This month, the Drupal Association kicked off its webinar series for community members who wanted to learn how to better support and lead their local community, user group, and camp. We invited guest speakers from the community to share their knowledge and pro-tips on topics that range from existing resources, to lessons learned (and things to avoid!).
My name is Trey Gardner, I am the CEO and founder of GreenGeeks and I am grateful to be allowed by our Drupal friends to explain why the internet needs to become more environmentally friendly.
The Drupal community is vast with so many individuals focusing on different aspects of the Project and the Drupal Association wants to support all of the community’s needs. We’ve begun by identifying different personas that range from developer and site builder to community and camp leaders and we are rounding out our resources and programs to support each group.
Remember how the Drupal Association hosted a webinar and you asked for us to think through our strategy some more? Well, we did, with a lot of help from you. More details about that process can be found below, but the big news is that we are kicking off a series of community training webinars in August:
In our last community survey about webinars, over 400 people participated and many stated that they want more education on third party software that integrates with Drupal and tools (developer, project management, and design tools) that will help them build even better Drupal sites.
Drupal.org, our community home, is so much more than a website. It’s the place that binds us all together. We go there to contribute to the Project, work together in groups and find important resources to do our jobs. Friendships are formed there while collaborating on modules or sharing tips and tricks. And, it’s where we best demonstrate our community values of do-ocracy and helping each other. Drupal.org is a global lifeline to the Project and to each other.
Last month, the Drupal Association launched a webinar series with the goal of providing more educational opportunities for the community. Our first webinar was on Spark and it was a great success with 500+ registrants. We are excited to do more!
The Drupal Association is creating landing pages to better serve each persona that visits Drupal.org. You know...developers, CMS evaluators, job seekers, site administrators.
Last year, the Drupal Association had to raise over $115,000 to fund the Drupal.org D7 upgrade, so we created the Supporting Partner Program. 37 very generous, early adopter companies joined this program and we exceeded our fundraising goal with their fees.
The program was very simple. Fees were based on a company’s annual revenue, and benefits ranged from a 10% DrupalCon sponsorship discount to a thank you tweet. You can see the full program details here.
This month, the Drupal Association kicked off its webinar series for community members who wanted to learn how to better support and lead their local community, user group, and camp. We invited guest speakers from the community to share their knowledge and pro-tips on topics that range from existing resources, to lessons learned (and things to avoid!).
The Drupal community is vast with so many individuals focusing on different aspects of the Project and the Drupal Association wants to support all of the community’s needs. We’ve begun by identifying different personas that range from developer and site builder to community and camp leaders and we are rounding out our resources and programs to support each group.
