Events

Although we're still recovering from one, maybe two, long nights at DrupalCon Denver, we are ready to do it all over again — at sea level this time — at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco. 

So what’s new at Forum One? What I'll be talking about at DrupalCon 2012 with clients and partners is the great things we're busy with on work for our clients, work which meets our intention of "Communicate. Collaborate. Change the world." And work which makes innovative use of Drupal, Acquia Commons, mobile data, and more. We've also made some nice additions recently to our team and big investments into Forum One's future!

We'll have 13 of our web developers and senior strategists attending. We're a Platinum Sponsor – and perhaps most importantly – we'll be debuting new, freshly minted "Nice Nodes" T-shirts along with "Nice Nodes" stickers.

Are you prepared for five days of Drupal awesomeness? Ready to show off your Nice Nodes? Excited to try the new craft Drupal brew? Well, we are! Just like last year in Chicago, Forum One will be sponsoring the upcoming DrupalCon in Denver.

Drupal fever is clearly raging in the San Francisco Bay area. Last weekend’s BAD (Bay Area Drupal) Camp attracted 1,500 registrants from across the country, making it the largest free Drupal event in the world. In addition to the many sessions addressing developer topics, there also was training, a job fair, code sprints, and tracks dedicated to higher education and non-profits. 

Forum One is excited to announce our sponsorship of the 2011 Drupal Summit Pacific Northwest. This annual event isn't for the faint of heart. The summit will be a 2-day "tour de France" for Drupal professionals to gather, exchange ideas, learn from one another, and advance the widely-used Drupal CMS. Around 300 people are expected to gather for the event at the Washington Hilton in Portland, Oregon, from October 14-16.

Two observations from Communications Network yesterday: exciting opportunities to effect social change using online engagement make many foundations nervous, and the old German expression “Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf her” has new applicability in this online age.

Here at Forum One, we strive to connect nonprofits with the most innovative and effective technology to further their impact. NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), which takes place each spring, is the perfect opportunity for us to do so. For nearly a decade, we have been attending, presenting, and participating in the NTC Volunteer Day of Service along with nonprofits and other technology vendors of all shapes and sizes.

In an EPA webinar entitled, "Developers and Federal Agencies: Can we talk?," two Forum One team members and other open data leaders discussed what the government can do to help developers use publicly-available data. The webinar included a discussion of the Apps for the Environment challenge and Forum One's Datamasher.org, which won the Apps for America challenge in 2010.

 Capital Camp — the DC Drupal Camp — is coming up next week, July 22–23, at the Marvin Center. Forum One will not only be there to learn, but also to teach. Although it's sold out now, if you have tickets, you can expect the best in local Drupal talent for two days of learning and collaboration.