Boston Drupal Meetup -Special Location/Time- April 7 2015 @ 6:00 pm

** Attending? There are three calls to action below (attendance/parking/lightning talk); most importantly, please RSVP via this posting's Sign up button below (you have to be logged in) so we have a proper headcount for special location host. And note the 6pm start time! **

Held in Cambridge (note special April host location!)

We will be hosted in April 2015 by Pegasystems 1 Rogers St. Cambridge, MA

Pegasystems (built with Drupal!) develops strategic applications for sales, marketing, service and operations. Pega’s applications streamline critical business operations, connect enterprises to their customers seamlessly in real-time across channels, and adapt to meet rapidly changing requirements. For more information, visit them at www.pega.com.

Agenda

6pm - Food and Drinks

During the meetup, appetizers drinks will be generously sponsored by Pega.

• RSVP via this posting's Sign up button below so our host has a proper headcount (be logged in here).

6:20pm - Featured Presentation

Pega CEO Alan Treffler will kick off the evening and do a featured talk about his book Build for Change: Revolutionizing Customer Engagement through Continuous Digital Innovation. Limited signed complimentary copies will be available to attendees. Read more about Alan.

6:45pm - Lightning Talks

In addition to our featured presentation, we'll do lightning talks. Each volunteer will get up to 5-10 minutes to ask questions of the group, present your recent Drupal work, or other lead Drupal discussion. This is an open floor, and no preparation is required.

• Sign up for a 5 minute lightning talk with suggestion via comments below; topics so far:
• Form submission using AJAX as well as using various ajax_command_* functions (mike m)
• Boston Drupal Meetups - an Agile/Scrum perspective (ron m)
• Bundle of a Bundle module (mike c)
• Backbone.js Apps in Drupalese, Part 2: Drupal Blocks, template.php, and PHP Templates meet Backbone Views and Underscore templates. (rj)
• Offline Drupal (nik)

Parking and Transportation

Pega's office is train accessible via the Kendall T stop on the Red Line (10 min walk) or Lechmere T stop on Green line (5 min walk). Note that Pega is also offering garage parking at their office with advance sign-up to be provided to parking attendant.

• Sign up for complimentary garage parking via comments below by Friday morning, April 3.

Sponsors/Feature Guests Wanted

If you would like to sponsor future dinners or meet-up locations, please reach out to organizers. You will be recognized at the meeting, given the chance to do a featured talk for 15 min., and promoted to our Boston list of over 1500 subscribers.

Pencil in 1st Tuesdays!

The first Tuesdays are designated Boston Drupal Meetup nights and held at MIT unless noted. Look for future announcements and reminders!