[WebPub] Need Drupal speaker for tomorrow morning (Wed)!

Tue Mar 8 14:49:23 EST 2011

Wow, this list is great!  Ed Carlevale and Ben below have already gotten back to me - I'll write you both off-list, thanks!

Darcy

From: Ben Baumann isovera.com [mailto:bbaumann at isovera.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:46 PM
To: J Darcy Duke; Edmund Carlevale; Ann-Patrice Hickey
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Subject: RE: [WebPub] Need Drupal speaker for tomorrow morning (Wed)!

Hi Darcy,

I run a Drupal shop based in Waltham. We work with non-profit organizations, and have done some interesting library work with Drupal. It would be helpful if we could learn a little more about the audience, topics/angles already being covered, to figure out what might make the most sense to talk about and who would be best suited  from our organization to do it.

Feel free to give me a call.

Regards,
Ben

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From: webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of J Darcy Duke
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:23 PM
To: Edmund Carlevale; Ann-Patrice Hickey
Cc: webpub at mit.edu
Subject: [WebPub] Need Drupal speaker for tomorrow morning (Wed)!
Greetings,

I'm involved in the New England Chapter of ASIST and we are running a program on content management systems at Simmons College (near the Fenway) tomorrow morning (Wednesday), and our speaker from the Boston Public Library who was going to discuss their Drupal projects has had to cancel at the last minute.  Are there any Drupal folks out there who would be free to give a 30 minute talk tomorrow on Drupal, discuss its capabilities, pros and cons, and maybe show a project using Drupal that you've been involved in?  Or do you know anyone who might be?

This is a very intro audience - the session is called "Content Management Systems for Dummies (or busy smarties looking for fast, simple solutions)", so if you even just know the basics about Drupal that would be sufficient.

Here is the full program description:
http://neasist.org/past-events/content-management-systems-for-dummies-or-busy-smarties-looking-for-fast-simple-solutions/

The person who was supposed to speak was scheduled for 10:15-10:45, although we could probably juggle that around if need be.
There is also a panel discussion at the end from 11:30-12 that would be super if the person could participate in that too, but it's certainly optional.

We are a non-profit organization, and are not paying the other speakers, but could certainly come up with a small honorarium if that sweetens the pot for anyone.  Definitely free lunch and free parking (and my undying gratitude!).

Thanks for considering!

Darcy Duke
MIT Libraries User Experience Group
617.253.9370

From: webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Carlevale
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:00 AM
To: Ann-Patrice Hickey
Cc: webpub at mit.edu
Subject: Re: [WebPub] Drupal Training

Hi Ann-Patrice, That would be great. I'm going to take the site offline for a couple of hours, will create a content type called called 'case studies' with book outlining, and will log you in as an admin on the site.

Ed

On Feb 9, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Ann-Patrice Hickey wrote:

I love the idea of a collection of MIT case Studies on the MIT Drupal Site.  I'd like to write one up for the new News section of the IS&T website, which launched last week.
Does anyone have a particular format in mind of should I just take a stab at it?
Ann-Patrice

On Feb 8, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Ellen J Cross wrote:

I agree. I've been doing the Lynda.com<http://Lynda.com> Drupal Essentials series - it is fantastic.

Case studies of Drupal work here at the Institute would be a great thing for the DrupalGroup.mit.edu<http://DrupalGroup.mit.edu> site. Perhaps we could all submit some reports. I will - but I'm just at the start of my project.

ellen

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From: webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU<mailto:webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU> [mailto:webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Carlevale
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:23 AM
To: Dianne M Finch
Cc: webpub at mit.edu<mailto:webpub at mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [WebPub] Drupal Training

Hi Dianne,

The lynda.mit.edu<http://lynda.mit.edu> tutorials are amazing, and MIT provides access for free.  If you see any way that the http://drupalgroup.mit.edu/ site could help in this effort, please let me know, as I've been trying to figure out specific ways to move the site forward. Finally, perhaps we could set up and record training sessions here at MIT, so that we have them as a resource going forward. I'd be happy to work with you in developing these materials.

Regards,
Ed Carlevale

On Feb 8, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Dianne Finch wrote:

Hello Webpubbers,

I am wondering if any groups out there might like to share costs of some Drupal training?

We will need both user and admin level training here at KSJ.

I am looking at drupaltherapy.com<http://drupaltherapy.com>.  DCAD says they are good.

Anyone interested?

Thanks much,
Dianne

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Cambridge, MA   02139-4307
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