BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20120123T140000Z DTEND:20120123T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Hello Drupal! Sponsored by Buckeye Interactive DESCRIPTION:In this three hour session\, experience using Drupal\, and learn about the community as well.\n\n The official "Hello Drupal" presentation from Acquia will be presented by Brad Griffith\, the president of Ohio's only Certified Acquia Training Partner\, Buckeye Interactive.\n\n With hands-on training you'll get kick started in learning Drupal. You'll also talk to professional developers who use Drupal. We'll tell you about the kinds of jobs available\, and how you can determine which is right for you.\n\n What is Drupal?\n\n Drupal (pronounced drew-pull) is web development software written in a popular scripting language PHP. Drupal has both a point and click interface to allow tech-savvy people to put together websites with no programming experience\; and Drupal also has an API and framework for programmers to develop unique applications. And it's all free- it's opensource.\n\n Consider a career in Drupal\n\n Drupal has become wildly popular over the last 5 years\, and there are many jobs available for people from a variety of backgrounds. This should be great news in an economy where students are concerned about finding meaningful\, exciting careers with growth potential. Because of this\, at Acquia\, we're working hard to grow Drupal talent\, not only for ourselves\, but for our clients\, our partners and our community.\n\n Our partners include both small boutique web development companies with distributed international teams\, and larger established digital agencies. Drupal users include government agencies (such as Whitehouse.gov\, US House of Reps)\, media organizations (AlJazeera\, The Nation\, The Economist) \, not-for-profits (Amnesty International\, World Economic Forum) and many companies who are realizing the benefits of open source\, see more at http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites.\n\n Ideal for \n\n \n Students exploring options for careers in web development\, cloud computing and infrastructure\, design\, sales\, marketing.\n \n Career switchers looking to expand on their prior experience.\n \n Self-starters who are curious and want to learn new skills that are in demand.\n \n People with some prior experience of or knowledge of web development.\n\n\n Pass it on!\n\n If you're already familiar with Drupal\, please send on this link to someone who you think might be interested.\n\n Duration:\n\n \n 3 hours\n\n\n Prerequisites:\n\n \n Knowledge of HTML and CSS preferable.\n\n\n By the end of the training you will be able to:\n\n \n Explain how a typical site is built in Drupal\, and explain the page-model in Drupal.\n \n Use Drupal specific terminology such as fields\, views\, node\, block\, page.\n \n Determine what skills you need to develop to reach your goals.\n \n Know where to go to find career opportunities in Drupal.\n \n Articulate the various roles and opportunities available. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

\n In this three hour session\, experience using Drupal\, and learn about the community as well.

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\n The official &ldquo\;Hello Drupal&rdquo\; presentation from Acquia will be presented by Brad Griffith\, the president of Ohio&rsquo\;s only Certified Acquia Training Partner\, Buckeye Interactive.

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\n With hands-on training you&rsquo\;ll get kick started in learning Drupal. You&rsquo\;ll also talk to professional developers who use Drupal. We&rsquo\;ll tell you about the kinds of jobs available\, and how you can determine which is right for you.

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\n What is Drupal?

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\n Drupal (pronounced \;drew-pull) is web development software written in a popular scripting language &ndash\; PHP. Drupal has both a point and click interface to allow tech-savvy people to put together websites with no programming experience\; and Drupal also has an API and framework for programmers to develop unique applications. And it&rsquo\;s all free- it&rsquo\;s opensource.

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\n Consider a career in Drupal

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\n Drupal has become wildly popular over the last 5 years\, and there are many jobs available for people from a variety of backgrounds. This should be great news in an economy where students are concerned about finding meaningful\, exciting careers with growth potential. Because of this\, at Acquia\, we&rsquo\;re working hard to grow Drupal talent\, not only for ourselves\, but for our clients\, our partners and our community.

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\n Our partners include both small boutique web development companies with distributed international teams\, and larger established digital agencies. Drupal users include government agencies (such as Whitehouse.gov\, US House of Reps)\, media organizations (AlJazeera\, The Nation\, The Economist) \, not-for-profits (Amnesty International\, World Economic Forum) and many companies who are realizing the benefits of open source\, see more at \;http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites.

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\n Ideal for&hellip\;

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\n Pass it on!

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\n If you&rsquo\;re already familiar with Drupal\, please send on this link to someone who you think might be interested.

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\n Duration:

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\n Prerequisites:

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\n By the end of the training you will be able to:

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