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Business students challenging the web with Drupal

Mixel Kiemen 22 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Business students have use Drupal as mashup machine and integrate other APIs. They create a pool of prototype that lead to interesting discussion: can we build a Drupal labs initiative?

During this presentation the concrete projects get elaborated to see how the prototype leads to an interesting medium for researching strategic innovation management. From this experience we suggest a collaboration between academic business education and the Drupal business-ecosystem to work out a Drupal labs initiative.

Drupal Business Lessons From Science Fiction

George DeMet 21 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Best practices for running a Drupal business presented through the lens of science fiction.

Can watching “Star Trek” help make you a better businessperson? Find out in this multimedia presentation, which focuses on some of the lessons I’ve learned about running a Drupal-oriented Web development business using examples from science fiction.

A sprint in the life of a highly agile Drupal development organization.

Jacob Singh 16 June 2010
Type:  Session in official program

Get inside the process behind the building of Drupal Gardens. Acquia's engineering team have been building DrupalGardens at a fast pace for the past year and now that we are heading into open beta we decided it was time to open up and share what has worked well with the community. Chris Brookins (VP Engineering), Linea Rowe (Director Product Management) and Jacob Singh (Principal Engineer) will take you through a 21-day sprint in the life of the Drupal Gardens team.

Acquia's engineering team have been building DrupalGardens at a fast pace for the past year and now that we are heading into open beta we decided it was time to open up and share what has worked well with the community. Chris Brookins (VP Engineering), Linea Rowe (Director Product Management) and Jacob Singh (Principal Engineer) will take you through a 21-day sprint in the life of the Drupal Gardens team.

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  • Engineering managers trying to inspire their teams to greatness while watching the bottom line.
  • Additional Presenters:  Chris Brookins

    Teaching Drupal

    Type:  Session in official program

    You know how to use Drupal but do you know how to teach others to use it? We'll define a method for showing clients how to use the tools we build without freaking them out.

    You know how to use Drupal. You know how to write code, build a theme, and SEO a site. But do you know how to teach others to use Drupal? For every site we create there are clients who must use it, many don't know a node from a block. After this session, you will be able to introduce clients to Drupal without freaking them out.

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  • Defining "need to know" and emphasizing main concepts
  • Thinking like a user, talking like a mentor
  • Using normal words with a sprinkling of Drupalese
  • Did all that SEO Module stuff I just did work?

    Mark Brown 4 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    Drupal has a comprehensive collection of modules for optimizing sites, including the SEO Checklist. After you’ve checked the last item on the checklist you are going to want to know if everything worked and if there is anything else you can do. To help with this there is a free tool created by Microsoft that you can run to see what a search engine sees when it looks at your sites.

    Drupal has a comprehensive collection of modules for optimizing sites, including the SEO Checklist. After you’ve checked the last item on the checklist you are going to want to know if everything worked and if there is anything else you can do. To help with this there is a free tool created by Microsoft that you can run to see what a search engine sees when it looks at your sites.

    Khairn - project management, Drupal-based

    Jutta Horstmann 2 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    To succeed in project management, you need a smart tool providing one-stop support for the many tasks associated with large projects.
    Certainly there is no better foundation for such a tool than Drupal, our „swiss army knife“. Our company, data in transit, is developing Khairn, a Drupal project management distribution that has proven itself in daily use through several projects.

    How to Keep Content from Ruining your Content Management System

    Crystal Williams 27 May 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    It's a CONTENT Management System... so why do we (and our clients) so often ignore the content until the last second? Learn to read the signs early and get more sites launched on time by managing the content and not just the code.

    We've all seen the pattern.

    Designer cleverly fills in the boxes, design looks great, client approves design, developers implement the design, site is ready to launch once we get those boxes filled in with the real conte..... What do you mean you don't have anything to go there?

    As much as we love the code, great sites live and die by their content. Unfortunately, many sites are still designed and built assuming "something" will fill in the boxes. That's no way to treat your users!

    Learn how to incorporate content-centric thinking into your process and:

    Why Drupal projects fail and how to avoid it

    Janus Boye 23 May 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    Too many Drupal projects are not finished on time or on schedule. Why not?

    In this session an industry expert will deal the straight dope on the current state of and future prospects for Drupal projects.

    Drupal and most web content management systems have been with us for around a decade, prompting the vendors, trade press and analyst firms alike to call this a "mature" and "consolidating" market. However, the truth is that both buyers and consultants are still figuring out how to obtain the value they expected from the immature tools, including Drupal, and young marketplace.

    The consequences are nothing but the usual:

    • Budget overruns

    Dancing with Elephants - What you need to know.

    John Faber 21 May 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    As the Drupal world moves forward there are key strategies out there to keep from being crushed by the elephants.

    As the Drupal world moves forward there are key strategies out there to keep from being crushed by the elephants. A slide in the SF Drupalcon State of Drupal address by Dries talked about dancing with elephants. This session will look at the evolution of the Drupal marketplace. We will discuss strategies which we should be using to keep our businesses relevant in changing times. Verticals, install profiles, specialization and many other techniques will be presented, all focused on keeping your Drupal business in business.