Community Council of St. Charles County
http://www.communitycouncilstc.org
Community Council of St. Charles County seeks to improve the quality of life in our community through the enhancement of the human service system and its agencies. Community Council identifies unmet needs, convenes diverse groups, and facilitates the development of strategic partnerships that respond to those needs. The organizational goal is to build a stronger community by supporting the collaborative efforts of the nonprofit, faith, public, and private sectors. Current Community Council programs include: Nonprofit Support Services, Workforce Housing Initiative, Volunteer Clearinghouse, Fragile Families (addressing hunger and homelessness), and the annual Community Networking Forum.
The project done by C4C encompasses the following:
Final Deliverable:
- Complete re-branding for their company -
Both internet and traditional marketing elements - Higher level of interactivity with the target market -
The non-profit's staff, volunteers, and members now have controlled access to publish content and calendar events. - Business Process Optimization & Reduction in Technical Overhead -
- One of the non-profit's most labor intensive operations was the processing of event registration and payment. The new system will handle this processing in an automated fashion thanks to an implementation of Dot Net Nuke's calendar & registration features.
- One team member was able to donate hosting services eliminating pre-existing hosting expenses.
- Another team member removed their dependency on a third party registration management system through the creating of customized attendance reports that extended the registration features.
- An additional team member reduced their dependency on a third party email distribution system by implementing and enhancing the newsletter features of Dot Net Nuke.
- Each of these contributions will have a positive, long term impact on the non-profits budget, resource allocation, and capabilities.
Technical Deliverable:
The team choose to leverage the benefits of the Dot Net Nuke Platform primarily because of the ease of configuration/customization, and the availability of a product expert. Once implemented, the team made the following modifications:
- Secured a new host for the website
- Implemented version 5.01.04 of Dot Net Nuke
- Implemented a free skin from SnowCovered.com. Then modified the skin dramatically creating a unique design and layout.
- Implemented & Extended the users module to allow for multiple levels of involvement, public profile, and account management
- Implemented the Calendar module to post events on the website and register for paid events hosted by the non-profit.
- Implemented the newsletter module to enhance communication with registered users and decrease the dependency on Constant Contact.
- Created custom reports to manage non-technical processes associated with event management, attendance, member registration, volunteer registration, and user profiles
- Created an account with PayPal and added necessary JavaScript to collect donations and registration fees.
- Added a JavaScript based picture rotation that allows the non-profit to graphically demonstrate their involvement in the community
- Added menu widgets and navigation modules to improve navigation
- Added modules to manage the advertisement of periodic, content sensitive sponsors and events.
- Trained the non-profit's staff and volunteers so they could build and manage the content of the site.