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Getting Shit Done! (Drupal, Agile Web Development, & Low Risk Project Management) jasonmark Project Manager.  Producer.  Account Manager. Nag. Regardless of what you call it, the success of your project is determined by the management of your project. In this session we'll dissect... Beginner Business + Strategy
Re-imagining libraries on the web: a case study of the Stanford University Libraries website redesign snydman, mksweet Drupal has become the web platform of choice in academia, and in particular for research libraries. The role of libraries has been evolving rapidly in this era of information ubiquity, and their... Beginner Government, Nonprofit, and Education
How design research will help you solve the problem? dcmistry All of us are trying to solve a problem or a pain point for our users through features, websites, products and apps. We want to build a solution that is not helping our users but also helping us grow... Beginner User Experience (UX)
Creating a Drupal Co-op - the Ins and Outs MatthewS How do you manage the risk of hiring full time staff? How can your one-man-shop ever take on large projects? You should consider a co-op. A cooperative of Drupal professionals is a great way to... Beginner Business + Strategy
So... you want to present at DrupalCon? floretan If you're reading this you're probably one of those attendees who gets super excited by the energy of DrupalCon, and you can't wait to have your turn to get on the stage and share your knowledge and... Beginner Community
Drupal and Authentication: So many choices so little time. worldlinemine, cpliakas Authentication is often a scary topic to broach. Many believe it to be a topic of interest only to security professionals in large enterprise organizations or complex university systems. However, the... Beginner Site Building
Designing organizational culture with LeanUX and coffee technicka As user experience professionals, we are constantly in tune with what our users feel and what they need to meet their goals. Why should we not have the same perspective about what our own team and... Beginner User Experience (UX)
Battlefront Drupal: securing your site dstol, cashwilliams You had to rush a launch, now what? Maybe there were last minute changes that didn’t get vetted with the care they deserve. Drupal is great, but sometimes misconfiguration can sneak its way into... Beginner Site Building
All Your Base Are Belong to Us chaz.chumley In all the years of designing for Drupal, the one thing I have learned is to always borrow from the best and build it into a base theme. Now, I know you’re saying to yourself—not another base theme... Beginner Frontend
Building a Higher Education Drupal Community jkealy, zchandler UCSF has begun moving towards Drupal as a Campus wide CMS via a grassroots movement. We've pioneered an "all carrot" approach to community building by subsidizing Drupal hosting from Central IT and... Beginner Government, Nonprofit, and Education
Web Accessibility: What’s it all about? lebson Web accessibility means providing resources to the public that can be navigated by all users regardless of any limitations. This presentation describes the importance of accessibility for web and... Beginner User Experience (UX)
Controlling our destiny: open source as a university strategy loisbrooks Universities are challenged to keep pace with technology innovation across the spectrum of education and research activities, yet must aggressively manage costs even while constantly providing more... Beginner Government, Nonprofit, and Education
Distribution Lessons Learned: Panopoly, Commerce Kickstart, Commons, and Atrium rszrama, karenborchert, populist, ezra-g This panel of Drupal's top distro maintainer companies will talk about the community's big questions surrounding distributions -- how they're changing, what they're doing about Drupal 8, and whether... Beginner Business + Strategy
The biggest Drupal Commerce project ever done Damien Tournoud, Artusamak, laurentchardin We will share the knowledge we have acquired while building the most challenging Drupal Commerce implementation ever. This project, the ecommerce store-front of a leading jewellery and watch... Beginner Coding + Development
Franchising Drupal, collaborating on business models in the community kvantomme Franchising is a powerful growth strategy that has been proven to be one of the most efficient ways for a brand to attain global coverage. Would it be possible to use franchising to help Drupal... Beginner Business + Strategy
DrupalCon Sao Paulo: Lessons to be learned when building community franz, develCuy, barraponto, revagomes, Mac_Weber, nickvidal DrupalCon São Paulo was going to be the first DrupalCon in the southern continent, and the first to happen outside the US-Europe axis. Such a ground-breaking idea could not happen in a less... Beginner Community
Beginner's Guide to Performance! jrowny This session is for people who want to make their sites fast. REALLY FAST! Even if you're running on a leased 486 in your neighbor's basement, we can still have you serving up pages faster than you... Beginner Coding + Development
Entityforms: a new Entity-based survey system for Drupal tedbow This has many advantages including being able to use virtually any field module in Drupal. Now you can easily gather geographic information, reference site content and include media references in... Beginner Site Building
Outsourcing Drupal - A 360º View MatthewS, csg, lindsayo, ohthehugemanatee An outsourcER and outsourceEE firm provide a 360º overview of their relationship and why it works. We show how two shops - one in the United States and one in Hungary - have embraced outsourcing to... Beginner Business + Strategy
Options For Mobilizing Your Site With Drupal akucharski, jsnoles49 In 2010 global mobile data traffic tripled for the third year in a row. Between 2010 and 2015, Cisco predicts that there will be approximately 7.1 billion mobile devices connected to the web (roughly... Beginner Business + Strategy

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