Community ROI: how (& why) to get your development shop leveraging Drupal

Boris Mann — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:19:09 +0000

Type: Not planned session

Day: Wednesday, 25. august 2010

Time: 13:30-14:30

19 Acquia

One of the advantages of the Drupal ecosystem is that there is a strong attitude of giving back and contributing. As Drupal gets more popular, many new shops aren't necessarily understanding how this can benefit them and their clients. How do we initiate them in the power of the Force rather than have them slip into the Dark Side?

45 minutes (+15 minutes Q&A)

The light side: being fully engaged in the community as part of your business strategy
The dark side: making money by deploying Drupal without ever participating in the community

I will be holding an open discussion on how & why to contribute to Drupal, both on a contrib basis as well as to Drupal core.

Here are some of the questions that will be explored:
* how do you schedule contributions?
* do you charge clients for contributions? should you?
* how do you promote your community ethos to clients?
* will doing community contributions lead to more work for you?

DrupalCon Copenhagen August 23-27 2010 - community ROI

Community ROI: how (& why) to get your development shop leveraging Drupal