Posted by rootwork on June 1, 2014 at 12:24pm
Start:
2014-06-03 10:45 - 11:45 America/Chicago Organizers:
Event type:
User group meeting
Come talk about Drupal for good — social change, advocacy and nonprofits!
View the BOF listing on the Drupalcon Austin site.
Tuesday, 10:45AM, Room 8B - Unicon | 3rd floor
Possible discussion topics
- Nonprofit-oriented distributions: OpenAid, OpenOutreach, Campaignion, AbleOrganizer, Engage, Help4OK (related BOF), others?
- Nonprofit staff/activists/organizers: Ask questions about how to get Drupal support, what are the best tools for the job, etc.
- Drupal developers and consultants: Share notes about how to work in the nonprofit/social good space, network with freelancers and shops specializing in "Drupal for good" work, collaborate on projects that can contribute back to the community.
- Offer case studies of interesting "Drupal for good" projects or websites.
- Spread the word about the BADCamp Nonprofit Summit (Oct. 23, Berkeley, CA), Capital Camp/Gov Days (July 31, D.C.), the NYC Camp Nonprofit & NGO Summit (2014, 2015?), the GLADCamp Nonprofit Summit (2014, 2015?), the Nonprofit Tech Conference's Drupal Day (2014, 2015?), or others!
Resources
- Drupal for Good on group.drupal.org
- Drupal for Activists and Campaigns on groups.drupal.org
- Monthly free Drupal for nonprofits calls sponsored by NTEN
- #npdrupal hashtag on Twitter
- #drupal-ngo room on IRC (usually VERY quiet)
- Notes from past Drupalcon BOFs are available on this topic from D.C. (2009), Chicago (2011) on nonprofits, and Chicago (2011) on advocacy roadmaps, Portland (2013), BADCamp Nonprofit Summit (2013).
- Add more resources in comments!