TODAY, FREE - Writing for the Web Workshop, 1pm ET / 11am PT - led by wonderful human Clayton Dewey of DevCollaborative LLC, sponsored by our stellar long-time client, the Social Innovation Forum! Many of the writing techniques we use as nonprofit staff, for grant proposals or funder reports, don't translate well to the way people read on the web, and can reduce the visibility of our content in AI-assisted searches. This can reduce audience engagement, and can make our web content straight-up inaccessible. Stop feeling like you're screaming into the void! We'll share tips for how to improve your web content in a manageable way. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gxJpPJT8
DevCollaborative LLC
Software Development
Boston, MA 257 followers
We build websites for nonprofits with care and attention to accessibility and sustainability of content, design, & code.
About us
DevCollaborative grew out of a desire to help mission-driven businesses thrive. We have a passion for helping organizations get as much as they can for their available funds, and for making long-lasting sites that are as friendly as possible for humans to use. Founded in 2012, DevCollab is a consultative web development team devoted to working with progressive, social justice, health equity, educational, and arts organizations. DevCollab is woman- and LGBTQ-owned and led.
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http://devcollaborative.com
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- Software Development
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- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
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- Partnership
- Founded
- 2012
- Specialties
- Drupal, Nonprofits, Web Development, WordPress, accessibility, Responsive Web Design, website support, Nonprofit Web Communications, Drupal Support, WordPress Support, maintenance contracts, and content strategy
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This Wednesday, Clayton Dewey and I are offering a free webinar, hosted by Social Innovation Forum, about Writing for the Web! Sign-up link below!
While screaming into the void can be therapeutic, it’s demoralizing when you feel that way about your website. Many of the writing techniques we use as nonprofit staff, for grant proposals or funder reports, don't translate well to the way people read on the web, and can reduce the visibility of our content in AI-assisted searches. This can reduce audience engagement, and can make our web content straight-up inaccessible. Thanks to our wonderful long-time client Social Innovation Forum, we're hosting a free Writing for the Web Workshop on August 5th, open to all. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gxJpPJT8
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“Excellent content serves people directly, as well as the machines they’re using to find and digest it.” In this asynchronous interview by Alka Elizabeth, Johanna Bates, Co-owner of DevCollaborative LLC and an organiser of the Nonprofit Summit at DrupalCon North America, reflects on Drupal, nonprofit stewardship, accessibility, structured content, and the long-term sustainability challenges facing open-source communities. A thoughtful conversation on community care beyond code. Link in the comments 👇 with NTEN #Drupal #OpenSource #Accessibility #Nonprofits
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Do you help care for a nonprofit website that has significant things to say in These Times? Right now, it's more important than ever to protect your website. DevCollab consults on lots of ways to protect the sites of orgs who are able to continue speaking out, but here's a relatively easy one that you can do this week or month: if you don't already use one, start using a password manager. Here, Clare Parkinson and Miranda Max walk you through choosing & using one. https://lnkd.in/epPjyN2v
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If you manage the website at a nonprofit, but you’re not a “website person,” we see you! For the most part, you know how to update your site. But when something breaks, it can be hard to know what to do. How do you talk about that problem without getting bogged down in technical language? Allie Thorpe wrote a guide full of straightforward tips for this exact situation — ways to streamline the conversation with your developer. We recommend bookmarking this guide so it’s there when a crisis strikes! https://lnkd.in/e5DDx4Ar
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Our team partered with National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) to rebuild their website, getting them out of a costly WordPress + HubSpot situation and onto #Drupal and Salesforce. Our case study is featured here for this month's "Best of Drupal"! https://lnkd.in/ger8w23f
There have been some incredible case studies submitted to Drupal.org over the last couple of months — and with DrupalCon Chicago keeping us busy, we're a little behind. But without further ado, here are our favourite Drupal builds from February. 🙌 From America's largest municipal utility to a global animal welfare rebrand, from a UK cruise booking platform to an NHS careers hub — this month's showcase spans continents, sectors, and ambitions. Every site in this showcase was built by a Drupal Certified Partner — agencies who don't just build with Drupal, they contribute to the code, the community, and the future of the platform. 🔍 Find a Drupal Certified Partner for your next project: drupal.org/drupal-services 📝 Want to be featured? Submit your case study at https://lnkd.in/gm349kAd Featured projects: LA Department of Water and Power — Hounder: https://lnkd.in/g8nj_t2c Humane World for Animals — Kanopi Studios: https://lnkd.in/g-QpNYX9 Riviera Travel — Reading Room: https://lnkd.in/gsvXVuzD Shanghai American School — ImageX: https://lnkd.in/g7KgYVHk NHS Health Careers — Reading Room: https://lnkd.in/gKWkTTi4 A2A Life Company — Hinto®Group: https://lnkd.in/gGu2jTKy National Center for Family Philanthropy — DevCollaborative LLC: https://lnkd.in/gz9WcPnG Tulare County — Hounder: https://lnkd.in/gKTCKYeK Vivalto Santé — DropTeam : https://lnkd.in/gTpUqAMa #Drupal #WebDev #DigitalTransformation #OpenSource #DrupalCMS
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Our take on the current state of using AI on nonprofit websites...
I co-organized another DrupalCon Nonprofit Summit last week in Chicago with Jess Snyder, Karen Horrocks, and Stephen Musgrave. It was a whole day of discussions among Drupal experts and nonprofit staff who use Drupal. We heard from many organizations that have stakeholders demanding that they level up and participate in the “AI revolution” as soon as possible, so as not to get left behind. How should we be enhancing nonprofit websites with AI right now? More importantly, why? Some solid advice emerged from the Summit, from Timothy Lehnen, as well as in our many breakout discussions. We summarize that here. https://lnkd.in/gZYTRv3T #DrupalCon
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Political Research Associates new site's design was a collaboration between Red Cypress Consulting on branding, our wonderful longtime partner Elise Weeks of Pixels & Pulp on web design, and us all on development.
PRA’s Habiba Farh explains how the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) strategy targets vulnerable communities under the pretense of the War on Terror. Farh shows how this approach increases state surveillance, promotes anti-Muslim bigotry, criminalizes marginalized communities, stigmatizes mental health, and suppresses political dissent in her 101 guide here: https://ow.ly/OZ4C50YvYfz.
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DevCollaborative LLC reposted this
Have you ever had an idea for a new feature on your website and asked a developer to make it, only to find that it didn’t meet your needs? All that money! And frustration! We have spent decades building nonprofit websites and we've found that a simple question can help you avoid this pitfall. Start with why — what problem are you trying to solve? Clare Parkinson and Allie Thorpe on our team wrote about times we asked our clients why. In each case, the simpler (and cheaper) solution was the better one! https://lnkd.in/ezH_SBBV Worth reading if you're considering a website project this year, and want to feel prepared when you talk to any web development agency. Save money and solve real problems!
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Here's a podcast wherein Jess Snyder & I talk about the current state of Drupal in the nonprofit community, the importance of open source for nonprofits, our weird career paths to Drupal development, the history of the Drupal nonprofit community and the DrupalCon Nonprofit Summit, and the upcoming #DrupalCon2026 Nonprofit Summit in Chicago on March 23rd. Thanks so much to Stephen Cross Talking Drupal!
Episode Released: TD Cafe #012 - Johanna Bates & Jess Snyder with Johanna Bates, Jess Snyder,