World Plone Day FAQ
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About the World Plone Day
- What is the goal of the World Plone Day ?
- Who organizes World Plone Day ?
- How do I join World Plone Day?
- Where is the list of host and cities whose held WPD ?
- Why there are two different sites with WPD information ?
- So... Which is the WPD official site ?
- Where is the internal information for WPD organization ?
- Why are there local sites ?
Hosting WPD
- What do I need to be host of the World Plone Day in my city ?
- Where do I find a place to give the talks? Who will be interested ?
- What kind of talk should I give ?
- It is the first time I'm going to give a talk (or I feel my talks are boring), could you give me any advice ?
- Where i can find WPD Logo, posters and banners?
Promoting WPD local hosts
- I've found the place, but how do I get people to attend my local event ?
- How do I add the event in http://plone.org ?
- What information shall I publish in Plone.org ?
- What is a WPD Sponsor ?
- What does it means to sponsor WPD and How do I become a sponsor ?
- How do I add my organization's logo on the WPD home page ?
- I am not interested in hosting an event but I would like to sponsor one, how do I do that?
Others
About the World Plone Day
What is the goal of the World Plone Day ?
The World Plone Day (WPD) is a worldwide event. Our goal is to promote
and educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using Plone.
Who organizes World Plone Day ?
- WPD Team
- The Plone Evangelism group
- The Plone Community
- And you :D
How do I join World Plone Day?
You can join the WPD as an attendee or host. An attendee is someone who assist to a WPD event. A host is someone who organizes a local instance of the WPD.
Where is the list of host and cities whose held WPD ?
- the official and public list of WPD Events
So... Which is the WPD worldwide official
but, Why are there local sites ?
We believe is a good idea to use http://plone.org/wpd as a main place to collect all the information for the global event. Every host should add an event in Hosts page so we will be able to have a complete list of the hosts and its logistics details. But if any host needs or wants to do a new website for its local event we believe it is not a bad idea. You can use one of our WPD Plone Theme to build your site.Hosting WPD
What do I need to be host of the World Plone Day in my city ?
To be host of the World Plone Day you need:
- A place to give a talk
- At least a Plone introductory talk
- At least a person listening it
That's all. You can improve this list, but if you can fulfill this, you're a host of the WPD!
Where do I get a place to give a talk ? Who shall be interested ?
If you or your organization is not able to rent a place or has not enough people to deal with the organization, contact people who does, could be interested on learning about plone and could help you. Some of these could be:
- Linux or any Free Software User Groups
- Your local chamber of commerce.
- Business networking events
- Your local Rotary Club
- Student associations at universities.
- Local Governments
- NGO's
So, any place or organization where people meet :D.
What kind of talk should I give ?
An introductory talk should present what is Plone, the most important features of Plone, and so on. One example could be:
- What is a CMS ?
- Uses cases
- New features (Diazo, CMSUI, Deco)
- Plone 4 features
- Multiple users & security
- Workflow
- Search Engine and multilanguage
- Support: plone.net, books, mailing list, irc, documentation at plone.org
It is the first time I'm going to give a talk (or I feel my talks are boring), could you give me any advice ?
There are many books about the subject but a great and very short one is called Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes that you can donwload freely. In this book you'll learn how to organize a talk and make it interesting.
Where i can find WPD Logo, posters and banners?
Here: http://plone.org/events/wpd/marketing/
Promoting WPD local hosts
I've found the place, how do I get people to attend my local event ?
Just one word: Promotion. During next few days we will release some materials to help you to promote your event.
How do I add the event in Plone.org ?
What information shall I publish in Plone.org ?
In the event you should add at least:
- The program
- The logistic
- Information about the organizer (you)
This page should be in english and if you want to add the translation to
your native language, you could do it there too. Also you can add a link
to an external page in case you've one.
Please, don't wait to have all the information ready to add the event,
you can update it while you get the data and ask to publish it when you
consider it's done.
Others
If my question is not here, where shall i ask ?
The main places to contact the organizers are:
- The Plone evangelism mailing list
- Andre Nogueira agnogueira@gmail.com
