Johanna Bates Collaborative Consulting

Services

Website Building

My goal is to help you choose, build, and use Internet tools that make it easier for you to get your good work done. Your website is a communication tool and it should be as easy as possible for you to keep its content fresh. This doesn’t mean a new site has to be overly complex or out of financial reach. From design and information architecture to code, from social media strategy to training, I will help ensure that your Internet tools serve you and your mission.

  • Overview of the website building process
  • Content Management System (CMS) choice; I specialize in Drupal
  • CMS customization and template/theme building
  • Close collaboration with designers, developers, and staff
  • Training for staff on your new or updated site
  • Resources for ongoing support after launch

I like to do what I do best and let other specialists shine. When a project calls for something at which I don’t excel,  I have a national network of talented colleagues to pull into almost any type of web project.

Technology Strategy Consulting

My job is to listen to your organizational needs and create a thoughtful strategy using only the technology you need to get your good work done. I will help you create a holistic plan to seamlessly integrate Internet tools into your mission work to increase constituent engagement and make things run more smoothly and efficiently.

Technology decision-making can feel like an overwhelming and confusing task. Lingo and unfamiliar terms are alienating; sometimes techies seem like a big clique that want to keep the rest of us out. I can help translate tech-ese into plain English to ensure your organization is on the road to technology health.

  • Documentation of goals, resources and priorities delivered to you as part of the process, so you have a concrete document to return to.
  • Help understanding and leveraging social networks
  • Choosing software, including email, CRM, CMS
  • Training staff to use online tools

Writing Services

Writing for the Web: Copy and content on the web needs to be particularly clear and concise. I edit web and print content and copy to make it shorter and more engaging for the web.

Grant Writing: Grant-related writing services include proposal writing, editing, and/or coaching you or your staff through the process.