About Greater Los Angeles Drupal (GLAD)
Greater Los Angeles Drupal (GLAD) is the umbrella group for most of the Drupal activity in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
With several weekly and monthly events, the Greater Los Angeles Area is one the most active areas for Drupal in the world. We've been bringing more Drupal to more people since 2010, and have as many as 10 meetups and other events dedicated to Drupal topics each and every month.
Our members and organizers have produced hundreds of Drupal events, including job fairs, meetups and workshops, conferences, paid trainings, coworking days, study group sessions, movie outings, FREE tutoring sessions from Drupal professionals, and website barnraisings to benefit non-profits and members of our community.
The Greater Los Angeles Drupal leadership team endeavors to actively empower and support volunteers and attendees in the Greater Los Angeles Area, and to provide resources (venues, guidance, equipment, raffle prizes, etc.) and an open governance model with consistency, transparency and accountability.
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Several of our members and organizers proudly participate in the California Drupal Travelers Program, which aims to connect businesses and community members who are visiting the area with our local community and events. Inquire within by contacting any of the Greater Los Angeles Drupal organizers, or by joining the global Drupal Hospitality Network.
What's different about this group? (?)
In addition to our unique open governance model, GLAD has a different geographic focus than other regional groups. Formerly named Downtown Los Angeles Drupal, we've been meeting regularly in and around Downtown Los Angeles, California, since early 2010.
GLAD organizers lead a large number of events in the Greater Los Angeles Area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, Culver City, Santa Monica, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, Orange County, Riverside and Ventura.
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Suggested Topics
Is there a topic you'd like to learn more about? Would you like to offer a presentation, show-and-tell, or quick lightning talk? Please take a look at our Suggested Topics page.
For events by other Drupal user groups in the area, see our Drupal Meetups in the Greater Los Angeles Area page.
News, Events and Discussions
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Drupal Commerce Meetup at Droplabs and via WebEx on Tuesday, May 28, 2013
We're excited to announce the next Drupal Commerce Meetup, on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, between 6-8pm. This is a new meetup and we meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at a variety of venues.
We're meeting this time at Droplabs, a Drupal-friendly classroom, coworking space and makerspace near Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
At this Drupal Commerce meetup, we'll be featuring the Commerce Module Tuesday videos and the various modules covered by the series. We'll also discuss recent news and events, including the release of Commerce Kickstart 7.x-2.7 and Commerce-related presentations at DrupalCon Portland 2013.
Do you have a request or an offer for additional presentations? Let us know by posting in the comments below. Thanks!
Read moreDrupalCon Portland roll call and a "DrupalCon LA" group chat on GroupMe
DrupalCon, our community's biggest conference for all things Drupal, is just around the corner. Who's going to Portland, and which hotels will everyone be staying in?
DrupalCon Group Chat
To help organize all our activities while in Portland, we have a "DrupalCon LA" group chat on GroupMe. We've used GroupMe before during DrupalCamps and it might be fun to do it again here at DrupalCon. To join the group chat, post a request here in this thread and I'll add you or join the open group at https://groupme.com/join_group/4464455/HeLAlS
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Why do you go to Drupal Camps?
I go to Drupal camps because I know that if I learn one new thing or meet one cool person who's willing to share their experiences with me, then it was a successful use of my time. Whatever I learn doesn't even have to be Drupal related, the point is I'm a wiser person for having immersed myself into the community. I organize Drupal camps because I want others to have that same opportunity, and it's rewarding for me to see people get together and share their brilliant ideas and work.
So, why do you go to Drupal Camps (big, small, local, international)?
Read moreDowntown Drupal Meetup at Sensis Agency and via WebEx on May 7, 2013: Introducing Drupal for Evergage: Personalized Content & Data-Driven User Engagement
The next Downtown Drupal meetup is on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 and will be at Sensis Agency in Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, as well as raffle prizes, featured presentations and lightning talks (which are short, bite-sized presentations).
Introducing Drupal for Evergage: Personalized Content & Data-Driven User Engagement
Karl Wirth of Evergage (@Evergage) presents on personalizing a visitor’s experience to your Drupal site to help drive more leads, convert more sales, and create happy customers — who will return again and again.
Tailoring your content to each person, based on who they are, where they came from, and the actions they have taken on your site in this visit and over time, will help the person feel like the site was built for them, and anticipates their needs and knows their preferences.
Evergage's solution, including its Drupal module, brings the core components of personalized marketing together, making it easy to trigger personalized messages and tailored content to users in real-time based on the user's characteristics and behavior.
We will have a 30-minute presentation and discussion around:
- How to increase conversions, engagement, adoption, and renewal with behavior-based personalization;
- How to install the Evergage Drupal module, setup and configure Evergage;
- Examples in action.
We have time for additional presentations at this meetup. Is there a presentation topic that you're interested in? Post a comment below to either request or offer a presentation, or contact one of the organizers listed above. Thank you!
Read moreDrupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles on May 10, 2013
Are you an entrepreneur, freelancer or remote worker? You don't have to work alone. Join us for another Drupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs, a collaborative coworking space, classroom and makerspace!
We're in Downtown Los Angeles and are happy to host members of our local community and anyone who is just passing through for some coworking, networking and collaboration. We'll be offering the following FREE services to help rock your workday:
- Free parking on Clover St. and N. Main St. and in our large parking lot;
- Free, metered WiFi;
- Desks, chairs and Ergotron mobile workstations in our open coworking room (on a first-come, first-served basis);
- Hundreds of square feet of whiteboard space;
- Use of our private conference room (unless previously reserved);
- Access to our shared lounge area (unless previously reserved);
- Heat / air conditioning.
Droplabs is supported by memberships, donations, sponsorship of our events, venue rental and paid upgrades, including high-speed, unmetered WiFi, access to a full kitchen (with stove, oven, fridges, sinks, etc.), equipment rental, locker space for your belongings and unlimited coffee, tea, filtered water, sodas and espresso.
Read moreIntroduction to Drupal Workshop by Exaltation of Larks in Downtown Los Angeles on May 10, 2013
What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats it! Where do you start? What is the best way to organize your project to get the best chance of success?
This workshop will help you turn your ideas into a concrete todo list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.
Read moreMentored Drupal Training by Exaltation of Larks in Downtown Los Angeles on May 10, 2013
We're excited to announce Exaltation of Larks' next mentored Drupal training. This brief training is from 12-3pm and uses the extensive Drupal video library at Build a Module.com. Bring your laptop, your lunch and learn Drupal!
We'll be focusing this time on Site Building and Advanced Site Building. Bring a WiFi-enabled computer that you can use to connect to the internet and watch videos on (and a set of headphones). Those without headphones can buy an inexpensive pair of headphones from the venue.
Registration
Registration is required. Sign up at http://www.larks.la/training
Be sure to arrive early to give yourself enough time to park, pick a seat, and connect your laptop to the venue's WiFi network. We begin promptly at 12pm.
Classroom space is limited, so sign up early.
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Ventura Drupal Meetup at Pixelgate Networks in Westlake Village, CA May 15
For any changes to our agenda for the evening, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below (or both!) to be notified when the agenda has been updated and to receive the meetup organizer's contact information.
Agenda
6:30pm
Round of Introductions
Raffle Prizes!
7:00pm
Git Version Control Presentation
Ventura Drupal Meetup -- Success!
Last Nights Drupal Meetup
As you may know last night's Ventura Drupal Meetup was held at BJ's Restaurant in Westlake Village. There was a diversity of interest in the group ranging from beginner to advanced topics, all shared over drinks and cheesy appetizers. Thanks to Bill, Christo, Jeff, Kevin, Elliot and others for coming out to last night's meetup. Tons of laughs, lots of fun and great conversations.
Tonight's Topics of interest were:
CiviCRM integration
Installation Profiles
Pasadena / San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College on April 25, 2013
End the month with some fun and Drupal at the San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College on Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 6-8pm!
The meetup this month will include both Users Helping Users, which is a chance for members of the community to help and be helped by others with whatever questions and problems they're having with Drupal; and Lightning Talks, which are brief, 5-minute long presentations on any topic related to Drupal.
Please note that while Users Helping Users is not designed to be a replacement for bona fide consulting from a Drupal professional that there are plenty of Drupal experts and professionals who attend our meetups and sometimes they need help, too!
Do you have a presentation or job announcement that you'd like to share with the group? Is there a topic about something you'd like to see a presentation on? Leave a comment at http://groups.drupal.org/node/295838#comments to let the organizers and attendees know what you're interested in.
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