DrupalCon Baltimore 2017: Scaling and Sharing - Building Custom Drupal Distributions

Location: 🇺🇸 Baltimore MD, USA

This talk explores how open source technology and Drupal can drive collaboration, cost savings, and faster innovation at scale. Using the YMCA, one of the world’s largest federated non-profit organizations as an example, we’ll share how the community-led Open Y distribution was created to serve Ys of all sizes.

In this session, Craig Paulnock and I reveal how leveraging open source software fosters sharing, empowers local teams, and delivers better digital experiences across an entire network.

Key topics covered in this session include:

  • Building a sustainable Drupal distribution for a federated organization.
  • Crafting a communication strategy that highlights open source benefits like lower costs and faster time to market.
  • Enabling collaboration and innovation through community-driven development.
  • Real results: how Open Y impacts customer experience and organizational growth.

Whether you’re new to open source or managing large-scale digital solutions, this session offers insights and practical takeaways to help you unlock the power of open source for your organization.