rootwork

Drupal

Drupal contributions

As Rootwork.org says, I develop websites and online strategy for nonprofits and social change -- and I do almost all of it in Drupal, since the waning days of 4.5.

I create custom themes for every project I work on. I often intend to turn these into contributed themes, but they're often so content-specific that they become unworkable. That's a lesson for aspiring theme-developers: theme to your content! Generalized d.o themes are great, but your site has a specific purpose and audience and your theme should reflect it. As you might imagine, I'm a big fan of the Design for Drupal initiative, and loved the inaugural 2009 event in Boston.

I did a bunch of work on the Theming Views 2 handbook page at the Drupalcon DC 2009 doc sprint. I'm often on #drupal-support and #drupal-themes to try to help out others. More often than not, I'm on #drupal to ask questions -- I know PHP for theming purposes, but I'm always looking for more comprehensive programming tips.

My other contribution of sorts has been a particular focus on Drupal as a CMS particularly useful to nonprofits and social change groups. I wrote an article, Drupal for Nonprofits, and made a similar presentation at the 2008 Philly Drupal Camp. At the 2009 Philly Drupal Camp, I presented on modules that help make life easier for non-technical site editors -- like nonprofit staffers!

I'm on a variety of "nonprofit tech" lists (and I'm the co-organizer of the nptech group Philadelphia NetSquared) and I'm regularly in the role of Drupal evangelist.

Roles in working with Drupal

Themer, Site Builder, Nonprofit Developer

I contributed Drupal patches

I contributed Drupal modules

I contributed Drupal documentation

I help in the Drupal support forums

I provide Drupal-related services

I give support on IRC

I attended DrupalCon DC 2009

I attended DrupalCon San Francisco 2010

I attended DrupalCon Chicago 2011

I will attend DrupalCon Denver 2012

Personal information

Full name

Ivan Boothe

First or given name

Ivan

Last name or surname

Boothe

Languages spoken

English

My website

http://rootwork.org

Interests

nonprofits, nptech, nonprofit technology, social change, social media, online organizing, online advocacy, advocacy, grassroots organizing, netsquared, net2, strategy, implementation, web 2.0, rootwork

Country

United States

IRC nick

rootwork

LinkedIn profile

http://linkedin.com/in/ivanboothe

Facebook page

https://facebook.com/rootwork

Twitter url

https://twitter.com/rootwork

Google profile URL

http://gplus.to/ivanb

Bio

Ivan Boothe is the creative director of Rootwork, working with nonprofits and social change groups about how to build online movements; engaging, supporter-driven websites; and real-world activism that takes advantage of online social networks. Ivan is a community organizer with Casino-Free Philadelphia and the online communications coordinator for the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Ivan has experience in a number of social change and nonprofit groups, including co-founding the Genocide Intervention Network and why-war.org, which launched a nationwide campaign of electronic civil disobedience against the voting machine manufacturer Diebold in 2003.

Ivan is the co-organizer of NetSquared Philadelphia, part of a national NetSquared organization focusing on the intersection of nonprofits and social technology. He has presented on technology and activism at DrupalCon, the Nonprofit Technology Conference, the 2010 U.S. Social Forum, the Peace and Justice Studies Conference, the National Press Club and the Change the Web series.

Ivan holds a degree in peace and conflict studies and authored a thesis on third-party nonviolent intervention. He's done hundreds of hours of training and facilitation, including trainings with Casino-Free Philly (nonviolent civil disobedience), Philly Students for a Democratic Society (anti-oppression), SweatFree Communities Northwest (strategic planning) and the Responsible Endowments Coalition (anti-oppression). Ivan is on the board of directors for the Peace and Justice Studies Association and the AFSC Nobel Peace Prize Committee.

Ivan's technical skills include more than 15 years of web development, including semantic, standards-compliant XHTML and CSS, as well as extensive work with Drupal and WordPress content-management systems. He is a professional handbell ringer and enthusiastic member of his local member-owned food cooperative

Work

Job title

Community organizer online & offline // social action trainer // Drupal themer // artist

Industries worked in

Nonprofit, Foreign Policy, Social Justice, Academic

Companies worked for

Rootwork.org, Genocide Intervention Network, Fellowship of Reconciliation USA, Casino-Free Philadelphia, why-war.org

Current company or organization

Rootwork.org

History

Documentation

Over 100 edits

Member for

6 years 28 weeks

Projects

• Slideshare (1 commit)
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