Clients and Volunteer Work
On the Website Portfolio page of this website, I showcase several websites that I have designed or implemented. However, I am the “webmaster” for many other clients whose websites were designed and coded by someone else. I also do print design and layout for several clients and will be posting my print design portfolio soon. Below is a list of these ongoing clients, projects, and volunteer work that are not included in my Website Portfolio.
Other Clients:
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Better Nutrition Magazine: This site struggled to get off the ground as it required a webmaster with a print design background who could work with the InDesign source files and with a enough technical website coding and programming knowledge to do significant CSS (style sheet) changes and customize the Perl templates. A colleague of mine recommended the editor and art director of the magazine to me, and we launched the site June 15, 2009. The site was designed by another designer, and I took over making it “work.” I now upload each month’s articles, make design changes as requested, and implement new functionality as needed. We hope to develop the interactivity on the site over the next year. |
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Lingoport: Adam Asnes founded Lingoport in 2001 as he noticed the increasing need for software internationalization as software companies starting to expand their businesses worldwide. Adam is a frequent speaker and columnist on globalization technology. For my part, I did some redesign of the website, implementing the lovely header images, and provide ongoing technical support for the site (such as implementing and designing new sidebar widgets, etc.). I work alongside Bethany Siegler with Unique Think who produces Lingoport’s e-newsletter and asssits with Lingoport’s marketing strategies and webinars. |
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Gazelles: Gazelles was founded by Verne Harnish, author of The Rockefeller Habits. From this book, Verne has developed a worldwide business consulting service. I produce the printed workshop materials for Gazelles two annual Sales & Marketing and Growth Summits which they co-host with FORTUNE Small Business Magazine. I also work with their business coaching arm, Gazelles Systems, in producing workshop fliers, workbooks, and other materials. They are now partnering with The Entrepreneurs‘ Organization (EO) to create customized business planning workshops for executives, for which we are currently creating materials. |
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Rabbi Gavriel Golfeder: Aish Kodesh is Boulder’s only orthodox synagogue. They are “open orthodox,” meaning that anyone (regardless of religious affiliation) can participate in their congregation and activities. As my neighbors and friends, we do a lot of things together, including work on their website which I designed for them last fall. I am currently helping them develop a publicity plan for the Rabbi’s new project: Soul Food Boulder. Soul Food is an outreach to non-religious Jews bringing radical Jewish culture to Boulder to stimulate dialogue for those in search of authentic Jewish identity. We also created a website for Boulder’s eiruv and for the Rabbi’s alternative teachings and music. |
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| Graphic Designers and Website Programmers: I work with several graphic designers and website programmers customizing WordPress themes for them through creative use of CSS, WordPress plugins, and the WordPress template tags.
Designers provide layered Photoshop files, and I take responsibility for the website implementation either working through the designer or directly with the client. I contribute my own creative skill in implementing and styling page content and provide feedback on efficient website design for ease of long-term maintenance. Other website coders hire me by the hour for consultations or to implement certain functionality on a site. Many of my clients are out of state, and I work well remotely via email, iChat, screenshare, and phone. |
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Volunteer Work
Contributing my skills to non-profit organizations is an important part of my work. I have done print and web design or database development either pro bono or at high discounted rates for:
- Boulder for Darfur - I started with Boulder for Darfur by simply updating a website created by a local programmer. The coding was cumbersome and difficult to update regularly, so last year, I implemented a new site using WordPress.
- BaoBao Festival – For the past six years, I’ve been helping this non-profit West African dancing and drumming festival by maintaining their website, sending out publicity, and designing their print materials (posters, postcards, and programs). This past year, I was more intimately involved with creating a strategic publicity campaign which resulted in the highest turnout thus far. Next year, I’ll transition their website to WordPress to make it easier for non-technical volunteers to maintain.
- Women’s Wilderness Institute – I developed a relational database in Microsoft Access to track contributions, program participants, donations, and mailings.
- Boulder County Arts Alliance – I started at BCAA as a volunteer designing a membership database and then was hired as their Communications Director for the next five years. In that position, I created their first full-featured website, created and designed a regular newsletter, designed postcards to promote their arts events, developed a variety of online communication tools (including an arts calendar and opportunities bulletin), coordinated workshops and wrote publicity and grant writing workbooks, wrote and reviewed grants, provided technical assistance to artists, and developed a county-wide facilities directory.
- Intercambio de Comunidades – This is one of my most favorite organizations in Boulder County. Intercambio teaches English classes to Spanish speaking immigrants for free. I created their stationary and first brochure. I’m not currently involved as a volunteer, but I love attending their Fiesta each October. They are one of the fastest growing, most dynamic and effective non-profit organizations around.
- BVSD – This past spring, I was asked to participate as a member of the Visioning Committee for Columbine Elementary School. Columbine serves a predominantly low-income, Latino population, and their test scores have been low, thus requiring the State to intervene. The Visioning Committee was charged with coming up with a community-wide vision for the school to focus on current successes and best practices in collaboration with the University of Colorado. As a parent, I also volunteer each week during the school year in my son’s classroom.
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