Every organization has a story. Somewhere along the line, a spark inspired someone to challenge the status quo, and that idea was tempered by milestones to forge the business we see today. What better way to celebrate that history than to put it on display?
Mood boarding can be tough, but is a great excerise to help generate a new look and feel for your brand. We’ve generated an infographic to that makes creating a mood board fun and easy in four simple steps.
Information architecture and page hierarchy can make or break you. Your interface should be designed with your end goals in mind. Website visitors arrive with many levels of literacy, attention spans and ‘will’ to figure out how to use your website. If they are not able to find what they are looking for quickly, you’ve…
It’s hard to make your organization stand out in the crowded nonprofit space. That’s one of the reasons that Rootid started the brandUP awards. Our team saw over and over that there are a lot of great nonprofits that are facing resolvable obstacles, but just didn’t have the resources or expertise to break through. Here are…
“Being a human-centered designer is about believing that as long as you stay grounded in what you’ve learned from people, your team can arrive at new solutions that the world needs.” -IDEO Field Guide to Human-Centered DesignWhat is Human-Centered Design Thinking?Really all it means is putting the people you are serving front and center—learning from…
Increasing the speed of your website will reduce bounce rates significantly on your nonprofit Wordpress website. Decreasing abandonment rates can help drive more donations, memberships, volunteer sign-ups, and engagement rates. According to an Akamia study, 47% of users expect your nonprofit’s website to load in 2 seconds or less. Below are five simple things that you can…
Recently, Rootid and American Rivers, a Washington, DC based nonprofit, launched a new website together that showcases refreshed branding, an updated UX design focused the use of storytelling to drive user conversions, as well as seamless implementation of extensive functionality updates. We began the revitalization process through extensive stakeholder interviews and goal setting conversations. Below…
Before you decide between Drupal and Wordpress for your next website, consider these important questions. They may mean the difference between success and failure for your project.
A style guide should have a few main components, but often times it gets bogged down in a lot of “descriptive jargon” that is just not that useful for your typical non-profit organization or association. A style guide is needed so that anyone who is creating marketing materials for you will have the basic components…
As I am sure any front-end developer can attest to, there are a lot of “small bits” (and maybe some large ones) that we as designers forget to create, or just simply overlook. This can include functionality like hover effects that maybe unclear, or even just basic design elements that are not explicitly described. In…