9. Why Choose Drupal?
• No licensing fees. None. Never.
• The code is community driven.
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10. Why Choose Drupal?
• No licensing fees. None. Never.
• The code is community driven.
• Open Source and non-profit
philosophies align
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11. Why Choose Drupal?
• No licensing fees. None. Never.
• The code is community driven.
• Open Source and non-profit
philosophies align
• It is manageable by non-coders
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12. The Stories
The Why and the How
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21. Findings
• Drupal can be transformative
• It’s power can be leveraged by
individuals, small organizations, and
large organizations
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26. Findings
• Drupal can be used to create
Learning Management Systems
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27. Findings
• Drupal can be used to create
Learning Management Systems
• Drupal can be used to create systems
that can be licensed as a service
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32. Findings
• Drupal can be used to create complex
systems very quickly
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33. Findings
• Drupal can be used to create complex
systems very quickly
• Drupal’s contributed “modules” or
code works like legos - snapping
functionality into place.
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38. Findings
• Drupal can be used to create complex
forms with workflows that include
many parties.
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39. Findings
• Drupal can be used to create complex
forms with workflows that include
many parties.
• Drupal can be a grants management
system.
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46. Findings
• Drupal can behave as a streaming
player for live audio.
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47. Findings
• Drupal can behave as a streaming
player for live audio.
• Drupal can connect to other systems
using APIs (Application Programming
Interface) to pass data back and forth.
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48. Findings
• Drupal can behave as a streaming
player for live audio.
• Drupal can connect to other systems
using APIs (Application Programming
Interface) to pass data back and forth.
• Drupal is effective on all devices.
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58. Findings
• Drupal is flexible and that flexibility
can provide amazing savings when
approached creatively.
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59. Findings
• Drupal is flexible and that flexibility
can provide amazing savings when
approached creatively.
• The experience of a site can change
signficantly just from the look and
feel.
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70. Learnings
• Drupal can be used to expose
incredibly complex sets of data in
intuitive readable ways.
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71. Learnings
• Drupal can be used to expose
incredibly complex sets of data in
intuitive readable ways.
• Drupal can utilize complex workflows
when systemizing process is critical.
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