Data-Scribe News and Views

We had the opportunity to make a trip to Denver to take part in our first Drupal Camp. What a blast! If you're not sure what Drupal is, please sign up for one of our intro sessions.

On July 26th and 27th, a group of devoted Drupalers put together a great conference combining virtual and in-person presenters. You can learn more about the Drupal Camp on their site.

Here are just some of the highlights of the conference:

We will be hosting regular free seminars to introduce organizations to the world of Drupal and Joomla! for enhanced Web site capabilities. The seminar is called "A CMS Approach to Web Site Management - Joomla! and Drupal" and will be held from 11:30a to 12:30p Mountain Daylight Time on the following days:

August 1 - online

August 15 - Albuquerque

September 1 - online

September 15 - Albuquerque

Learn more about the seminar

At what point does a custom design become an issue in the development of a Web site or content management system? Are custom designs even an issue in the world of development anymore?

With all the ready-made templates out there, you would think not. Don't fool yourself; there are plenty of issues wrapped around the ideologies of design and the Web. More recently the term "design" has become more fluid across disciplines.

We have been posting tidbits of news for awhile on our News and Views page (our blog). Soon, you'll notice some postings popping up from our other staff members. It's a way to give you an insider's view of the world of Data-Scribe®.

Enjoy!

You've probably noticed that our nonprofit service grant for Web development services has been on hiatus for the past few months. We're happy to announce that nonprofits across the US will be able to apply online for the September 15, 2008 deadline later this week.

We've updated our training clinic offerings. The classes will be offered in Albuquerque and online.

Based on feedback from students, we have changed the clinics to address common tasks that you'd want to complete in Microsoft programs, Web programs, and other specialty software.

Click here to see our program offerings and outlines.

View our current class schedule on our training calendar.

We will be conducting some technology training classes through the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNPE) at the United Way of Central New Mexico.

• Excel Basics - May 14, 2008 from 8:30a to 4:30p
• Creating and Using Electronic Newsletters - June 17, 2008 from 8:30a to 4:30p

All classes are located at CNPE:

If you haven't already, you can still apply for our Web site development/improvement service grant through the end of the day on Monday, March 3rd. We'll even be nice and give you until midnight Mountain Standard Time. Click here to get started.

Here are some tips to help you with the grant application submission process:

Starting this year, we have made a change to our technology training offerings. Instead of setting up public classes, we are taking requests for one-on-one or group classes.

We provide training on all of the following:

It's been a great week. Wrapping up projects. Winding down for the holidays. And strategizing for next year.

Here are a few of our 2007 accomplishments: