Keynote address by Nikhil Deshpande at Capital Camp DC, George Washington University

1. THE
STORY
Nikhil Deshpande @nikofthehill

2. • Front door for state’s government
• Publishing platform for agencies and
elected officials

4. OMGHELP!
• Proprietary CMS
• 2 versions
• Cost

5. BRANDGEORGIA

6. CHOOSINGA CMS

7. WE HEARTDRUPAL
• Second largest CMS worldwide
• Worldwide community of support and
developers
• Open source!

8. GOINGOPEN SOURCE
• Security
• Free
• Total cost of ownership
• Is it ready for “prime time”?

9. COMMUNITY

10. PARTNERS

11. OPEN PUBLIC
• Tailored to the needs of government
• Security
• Accessibility
• Workflow

12. VIGNETTETODRUPAL
• Content – Oracle to mySQL
• Look and feel
• Platform

13. PLATFORM
• Single code base / multiple databases
• Cloud hosting
• Search
• Mobile ready

15. Search - 31% clicks
0.65% page area.
Child Support - 13%
clicks; 0.49% page area.
Headlines - 3.6%
clicks; 18% page area

18. 55 REDESIGNS?
• Template based
• Styletiles
• Demo websites

20. REDESIGN
ClassicPatriotic Friendly Official

21. TRANSLATINGSTYLETILES
TOWEBSITES

24. RECAP
• 56 sites, 8 batches, 150 content managers
• October 2011 – September 2012
• On time and budget
• Best of the Web – 2012 Innovation Award
• 99.98% Uptime
• Savings of $4.7 MM – 5 years

25. TAKEAWAYS
• Determine how your solution will work
• Define success
• Communicate and involve
• Carefully select your implementation
partner
• Build a strong team

26. THANK YOU!