This talk from Design4Drupal Boston 2014 discusses running a Drupal development shop and using your skills to support the platform community.

1. Community, Drupal & Business

2. INTRODUCTIONS
“The Talent”
Dave McKinley
CTO
@DavidBMcKinley
“The Expert”
John Picozzi
Drupal Dev
@JohnPicozzi

3. HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE YOUR PIXELS?
Do your customers care about
the origin of their pixels?

4. WHY DRUPAL?
The Business Perspective

5. LIFE AT OOMPH
day-to-day battles

6. MANAGING CLIENT EXPECTATIONS
● Which version?
○ D6 - maintain or upgrade
○ D7 - new builds
○ D8 - the bright future
● Maintenance Requirements
○ Core Updates
○ Module Updates
● Out of the box vs Custom functionality
○ Out of the Box
○ Additional Modules
○ Custom Code

7. RUNNING THE BUSINESS
● HIRE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
● SPONSOR CAMPS & MEETUPS
● CONTRIBUTE MODULES & PATCHES
● PODCASTING & BLOG POSTS

8. HIRE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Business Benefits
- Company Exposure
- Promotion
- Great Talent Filter
Drupal Benefits
- More community engagement with business
- Business’s supporting Drupal Improvements

9. SPONSOR CAMPS & MEETUPS
Business Benefits
- Company Exposure & Promotion
- Opportunities to Share work, tips, and tricks
- Networking to find Talent
Drupal Benefits
- Information / Idea Sharing
- Mentoring / People helping people
- Community growth

10. CONTRIBUTE MODULES & PATCHES
Business Benefits
- Shows Capability
- Example of work quality
- Demonstrates QA process and ability
Drupal Benefits
- Improves Drupal for everyone!!!

11. PODCASTING & BLOG POSTS
Business Benefits
- Share Company Process & Strategy
- Grow Website Traffic
- Shameless self promotion
Drupal Benefits
- Additional Resources for the community
- More current information & Project examples

12. OOMPH
Questions?

13. THANK YOU!
Dave McKinley
CTO
@DavidBMcKinley
@oomphinc
John Picozzi
Drupal Dev
@JohnPicozzi
http://oomphinc.com