Video short: What is Drupal?

Video short: What is Drupal?
What is Drupal?

The Drupal Association Community Cultivation Grants handed out their first round of funding to produce a nice video short from the Brighton Area Drupal Association usergroup (UK).

The video gives a brief introduction to reasons people have chosen Drupal as their content management system of choice for business and pleasure.

Don't Sweat It Services: A Social Enterprise of PosAbilities

Don't Sweat It Services is a social enterprise of posAbilities, an accredited Burnaby-based charity, as a result of a merger of three former work-experience programs. The business strives to achieve a triple bottom line by providing environmentally-responsible quality maintenance services to customers in Greater Vancouver, while offering flexible, supported employment to persons with developmental disabilities.

A screenshot of the Don't Sweat It homepage.
Launch Site

Freebie #16: Free Youth Community Centre Logo Template

Logo template for a Youth Centre

We've created another free logo template for your enjoyment. Download and use it any way you want.

 

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Drupal Allows Me to Work, Learn and Play on the Shoulders of Giants

Drupalicon with words, "The Most Powerful CMS."

DrupalCon Chicago really kicked off today with the keynote speech from founder, Dries Bueytart. One of the most inspiring moments was his video montage of quotes from Drupal users on "What is Drupal?". The following quote really resonated with me.

"Drupal allows me to work, learn and play on the shoulders of giants."

What Happens When You Combine Computer Nerds, Drupal and Hip Hop?

Gentlemen rapping.

The peeps at Schipul just put out a Drupal rap video called "Monster", featuring A. Hughes and D. Stagg. It is a remix of Kanye West's Monster. We love it. Watch it below...

 

 

How to Conduct a Successful Board of Directors Meeting

Board meeting gone wrong.

I have attended my share of Board Meetings with various organizations over the years. Each one has been met with some degree of success. Many could have benefited from taking the time to be organized properly.

The three obvious factors that contribute to a successful meeting are, Preparation, Execution and Education.

Your Website's Ranking in Google is Really an Illusion

Man punching a hole into his computer

In Search Engine Optimization (SEO), nothing is quite as frustrating as spending tons time and money in your website to finally break into the Top 10, only find that you still have no visitors. There are a number of possible reasons why you might be "ranking" well and still not seeing the traffic. A big reason might be, you're not really ranking!

Freebie #15: Free Soft & Elegant Business Card Template

Screenshot of a Business Card

Another professionally designed business card template for you to use, absolutely free. It's easily editable in Microsoft Word. 

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Freebie #14: A Free Tool to Monitor Your Online Reputation

Man with siren on head.

There's a new, little-known tool that popped up recently at Google, called Google Alerts. This service allows you to request email alerts based on search terms you specify. How can this be useful?

Find Out When Your Website is Getting Indexed by Google

The second your latest blog post get's indexed, you will know. This can give you a good idea how often Google is crawling your site. (Note: You will probably have to wait for a couple of alerts before you determine this.)

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