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How We Won the IMAGINE Grant: Tips for a Successful Nonprofit Application

Having worked on a winning IMAGINE Grant application in the “Go Further, Go Faster” category for a project at Fair Trade USA, I wanted to share a few practical tips that might help others. These insights come from my personal experience navigating the process—from aligning a technical vision with organizational goals to crafting a clear, focused proposal. Whether you’re just getting started with AWS or already building on the platform, I hope this helps you write an application that highlights both your innovation and your… Read More »How We Won the IMAGINE Grant: Tips for a Successful Nonprofit Application

The Ultimate Website Migration and Redesign : SEO Checklist

Your ultimate all-in-one no-nonsense checklist for smart and SEO-optimized website migration and redesign. Almost every website needs a refresh or a full redesign every 3-5 years to stay current and user-friendly. And often times such changes come with a CMS or some other technology change leading to drastic drops of organic rankings and traffic caused by the technical SEO issues. This checklist will walk you through the key aspects of a smart migration planning, incorporating best practices early on in your design and discovery proceess,… Read More »The Ultimate Website Migration and Redesign : SEO Checklist

The Ultimate Website Rebuild and Redesign Planning Checklist

Considering a website refresh, rebuild, and/or redesign? Below is a comprehensive website rebuild and/or redesign checklist with all the planning and preparation steps to take, information to collect, and requirements to put together in order to make it as smooth and as productive as possible, both for yourself and for your designer/developer. Step 1 – Identify key stakeholders and their roles/responsibilities: Organization leadership Marketing people Content writers IT & engineering Vendors Internal users Staff that will be supporting and managing the website Step 2 –… Read More »The Ultimate Website Rebuild and Redesign Planning Checklist

How to Build a Sustainable and Ethical Website or a WebApp – Main Principles and Checklist

Fundamental principles: More than ever, sustainable web design is needed to curtail the disastrous effects of the Internet on the environment. According to sustainablewebdesign.org, communications tech will emit more carbon by 2025 than any country except China, India, and the United States. We can be that change. By making websites cleaner and more efficient, the environmental impact can be confronted head on. Adding accessibility to people with disabilities and slow machines will benefit communities and poor nations. Our charge is to make web content more… Read More »How to Build a Sustainable and Ethical Website or a WebApp – Main Principles and Checklist