Going Global 101: How to Manage Your Websites Worldwide Using Drupal

Do you have an international audience? Does your website need to support multiple languages? April's meeting will be perfect for you then - Rod Parker and his team from Lingotek (http://www.lingotek.com) will be giving a talk on:

Going Global 101: How to Manage Your Websites Worldwide Using Drupal

Internet usage has exploded worldwide over the last decade. More than one third of today’s world population has internet access. In fact, as of 2016, the number of internet users worldwide was 3.5 billion with more than 70% of these being non-native English speakers. Of these, almost 80% want websites to be in their native tongue when buying a service or a product. This shows that the ability to provide fully translated content to users is more important than ever. Translated content can help you to better market your brand in new regions, and establish your website as an international authority on its subject matter.

Without proper preparation, various challenges can arise when translating websites into Português, Русский, Français, Italiano, Español, Deutsch, 中文, 日本語, 한국어, and other languages. In this session you will hear from Lingotek on how to be internationally savvy, and discover:

• Simple tips and lessons for developing localization-ready websites using Drupal

• Why translation and localization really matters to your digital strategy

• The 7 Elements of Localizability

Join us Wednesday night, April 12, 2017 for the San Diego Drupal User's Group meeting! It will be an entire night of Drupal goodies. All developers and designers, project managers, account managers, content strategists, writers, and web workers are welcome. Come see short presentations focused on the Drupal platform, including community talks designed to help you get ready for adopting, building, or updating sites on Drupal. There is usually material for all levels: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced users.

Every month experts guide our local community showcasing professional Drupal techniques, industry standards, and best practices. San Diego Drupal brings a tremendous lineup of topics and presentations centered around Drupal. We help users answer questions, and resolve issues with solutions surrounding planning, supporting, and developing with Drupal. Our meetups are a good place for Job seekers and employers to find talent. Also, we sometimes have raffle prizes that vary from Drupal books, DVD's, to online training subscriptions!!! Plus we will have pizza!

Parking: Parking is free at the underground parking after 6pm. Make sure you get a parking ticket and get it validated by security when you are leaving

AGENDA

6:15pm-6:30pm Early Arrivals

•Venue setup

• Lightning Talk prep - need help getting a lightning talk together, show up to the pre-meetup lab and we can help!

• Early Networking - looking to chat with folks before the meetup begins, this is your chance.

6:30pm-8:30pm

• News & Announcements

• Job announcements

• Presentations - Monthly topics for Drupal developers and designers.

• Users Helping Users - bring up a question to the crowd and see how they can help you overcome your latest Drupal roadblock.

• Raffle prizes & Giveaways (when available)

• Networking - bring your business cards

Lightning talks

There may be time for lightning talks at this meetup.

Job announcements

At the beginning of each meetup SDDUG provides an opportunity for local businesses to make job announcements and ask for referrals and recommendations.

Raffle! Prizes!

We love our sponsors and sometimes receive raffle prizes from our sponsors in the San Diego area and around the world. If you or your company would like to sponsor a raffle prize at the SDDUG meetups, please come early or contact the managers.

What to bring

Bring a co-worker, maybe your laptop or tablet, but definitely bring your business cards for networking. We do a lot of networking!

About the San Diego Drupal Users Group

SDDUG is San Diego's hub for all things Drupal, and is one of the world's largest regional Drupal user groups. We host a monthly meeting of every month. SDDUG also produces the annual SANDcamp conference, one of the largest annual volunteer Drupal networking and training events world-wide since 2009.

Attending SDDUG events is one of the best ways to meet and talk with other Drupalists and we encourage you to attend meetings and special events regularly. Whether it's about finding solutions to problems you've been having, sharing something you've learned or just meeting interesting like-minded people, the SDDUG events are an essential resource for Drupal professionals and hobbyists alike.

Changes and Notifications

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