drupal

Enjoyed presenting with Cathy Allen from Love Worth Finding at NRB 2010.  My portion was on Content Management Systems - the latest research from NTEN and others to help you select the best CMS for your website.  We talked about proprietary systems (like Convio), and open source (Joomla, Wordpress and Drupal), and I did a quick demo on Drupal and talked about the KoineOPEN Drupal distribution for non-profits.

Check out my pictures and videos from NRB at www.iMinistry.com

Here is the slideshare:

ShopTheAvenue.com is a project we did this fall for Cousins Properties, working with Spitfire Media Group and Fred Squared.  We did all of the Drupal work on the site, which makes use of Domain Access to manage 9 websites through one Drupal install and share users and content across the sites.  We also created a custom email alerts system that gives users targeted emails based upon their favorite stores and preferences.  Check out the site at www.ShopTheAvenue.com

Presented at DrupalCamp Dallas - August 2009

If you are evaluating Drupal for a website project, this session is for you!  An objective comparison with other CMS solutions such as Wordpress and Joomla, and some things to look for in a CMS with emphasis on how Drupal does them. We'll talk about the Drupal community, Drupal resources, and you will see an overview of what Drupal has to offer, including the "Top Web 2.0 Drupal Modules."

DrupalCamp Dallas has launched their website.

This is going to be an awesome opportunity to find out more about drupal.  You don't have to be a drupal pro to come.  In fact, you should come even if you are trying to figure out if drupal is right for you.   It is going to be a two day barcamp which means it is about whatever you want to talk about.  There will most likely be beginner and advanced tracks so no matter what your skill level is, there will be a place for you.

Koine Media primary does Drupal development, but with our experience in project management, training, testing and consulting, we also offer many Drupal solutions for mid-scale to large-scale Drupal projects:

1. Project Management – we can help plan and execute your Drupal project with professional project management.

I like many people have found myself hunting around for a web CMS.  Like many people I found CMS Matrix which scared me half to dealth.  With that many choices out there how can you possibly choose?  After reading tons of articles, blog posts and forums I came down to trying out Joomla and Worpress.

Drupal is a good fit for non-profits for several key reasons:

• Financial - because Drupal is open source, community-driven software, it can offer significant cost savings compared to proprietary CMS packages.
• Extensible - with a world-wide community of developers and over 4,400 contributed modules, Drupal can meet the current and future needs of any non-profit organization.
• Web 2.0 - other proprietary CMS platforms are trying to adapt and become more socially interactive and "Web 2.0."  Drupal is a
  

Drupal is a wildly popular social publishing system that blends web content management and social media capabilities with a massive library of powerful extensions - all supported by a thriving open source community.  The Drupal framework provides the building blocks to create engaging, socially interactive websites.