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This project was completed on Jan 21, 2019
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Matched with Liz W.
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Website Update
Generations Incorporated
Website Update
Project details
What we need
- Updates and/or fixes to the Organization’s existing website (e.g., update copy or images, fix bugs, integrate plugins or widgets, customize styles/themes, etc.)
- Training for the Organization's staff on how to update website content and resolve minor issues (if applicable)
Additional details
The website we are hoping to update is used internally by staff and volunteers. It is currently hosted by WordPress, but we would like to move it to SquareSpace or Google Sites to be easier to manage internally.
What we have in place
- We currently have a team of 15 dedicated staff members and two senior staff members will be overseeing this project. If it is decided that updating our current WordPress system is the best option, our Director of Programs will have a list of necessary updates ready to be shared. If we are able to transfer the website to a new platform, we will be able to manage the updates on the new site on our own.
How this will help
This project will save us $12,802 , allowing us to This project will save us $6,772, allowing us to dedicate more resources to our older adult volunteers and K-3rd grade students in the 2018-2019 school year.
Generations Incorporated partners with 19 school and after-school programs across Greater Boston to provide targeted literacy support to struggling students. We no longer have staff capacity to manage the WordPress platform, therefore we are hoping to move the site to a platform that is easier to update such as Squarespace or to discuss what our options may be moving forward. This will ensure that the volunteers in the field serving the community will have access to all of the information and data collection systems they need via thegilink.org.
Project plan
Our mission
Generations Incorporated strives to improve the literacy skills of young children through Grade 3. We also provide meaningful opportunities to older adults who serve as literacy volunteers in our partner schools and after school programs in low-income communities.
What we do
Generations Incorporated recruits talented community adults age 50+ and trains them to be literacy tutors. Volunteers are placed within partner schools and afterschool programs to provide targeted, high-dosage one-to-one and classroom-based interventions to K - 3rd grade students who are struggling to reach literacy proficiency. Our volunteer tutors provide up to 15 hours of direct academic mentoring service each week, boosting students’ literacy performance while developing meaningful, mutually-beneficial mentoring relationships with the students they serve.
Testimonials
Liz was perfect for this project and went above and beyond what we originally thought we needed. As a small nonprofit with minimal technical expertise on staff, it was wonderful to know our website update was in the right hands! We hope to be able to continue our relationship with Liz in a consultant capacity for various projects.
Generations Inc. staff was great to work with. We had an East Coast-West Coast relationship and email communication was thorough and timely.
