The Camp Organizer Survival Guide - talk at DrupalCon Nashville 2018

So you want to start a Drupal Camp. Great! What next? Join me as a Drupal Camp organizer sharing my experience planning events. In this session you can get hands-on knowledge to kickstart your ideas and avoid common pitfalls. You’ll also leave with some templates to help get you started. Running a Drupal camp can be incredibly rewarding. With your help as camp organizer, anywhere from a dozen to hundreds of Drupalers will come together to share, learn, and grow. Attendees interested in making a difference in the Drupal community by organizing events of their own will walk away with their very own Drupal Camp toolkit including:

• The importance of pre-planning
• Building your team, including Roles & Responsibilities
• Scoping the camp, creating a vision and identity
• Securing the venue
• Building and following a budget
• Planning major milestones
• Getting sponsors and keeping them happy
• Launching a camp website
• Navigating social media
• Selling tickets and onsite registration
• Organizing and managing the call for sessions
• Building a solid program, including session scheduling
• Managing venue logistics (rooms, catering, power, wi-fi)
• Signage, swag, and giveaways
• Session recording
• Accessibility and inclusivity

About the presenter: Josef has helped organize multiple camps in Europe and Central America.

For those attending who already have experience organizing camps, there is also a community conversation on organizing camps the same day, Wednesday 12:35-13:00.