Boston Nonprofit Empowered with Drupal

Today D2D Fund, a Boston nonprofit, announced the release of its new Web site at www.d2dfund.org. The new site empowers staff to manage their Web site content directly -- they can quickly and easily add news items, publications and other pieces as soon as they become available, creating a more favorable impression among their target audience.

A robust system of categories for storing publications helps users search and browse more easily, and will give D2D room to grow. They can also add new categories as needed.

Viral Fundraising Campaign for Fair Trade Banana Farmers in Ecuador

Since late January, fair trade banana farmers in Ecuador have been devastated by heavy flooding. Lives, homes, roads and crops have been lost.

Does Good Design Matter? Politics Online Conference, March 4

Does good design matter? Of course we would answer "yes." But there's more to it than meets the eye - and this was the topic of discussion at today's breakout session during the Politics Online Conference in Washington DC, where Colin Delany of e.politics brought together a panel consisting of Grand Junction Design's Margaux O'Malley,

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees Launches New Site

Today GCIR announced the launch of its new Web site at www.gcir.org. The site contains a wealth of information and publications on immigrant- and refugee-related issues, including civic participation, literacy, and health care. In future phases of the site, members will have private access to some features and will be able to network with each other and manage their own memberships directly online.

GJD Switches to Wind Power

GJD's office has made the switch to using 100% wind power - clean and emissions-free! This as an important step in reducing our carbon footprint, and in furthering our mission of making the world a better place for everyone. We're pleased to add one more item to the list of how we're working to make GJD a truly sustainable business.

Blogs of Interest to Nonprofits

Lately I've run across a lot of blogs that provide interesting and relevant information for nonprofits. I'll update this as I run across new ones -- and please tell me if you know of others that should be mentioned here!

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GJD Is Going Green

Grand Junction Design is making an effort to have as little impact on the environment as possible. These are the steps we're taking:

1. Hosting - We recommend our clients host their web sites with AISO when suitable. AISO is a wholly solar-powered hosting company that has been around since 1998. GJD's web site is 100% solar-powered.
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Soviet Jewry Movement Marks Anniversaries With Web Site

This autumn, hundreds of thousands of Jews across the world will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the birth of the Soviet Jewry movement and the 20th anniversary of the historic 1987 Freedom Sunday Rally in Washington DC.

Grand Junction Design worked closely with NCSJ to develop a Web site that would serve as a central point for information, news and events related to the celebrations. You can see the site at www.sovietjewry.org.