1) The document discusses whether one should attend the Alfresco DevCon 2011 conference. 2) It presents different scenarios and responses that consider factors like whether the person is technical, has approval from their manager, and if their department has a training budget. 3) The overall recommendation is that attending DevCon could provide opportunities for learning about the Alfresco platform, networking, and finding options for managing content.

1. Should You Attend Alfresco DevCon 2011?
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We sold our soul No way. Nothing ever
to proprietary for We went changes around here.
a round of golf homegrown It's so frustrating!
Any chance of Arrrggh!
Does your Why not?
that changing?
organization use the
Alfresco platform to Didn't IT settled for
manage unstructured No realize it SharePoint We're looking
content? was an at options
option
You sound stressed.
You know, you're Maybe you should
Yes DevCon is a great place right! take some time off?
to research the platform
Are you
Now you're talking.
technical? Actually, I'm an Are you
Yes Why not visit San
Alfresco Rock Star! kidding? I'm
Diego or London?
too busy
No fighting fires.
I think my suit and What's the
Know
tie scared them off point anyway?
anyone
DevCon has plenty of
who is?
And humble! Maybe opportunities for I'm concerned that
Yes you should speak. networking witnessing the power of
Write up an abstract our open platform for
and watch the DevCon content management first-
blog for a call for hand would drive you
papers further into despair.
Do you need No You Should
your manager's Come to
approval?
DevCon
I smell an off-site! You Should
Make DevCon a
Yes Not Come to
team thing.
DevCon
Is your boss fun to Yes
Invite your boss. Spin DevCon as
hang out with? Spin DevCon as
a great way to get a great way to
training on the find out about
No, not at all cheap. Don't Alfresco 4.0.
mention the party.
Yes
Okay, this is You nailed it.
critical. Oversell it Does your Please help
and your boss will department No me!
want to come. have a training
Undersell it and budget? Wait, so basically your boss
you can't go. is a tool and has no budget
for tech conferences? Yes, but reason
seems to work
occasionally
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