The Critical Importance of Sending Your Team to DrupalCon
It may not feel like it at first, but choosing to send your team to DrupalCon is one of the best (and most important) decisions your business can make. While it may not immediately be clear what the ROI is for attending DrupalCon, the value of having your company’s employees at the event is huge. Here’s why.
1. Learn About Bleeding Edge Best Practices
Drupal is rapidly changing, and the best way of doing things is constantly getting better as more and more companies adopt the platform. At DrupalCon, attendees will have access to the foremost Drupal experts in the world, which means that your company will get advance notice on the next big thing that’s coming to your corner of the Drupal ecosystem.
DrupalCon attendees have access to a tremendous wealth of knowledge, not only when they’re listening to sessions, but at social events or even in random encounters in the hallway, at lunch, or at an evening event. The in-depth technical sessions and training courses provide a structure for attendees to learn within, while the social aspect is crucial to more fully understanding concepts and encouraging new breakthroughs.
2. It Builds a Better Drupal
Every company that relies on Drupal should be invested in its continued success. DrupalCons are the largest events for Drupal each year, and give attendees the tools to push Drupal forward: this happens both in knowledge sharing in sessions and BOFs, and also in sprints, which take place for nearly ten days before, during, and after DrupalCon.
Attending DrupalCon is especially important with Drupal 8 in the works — the more people who learn about the system and put that knowledge to work at the sprints, the more people we have working to get Drupal 8 out the door.
3. It Builds Loyalty With Your Employees
DrupalCon is a lot of fun, and sending employees doesn’t just increase their Drupal knowledge, it allows them to have a great time. Sending your employees to DrupalCon shows you care about their professional development, and encourages them to have a great time in the process. Happy employees are loyal employees, increasing your retention rate and the value of your organization. What’s not to love?
If you want to do things more intelligently, more efficiently, and more effectively with Drupal, contributing to DrupalCon by sending your employees is a fantastic way to help make the Drupal project, the Drupal community, and your organization better than ever.