Shortly after 9:00 am, Brian Scarbeau, founder of the Orlando DNN user group, greets a good-size crowd and sets the stage for the day by quickly reviewing how this first OpenForce Connect event came about. Then Brian continues in a well articulated way to provide an overview of the DotNetNuke web application framework and shows how to get a local install up and running based on the DNN starter kit. He goes on to point out blogs, tutorials, and other resources (including Vasilis' site) to help newcomers ease their way into the world of DotNetNuke.