It Started with a Simple Question – Building a Website
Building a website from scratch
It started off as an innocent request – “I need a few important changes to the website today!”
“Well, first you have to make a request. Then the webmaster has to schedule the changes. Don’t make any until we see the cost.”
Anyone who works in communications knows how important the website is. This is especially true for nonprofits struggled to ‘cut through the noise’ and raise much-needed funding.
To some, the word “technology” is titillating – it conjures up excitement and pumps adrenaline to the brain. But to others, “technology” elicits an uneasy feeling in the gut that makes them want to curl up on the couch with a blanket and a book. Exposure to too much of the geeky stuff causes them to just shut down. From a webinar description presented by Jay Wilkinson, CEO of Firespring
So, instead of making that request I wrote the rationale for having a website built on a platform that the organization could manage – without an outside webmaster.
Then I started on a most interesting journey. Although I had designed, not in the technical sense, websites for organizations, I had never actually worked on one. I knew that if I could manage the process . . .well, just about anyone could.
So, please see for yourself. I’d love your opinions on www.dekalbpolicealliance.org.
It is a constant work-in-process, which is just what the DeKalb County Police Alliance wanted.
Are there glitches? To be sure. Do I make mistakes? Absolutely. But, I can fix them.
Now, if I could only find those extra hours in my day.
Tags: Dekalb County Police Alliance, website strategy, websites
Categories:
Nonprofit Event Planning, Nonprofit Fundraising, Nonprofit Management
