Find more information at http://www.chapterthree.com/presentations/so-whats-drew-paul-thing-you-do-explaining-drupal-others This session walks through some 'Drupal best practices' to explain your role to people who are unfamiliar with Drupal. We'll also cover techniques for combating know-it-all's and Drupal-haters, as well as ways to explain Drupal to your friends and colleagues.

1. Drupalcon London 2011
So What’s This “Drew Paul” Thing You Do?
(Explaining Drupal to Others)
David Needham, Kate Miller
25 August, 2011

2. Droo-puhl? What’s that?

3. Drupal to the average person:
Drupal lets me build websites that
help people build their own
websites (without needing to know
anything about programming).

4. Drupal to IT people:
Drupal is an open source system
for managing content and
displaying it on the web. There’s
no software to install, works on
every OS (even mobile) and is
modular.

5. Drupal to Drupal people:
I build and maintain themes on
Drupal.org and volunteer at
Drupalcon and local DUGs.

6. Drupal to the authorities:
“I build websites.”

7. A Brief History of Drupal
http://drupal.org/about/history

8. Drupal is open source

9. Why not use...

10. So you want a job in drupal...
•Custom Drupal resume + portfolio
•Help the community
•Hang out in IRC
•Attend DUGs, cons, camps, etc

15. Measurable acts on Drupal.org:
•Comment in forum posts, issue queues,
groups, etc
•Submit patches, have them included
•Become a maintainer or co-maintainer
Offline acts:
•Have an active role in cons, camps, etc
•Generally, be awesome.

16. “
"What is Drupal?" It's the last
thing you'll see before you're
cast into the pit for your
insolent questions.”
@drupaltruth

17. Thank You.
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