Our 2011 Drupal Training Year in Review

2011 was a big year for us at Exaltation of Larks. In addition to our regular consulting and development work, we kicked off our public training program in January of 2010 and have offered public classes on everything from Drupal fundamentals to back-end development and everything in between.

In 2011, we trained organizations in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Irvine and San Diego and our training clients are companies including LegalZoom, Disney Interactive, Thomson Reuters, The Annenberg Foundation and Warner Brothers; universities including UCLA, UCI and UCSB; and many Los Angeles-area creative and advertising agencies.

Training Scholarship Program

Our trainings aren’t just for big organizations, however. We want to help train as many people as possible, including unemployed job seekers and people in need, and help them become the developers, themers and architects of tomorrow. To this end, we started our training scholarship program in September.

In 2011, we gave away seats at our trainings worth more than $10,000 to our scholarship students and to local area Los Angeles Drupal user groups to raffle off at their meetups. This has been a tremendously rewarding experience for us and we look forward to doing more of the same in 2012.

Upcoming Trainings

Our first training of the new year is on Drupal Scalability and Performance and it’s at SANDcamp, the San Diego Drupal Camp, on January 26, 2012! If you’re interested in making Drupal go really fast, this training is for you. We’ll provide the servers you’ll get to optimize for performance and all you need to bring is your laptop.

We’re also working with the Drupal Association to bring their worldwide “Drupal in a day” training initiative to Los Angeles in February in an effort to introduce people to the Drupal project and solve the Drupal talent issue that many companies are facing. Follow @LarksLA on Twitter or Like Exaltation of Larks on Facebook to hear more about this initiative.

Request training in your area

In closing, are you interested in our trainings but aren’t able to make it to one of our public classes? Sometimes it’s easier and more cost-effective for us to come to you. We’ll even work with you and your team to tailor our curriculum to better fit your organization. Contact us to request training in your area and we’ll follow up with you:

Thanks, and we’re looking forward to seeing you in 2012!