your headshots that may not fit in an email.
Great Looking Testimonials
MySpeakingPage makes it easy to add testimonials. It also makes those testimonials look great with optional photos, titles and more.
All-Around Easy Audio Samples
Do you have some recordings of talks you would like to share? Just click “add audio sample” and MySpeakingPage will handle the rest for you. MSP creates a special audio player where your visitors can listen with a click. Easy for you. Easy for your visitors.
MySpeakingEvents Integration
If you have MySpeakingEvents installed, you can easily show off both upcoming events and past events right there on your speaking page.
Mobile Responsive 
MySpeakingPage is 100% mobile responsive.

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A WordPress plugin built specifically to help professional public speakers get more speaking gigs.

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