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Webinar Sneak Preview: Drupal Modules for Nonprofits

Spirits are high today in the GJD office as we're counting down to the start of our NTEN webinar series, "Cranking Your Nonprofit's Drupal Site Up a Notch."

Tomorrow, Tuesday 3/9/2010 at 2pm Eastern time, we'll kick off the series with "Drupal Modules for Nonprofits." (Sign up here!) Read more »

Webinar Series: Cranking Your Nonprofit's Drupal Site Up a Notch

So your nonprofit has a Drupal website -- are you ready to take it to the next level? This webinar series will help you and your organization expand and maintain effective websites that have been built with Drupal. In this four-part series, we'll cover module selection, site building, content types and views, theming, and keeping your site secure with upgrades. We will help you move beyond the basics and start building a slick, exciting and effective Drupal site.

Series Takeaways: Read more »

Drupal Meetup at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta

Join me and Sean Larkin of ThinkShout! for a Drupal Meetup, 1:30pm on Thursday, April 8 in Atlanta. We're offering this as one of the affinity group sessions at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Read more »

Why is open source software so great?

With the launch of opensource.com which was built entirely in Drupal by the great developers at Acquia and Palantir, we thought we would take this opportunity to toot our little open source horn and share why we think open source software is so important, and how it encourages innovation and creativity. Read more »

Genocide Intervention Network upgrades their Drupal site in a major way!

Congratulations to Genocide Intervention Network (GI-NET) on their new website! GI-NET works with policy experts, world leaders, and anti-genocide activists to fight against genocide. They are mobilizing the first permanent anti-genocide constituency committed to stopping the worst atrocities around the world. Read more »

"Digital Facelift" Webinar, December 14

Join GJD and the good folks at NTEN for "Digital Facelift: Tips for Transforming your Nonprofit Website," a webinar to take place Monday December 14th at 2pm eastern time. Read more »

whitehouse.gov now using Drupal

The White House recently re-launched their website on Drupal! This is a huge milestone for Drupal, and for the open source movement in general. Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, blogs about it here.

Some key points:

• It's a great match for President Obama's emphasis on having an open and transparent government.

Barker Foundation Launches New Drupal Website

Congratulations to the Barker Foundation on the launch of their new website! The Barker Foundation is a nonprofit serving all members of the adoption circle – birth parents, adoptive parents, adopted persons, and anyone whose life is touched by adoption. The Barker Foundation is a committed advocate for ethical, respectful and child-centered adoption practices. Read more »

Transcript and Handouts from "Digital Facelift" Teleconference

Hundreds of nonprofit folks participated in my recent teleconference, Digital Facelift: Tips for Taking Your Website from "Blah" Before to "Amazing" After. They raised a lot of good questions about search engine optimization, how to get found, whether or not to get involved in social networking, to blog or not to blog, and the list goes on...

Missed it? No worries! You can now: Read more »

Vote for Drupal at the Nonprofit Technology Conference 2010

The polls close today (Friday 10/16/09), so please vote to have Drupal at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference! Here are links to a couple of our favorite session suggestions:

• Planning a User-Centric Website
• Drupal Tour

And, while you're at it, go ahead and mark your calendar for the conference. It'll be April 8-10, 2010, in Atlanta. More info.

See you there!