by Michael J. Halm and T. Kim Nguyen, Co-Chairs, PloneEdu.org. Presented at the Plone Conference 2011 in San Francisco.

1. New Opportunities, New Frontiers
ploneedu.org
Michael J. Halm,
WebLion Group, Penn State
Kim Nguyen,
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Plone Conference 2011
San Francisco, CA

2. What is PloneEdu?
Purpose:
Promote open source web publishing for all
levels and types of education
Goal:
Provide opportunities for collaboration,
knowledge sharing and support within the
education sector

3. Benefits
Greater leverage of resources
• Access to expertise and resources outside your organization
• Assistance with questions and problems from experts
• Development, training, and support efforts that serve everyone
• A voice in prioritizing where to dedicate shared resources
• Strong and lasting relationships with organizations that have
similar needs and interests
• Opportunity to contribute to the greater Plone community
• A common platform and set of tools, standards, and best
practices designed to meet the needs of education
• Trusted advice from colleagues

4. Success Stories
• Numerous website improvement
• Marketing efforts
• Documentation development
• Membership activities
• Product releases and updates

5. Success Stories
Website improvements
✓ 20 new case studies
✓ ~ 100 member profiles
✓ New documentation developed
✓ Initiatives areas expanded
✓ Projects identified and prioritized

6. Success Stories
Marketing efforts
✓ Developed marketing material
✓ Participated in HigherWebDev (2010 & 2011)
✓ Participated in PSE11
✓ PSU Web Conference presentations
✓ Initiated greater integration w/ Plone.org
✓ Syndicated new feeds (plone.org, twitter)
✓ Updated product lists

7. Success Stories
Documentation development
✓ 20 new case studies
✓ ~ 100 member profiles
✓ User guide
✓ Product descriptions
✓ Filling out the website with content

8. Success Stories
Membership activities
✓ ~ 100 member profiles
✓ 20 new Case Studies
✓ Recruited Steering Team members (K-12
and HE)
✓ HE Conferences

9. Success Stories
Product releases and updates
✓ Developed K-12 buildout
✓ Developing research institutes templates
✓ Many products updated for Plone 4.x
✓ Helped Connexion w/ updates to 4.x

10. Challenges
• How do we get people to participate?
• What would be of greatest value to the
community?
• What are some strategies to get people
involved?
• Whateffective?
most
communication channel would be

11. Things to Do Now
• Join the group by filling out profile
• http://weblion.psu.edu/ploneedu/community/join-ploneedu
• Contribute a Case Study
• http://weblion.psu.edu/ploneedu/community/case-studies/studies

12. What’s Next?
✓ Marketing and recruiting efforts
✓ Project virtual sprints
✓ Streaming user groups meetings
✓ Documentation development
✓ Plone Symposium East 2011

13. Contact Us
✓ ploneedu.org
✓ Mike Halm - mjh@psu.edu
✓ Kim Nguyen - nguyen@uwosh.edu
✓ irc.freenode.net #weblion
✓ support@weblion.psu.edu

14. Questions & Discussion
PloneEdu
New Opportunities, New Frontiers
Plone Conference 2011
San Francisco, CA