{"id":11147,"date":"2026-03-09T15:21:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/wimi-conference\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=11147"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:31:48","slug":"crystal-washington","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/wimi-conference\/speaker\/crystal-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';\">Futurist, author and Hall of Fame speaker Crystal Washington equips organizations with the knowledge they need to become future-proof. As a technology strategist and certified futurist, she makes complex artificial intelligence, social media and app technology easy to understand and accessible to everyday audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Crystal\u2019s clients include Fortune 100 companies such as Google, American Express and Pfizer. As a sought-after keynote speaker, she has entertained and educated audiences around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Named one of Forbes\u2019 50 Leading Female Futurists, she appears weekly on Season 2 of the Emmy-nominated show <em>Life 2.0<\/em>. She has also appeared in numerous publications, including <em>Entrepreneur<\/em> and <em>Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>, and major television networks regularly call on her as a technology expert.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal is the author of <em>One Tech Action<\/em> and <em>The Social Media Why<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11248,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-11147","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/wimi-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/11147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/wimi-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/wimi-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/wimi-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/wimi-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}