Probably most people involved in the Boston Drupal User's group are well too advanced for this event.
I wonder if you might help us by referring this link specifically to students who would consider using Drupal, but haven't had any experience with it yet?
Event Registration: http://hellodrupal-march2011.eventbrite.com/
Blog post: Well, Hello Drupal!
About the event: Hello Drupal!
Join us for a workshop at Acquia's Woburn office. This is suitable for students and career switchers who might consider a career in open source web development.
During this workshop you will experience using Drupal, and learn about the community as well. We'll tell you about the kinds of jobs available, and how you can determine which is right for you. You'll also talk to professional developers who work at Acquia, and find out what it's like to be at a busy start up. And you'll get to use Drupal and see how it works, and understand why so many companies, organizations and agencies are using it.
Read more on the registration page to see if this is the right event for you http://hellodrupal-march2011.eventbrite.com/
What is Drupal?
Drupal (pronounced drew-pull) is web development software written in a popular scripting language - PHP.
Drupal has both a point and click interface to allow people to put together websites with no programming experience; and also an API and framework for programmers to develop unique applications. And it's all free- it's opensource.
Consider a career in Drupal
Drupal has become wildly popular over the last 5 years, and our community is facing a crisis because Drupal's community has so many jobs available and not enough skilled candidates to fill them. This is a recognized problem not only for ourselves, but also our clients and partners. Our partners include both small boutique web development companies with distributed international teams, and larger established digital agencies. Drupal users include government agencies (such as Whitehouse.gov, US House of Reps), media organizations (AlJazeera, The Nation, The Economist) , not-for-profits (Amnesty International, World Economic Forum) and many companies who are realizing the benefits of open source, see more at http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites - This should be great news in an economy where students are concerned about finding meaningful, exciting careers with growth potential.
Because of this, at Acquia, we're working hard to grow Drupal talent. This is the first of many other events to be held here at our offices. Keep an eye out for free training events internationally too through our partners.
Pass it on!
If you're already familiar with Drupal, please send on this link to someone who you think might be interested: http://hellodrupal-march2011.eventbrite.com/