Greater Los Angeles Drupal (GLAD)

Are you a freelancer or service provider who's looking for Drupal work? Do you represent a company or organization that's looking for Drupal talent? Come and make new friends and turn new connections into long-term relationships at the next Los Angeles Drupal Job Fair from 5-7pm on Monday, January 28, 2013.

This event is FREE for individual job seekers and is being hosted by Droplabs, a collaborative coworking space, classroom and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles. In addition to being the venue of the only Drupal job fairs ever in Los Angeles in June, 2011, and November, 2011, Droplabs hosts the majority of Drupal activity, from meetups, topic-based summits and code sprints to free workshops, tutoring sessions and paid trainings, in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

• Information for Job Seekers
• Information for Employers and Recruiters
• Sponsorship Levels
  • Marquee Sponsorship
  • Featured Sponsorship
  • Valued Sponsorship
  • Party Crasher Sponsorship
• Location and Directions to Droplabs
• About Downtown Los Angeles Drupal

Light food and drinks are being provided by Chimney Coffee House, our favorite neighborhood cafe, bakery, sandwich and dessert boutique.

Drupal Payday: Getting Started with E-Commerce is a half-day workshop that introduces you to the building blocks of Drupal Commerce websites. Through several exercises and real-world examples, participants will learn strategies for configuring and running an online Drupal Commerce business.

     Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training  

This class is for beginners with little or no previous experience and who would like to run an online store. Our experts from Exaltation of Larks will guide you through setting up your own Drupal Commerce website starting from the basics. (We will be using Drupal 7 Commerce.)

At the end of the day, you will walk away with the following:

• A functioning Drupal Commerce website;
• The ability to accept payments with credit cards via PayPal;
• Hosting your website and a basic understanding of web servers;
• An introduction to the user community that focuses on this technology;
• A basic understanding of SSL security and PCI compliance as it relates to your website;
• Connections with a qualified partner who you can turn to for support;
• The confidence to take the next steps of customizing and adding products to your new Drupal Commerce website!

Join us at Droplabs for a Build a Module.com mentored training. This training is from 12-3pm. Bring your laptop, your lunch and learn Drupal!

This training will be focused on Site Building. Please 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 or rent headphones from the venue.

    Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training  

Pricing

Suggested donation: $20.

No one will be turned away from this workshop. If you are unable to donate to Droplabs we ask that you volunteer some time helping Droplabs run more smoothly when you drop by and cowork.

Classroom space is limited, so please sign up early.

About Mentored Training

What's the difference between this mentored training and the 3-hour lunch-and-learn Introduction to Drupal Workshop that we're offering next door at the same time?

In short, the 3-hour introductory workshop is better suited toward business owners and project managers. This mentored training is geared for folks who are interested in diving deeper into Drupal's systems and APIs, module or theme development or using popular contributed modules (e.g. Views, Rules, Features, etc.) for site building.

For more information about the mentored training concept and how it works, please have a look at the buildamodule.com training page. Here's a summary from Chris at buildamodule.com:

Bring in the new year this January 1, 2013, by getting Drupal Fit and relaxing with friends and members of the Drupal community at Century Spa in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

Century Spa is a 24-hour gym, sports club and jimjilbang (Korean community spa) with 3 floors of spacious spas, hot tubs, pools, saunas and relaxation rooms (gold, ice, eucalyptus steam, etc.) and has a restaurant and juice bar. Their phone number is (323) 954-1020.

The entry fee is $10 per person (normally $20). We are meeting in the lobby at Century Spa at 1pm and will be leaving at 4pm to return to Droplabs. If you arrive on your own you can leave at your convenience.

What to Bring

Just bring yourself and $10. If ordering food, bring extra cash or debit / credit card.

Towels, robes, etc. and a variety of toiletries are provided by Century Spa, but feel free to bring a change of clothes or other personal items. Internet access is provided upstairs in the jimjilbang.