In a previous thread, I mentioned my challenge to the Los Angeles Drupal community about ways for all of us to help both presenters & organizers alike avoid the dreaded 'B' word- burnout. I detail ways that we all, as a community, can step it up- which we need to do since word has come down from the LA Drupal Managers that only the Westside meetup is the "official/main" meetup & that they won't be providing official, logistical/managerial support for all of the other local groups that have sprung up in the last year (& are thriving!).
http://groups.drupal.org/node/129924#comment-430889
I'm starting this thread in hopes that others in the community agree & will follow suit. I'll get it started.
Presentation: Intro to SimpleTest
Audience: Beginner
Slated: May 2011
Location: DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles) Drupal
Presenter: Miguel Hernandez
Bio: http://migshouse.com/about
Length: Lightning (5mins.)
Being the type who not only points out problems but also likes to provide solutions to those problems, I've got a challenge for the Los Angeles Drupal community: Offer to present a lightning talk!
Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be a Drupal Ninja to give a presentation. You could be new to Drupal & share your thoughts on the difficulties you're having getting started, where Drupal could improve, how the documentation is good but could be better. There are MANY topics where I'd prefer to hear from a Drupal Newbie. Especially since it's fresh in their/your mind. Take some notes during your experience. I guarantee you'll have at least 5mins of content to share. Take it on as a challenge for overcoming shyness & improve your public speaking skills. There's a lot of things YOU can gain from sharing 5mins. with your fellow Drupaleros. So my challenge is to challenge yourself to give a lightning talk in the next couple of months.
For those who are already presenting this month, I encourage you to post here as a way to illustrate that this is already happening. If there's a presentation that you like in this thread, please use the arrows on the right to vote it up.
The gauntlet has been thrown...
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*Please note that I haven't run this idea by any of the LA Drupal managers. It's just something that I thought of & figured I should just initiate.
**If you're a fellow user group organizer, please feel free to take this idea, tweak it & run with it. It's about the open collaboration of ideas & ways to maintain a healthy, organic Drupal User Group ecosystem.