At the beginning of this year, we began a series of giveaways for non-profit organizations. After much deliberation, nominations, and public voting, the Swaziland Partnership was selected as the first organization to receive our donation of a free website design and one year of free hosting on our CMS system. We've had a fantastic time working with them on their site's design, and we're excited to see what their new site allows them to do.

Below, you can see what their website looked like before we redesigned it and what it looks like now. By integrating their site onto our CMS, they are now able to use our web-based tools to update their site's content, making it much easier for them to keep their information current and fresh.

The Swaziland Partnership (visit the new site)

The old site

The team that made it happen

We took this picture after one of the meetings when the partnership's representatives met in our office to discuss their site. From left to right is Matt Grimm (developer / designer with Element Fusion), Pat Burton (Swaziland Partnership), Lynn Bloomer (consultant with Element Fusion), Barbi Moore (Swaziland Partnership), Bob Miller (Bethany Nazarene), and Brian White (project manager with Element Fusion). 

It seems as if the year has just begun. But here we are, and we're already launching the website for our second website giveaway this year! (Our first giveaway's winners, the Swaziland Partnership, are still tweaking their site. It's due to be launched in the coming weeks.) After much deliberation, nominations, and public voting, the Jayla Alexsis Tuck Cancer Foundation was selected as the non-profit organization to receive our donation of a free website design and one year of free hosting on our CMS system.

Over the past several weeks, we have been meeting with them to discuss their site's design and to get their content loaded on our CMS. Now the wait is over and the site is launched! You can check it out at bugginoutforkids.org. 

Of course, we've also posted a few images below so you can see the new home page design and what it looked like before. By integrating their site onto our CMS, they are now able to use our web-based tools to update their site's content, making it much easier for them to keep things current and fresh.

Jayla Alexsis Tuck Cancer Foundation (visit the new site)

The old site

The partnership

We took this picture after one of the meetings when the foundation's representatives met in our office to discuss their site. From left to right, there is Brian White (project manager for Element Fusion), Kelly Hartling (co-founder of the Jayla Alexsis Tuck Foundation), Andrea Decker (consulting director for Element Fusion), Andrew Johnson (web designer for Element Fusion), and Julie Tuck (co-founder of the Jayla Alexsis Tuck Foundation).

Perhaps you recall the first installment of Element Fusion's Website Giveaway, held last fall. Through a process of nominations and public voting, Justin Sullivan, A Life Worth Following was selected as the non-profit organization to receive our donation of a free website design and one year of free hosting on our CMS system.

Over the past several months we've been meeting with ALWF and working with them on creating their design and getting their content loaded onto their site through the CMS. Along the way, they've also established a presence on Facebook and on Twitter (I have to say that their Twitter name of @worthfollowing might just be one of the best Twitter names ever).

Now the wait is over and the site is launched. You can check it out at alifeworthfollowing.org. Of course, we've also posted a few images below so you can see the new home page design and what it looked like before. As you look around the site, keep in mind that while the design created by our team, the content was actually added by the leaders of ALWF themselves. By integrating their site onto our CMS, we gave them the ability to create and manage their site's content themselves, making it much easier for them to keep things current and fresh.

A Life Worth Following (visit the new site)

The old site

The partnership

Here's a pic from last year, the first time the leadership of ALWF visited the EF offices. From left to right: Travis Lovins, Internet Consultant for Element Fusion; Chris Wall, Director for Justin Sullivan, ALWF; Adrian Savedra, Coach for the ALWF Ambassadors baseball team; and Tim Wall, Product Marketing Director for Element Fusion.