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Conference Organizing Distribution slides from DrupalCamp New Hampshire 2013TRANSCRIPT
Catch of the DayFresh COD
Me
Matt Goodwin aka ttamniwdoog
http://drupal.org/user/345239
Twitter: @mattgoodwin
More about Me
Attend Manchester DUG
Co-organize Keene DUG
DrupalCamp NH volunteer (website, tshirts, sponsors, unofficial treasurer)
TMI ttamniwdoog
Webmaster Since 1998
Back in 1986, typing in code I read from a magazine into my C64.
Father of 4, Husband, fisherman and science & computer nerd
How I use COD
Advantage Business Media
Publisher of B2B magazinesDesignCommunicationsManufacturing ScienceConference Division
Why Conferences are important?
Human Need for Interaction
We love to learn
Lack of diversity in the office
Conferences are important because they bring smart, like-minded people together.
What is COD?
Why it’s a fish, silly!
COD == Conference Organizing Distribution
What is a distribution?
A collection of modules, theme & configuration that can be downloaded similar to a module.
Many distributions available:OpenPublic https://drupal.org/project/openpublic
OpenPublish http://drupal.org/project/openpublish
Drupal Commons https://drupal.org/project/commons
Commerce Kickstart https://drupal.org/project/commerce_kickstart
Who is COD right for?
Curious Drupallers
Entrepreneurs
Conference Developers
Publishers
How do I start using it?
Like many things in the Drupal world, there are many ways to do things: https://drupal.org/documentation/build/cod/download
Download it https://drupal.org/project/cod
Read the directions http://drupal.org/documentation/build/cod
Watch some tutorials
What to expect from COD?
COD is an event management system
In essence, a conference is an event.
But so is a BarCamp or a Webinar.
COD can host multiple events for you, not just your annual event.
What are some of its features?
Attendee RegistrationCustom fields for attendees
Webforms
Yet even more features...
Views
Commerce ReportingEvent Registration as a productSponsorships as a product
More on Sponsors
SponsorsSponsorship level is a taxonomy termSponsorship ProductsSponsorship Management Can upload their logo & manage their content
and yet more features...
Speakers / User Submitted session proposals
Rooms
Time Slots
But wait there’s more...on sessions
SessionsSession content type can have videos or even link to slidesSession Evaluations/VotingSession Statuses (Accepted, Declined)
Bonus Features
Automated Agenda(Thank You Views)
How can there still be more features
Personalized Schedule for Registrants
Registered Users could flag the sessions they are interested in to help determine room size
Finally the last feature
Printing badges https://drupal.org/node/1199914
Fierce Competition
COD competitorshttp://usecod.com/cod-comparison
This is an awesome tool. How can I help make it better?
Get Involved http://usecod.com/get-involved
Answer Questions in IRC
Join and Participate in COD Group
Submit & Fix Bugs in the issue queue
Review & Update documentation
What’s the catch?
COD is currently at Alpha2
I find that documentation is a bit scattered and many times outdated
Need to get up to speed quick on modules contained in order to use the distro like
Views, Rules, Webform, Organic Groups, Commerce
I’m stuck...Now what?
IRC #drupal-cod on Freenode
Twitter @UseCOD
Issue Queue https://drupal.org/project/issues/cod_support
g.d.o page https://groups.drupal.org/conference-organizing-distribution