What are you giving back to the community?

Drupal Community

More than 103,725 active contributors

1,948 commits in the last week

4772 comments in the last week

Why - Individual

Learn something new

Improve what you already know

Build your CV and network with people

Give back to the community

Why - Organization

Impact on sales - How?

Certified Bragging rights - How?

Vouched for Marketing - Authentic advocacy - Like?

Impact on sales - How?Companies that encourage community involvement distinguish themselves from their competitors

Get mentioned in the community more often

Known by one and all

Vouched for Marketing - Authentic advocacy - Like?Use the mentions by influencers in community to your clients

Certified Bragging rights - How?Organization enlisted in Drupal Marketplace

Mentioned by Dries

Top 30 Organizations

Who are we?

Valuebound - One of the top 3 contributors

30+ Drupal developers Offices in North America and AsiaCater to over 20+ clients across Asia, Australia and United States.

What we do?

Drupal Development

Migration to Drupal

Drupal Support

Drupal Training

What are we doing to build a better place?Organization Member of Drupal AssociationOrganiser and sponsor of Bangalore Drupal User Group (More than 1000 members)

Co-Organiser of 1st DrupalCamp Bangalore 2015 with 550+ attendee

Hosted a Drupal 8 Release party

Encouraging contributions

How to Contribute?Get involved with user support

Contribute to documentation

Contribute to translations

Help test Drupal

Contribute to Drupal core UX design

Donate now or learn how to help with donations

Contribute to development

Contribute to themes

Learn more in the Drupal marketing group

What to do as an Organization?Build relationships

Branch out

Encourage volunteering

Put it into schedule

Recognize : Let the world know

Build relationships

Get to know your teammates well

Socialize . Get to know what works and what doesn't.

Discuss with everyone and work out a plan that is convenient for the team

Let the team be comfortable & make it a habit for newcomers.

Branch outFind out what your community needs

Which are the most critical projects and the most important issues.

Work on them, help out another dev team in need.

Pick out an issue and start working on it.

Help newbies and encourage them to interact with others from the community in IRC and elsewhere.

Encourage volunteering

It boosts the morale of an employee

Build and work with a collaborative and constructive team.

Happy employees = No Complains = More Work

Put it into schedule

Get contributions in schedule, casually telling won’t work.

Make someone accountable.

Analyse how much time can be dedicated taking into account the operational time

Try and understand what works over time and make it regular

Recognize : Let the world knowMade your first sprint successful?

Make it a part of conversation .Let your customers know, especially let the community know.

Make it a part of respect giving. Set examples. Showcase talents.

Mark an email to all other employees.

Do it often and do it regularly.

What’s worse than not contributing is giving a sudden and permanent halt to whatever you have done.

Shows you are irresponsible, period.

What do you get?

Respect

Loyalty from Customers

Recognized

Corporate Social Responsibility