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Keynote: Marketing Drupal & Growing the Community

For the last two years, in my work for the Promote Drupal initiative, I’ve been trying to get myself into the mindset of a Drupal evaluator. What do newcomers think when they research which platform to use for their project? What are the pain points and selection criteria they’re thinking about? What keeps them up at night? After many conversations, a survey, a pitch deck, and the release of Drupal 9, I have lots of insights to share.

How to win a fight with Solr

Sometimes configuring the set up with Solr on various platforms seems like going toe to toe with Mike Tyson. In this talk I would like to give you an ear full on how to set up solr config with your local development (Docksal) and make sure the configuration can smoothly transition to your hosting services (various).

Facets in Drupal 8: supercharged filtering of listings

Facets is in many ways an alternative to views exposed filters – although they can work together as well. When integrated with the SOLR Search Api, Facets can also provide performance benefits.

Can Drupal be the de-coupled CMS that marketers also love?

If you look at Google search trends for "De-coupled CMS" or go through the agenda of various Drupal Cons/Camps, you will see a steady rise since late 2015. Yes, we know that front end developers who have a preference for modern JS frameworks such as React and Angular love the idea of de-coupled Drupal. But what about marketers or other CMS users? Are they on board with loosing traditional CMS features such as drag & drop page builders, content preview etc, which they have been using for a over a decade?

Lessons from the trenches of a veteran PM who went remote

Life as a remote PM has its own challenges. It can be stressful and hard to adapt especially after working in an office environment. I had to change a lot of my own processes to have successful projects and happy teams when transitioning to remote project management three years ago. Come commiserate and learn solutions!    In this session we'll: 

Implementing a top notch search and social media meta tag strategy

Do you want to enhance the look of your content on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest? Do you want to get included in rich search features in Google? Do you want to be prepared for what comes next? Configuring the correct metadata on your content can help boost the chances of it outperforming its competition in search results and on social media sites, and help your organization achieve its goals.

Mic Check! How life as an activist prepared me to be a Drupal PM

The skills of an activist and the skills of a Drupal PM are less disparate than they may seem. Activists motivate and coordinate large groups of people, often with differing ideas, without the resources agencies possess. Before becoming a Drupal project manager, Lily Berman (among other similar endeavors) led a political canvass office and a traveling nonprofit organization.

Redefining productivity during burnout

In a world where working more hours is often touted as a badge of courage and an example of high productivity, keep in mind that overload burnout is a real thing. While our individual thresholds for burnout may vary, our minds and bodies have limitations that when met, can severely impact our lives.