Web site Design and Development:
Douglas Gould and
Company's Web site development philosophy is rooted heavily in the best practices in nonprofit Web design and with a serious commitment to creating sustainable communications vehicles.
Recent Web site examples include:
Medicare Works
Douglas Gould and Company worked with the Center for Medicare Advocacy to launch medicareworks.org, where site visitors can take action and have their voices heard to ensure that real health care reform has a public plan option. The site features a clean and welcoming design and navigation that allows visitors to make a donation, take action on the latest campaign, listen to a Podcast, sign a petition, read the latest news, contact decision-makers and share their stories regarding access to quality healthcare.
Keep Arts in Schools
Douglas Gould and Company created Keep Arts In Schools to support thework of The Ford Foundation Integrating Arts and Education Reform initiative. Since its launch in 2005, the Web site's audience has tripled and its content has expanded to support a national conversation on arts education and arts integration issues. Douglas Gould and Company manages this Web site, arming advocates with the tools and resources they need to be more effective in their work and in their communications to keep arts education in public schools.
Community College Central
Douglas Gould and Company redesigned www.CommunityCollegeCentral.org to provide wide access to all the research, resources and grantee information of the Ford Foundation’s Community Colleges Bridges to Opportunity initiative. This initiative recognizes the unique potential of community colleges to serve the educational and economic needs of at-risk populations and addresses major challenges faced in effectively integrating workforce and academic missions. Since its original launch in 2005, the Web site has become the central location for the materials developed over the life of the initiative. It now boasts a fresher look and easier structure for visitors to find the content they need.
The Web site aims to reach and energize larger audiences nationwide that may not know the value of community colleges as agents of change on a variety of important social and economic issues. It includes a number of new easy-to-use interactive features including tell-a-friend capability and an e-mail sign up. We have developed new sections for research, resources, news clips and multimedia elements.
Pathways to Higher Education
Marginalized young people across the world do not have access to colleges and universities. The Ford Foundation's Pathways to Higher Education initiative works to transform admission policies, classroom practices, curricula, daily operations and institutional climate so that a greater number of students from marginalized groups enroll in college and earn undergraduate degrees. Douglas Gould and Company created a Web site to increase overall awareness of the initiative as well as give participants a place to share and learn from each other.
Americans for UNFPA - Lifelines 
Douglas Gould and Company designed and implemented One Woman Can for Americans for UNFPA. The central concept of One Woman Can is that every woman, no matter what her status, can do something to help ensure the health, dignity, and well-being of women around the world.
Worldwide Orphans Foundation
The Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO) and its programs address the needs of the most vulnerable children in orphanages located in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Serbia and Viet Nam through direct service programs like health care and education. In preparation for the fall gala fundraiser in October 2007, and as a first step in increasing public awareness, Douglas Gould and Company re-designed its Web site to engage visitors, increase its e-mail database and reveal the intimacy, depth and impact of its work.
Center for the Advancement of Women 
The Center for the Advancement of Women (CFAW) researches issues to expose women's concerns, change the way women are seen and treated, and shape public attitudes to improve women's lives. Douglas Gould and Company re-designed the Center's Web site to become action-oriented. We incorporated a new online advocacy component where visitors can take action and share their opinions or stories. The site was built on a content management system that addressed the needs of CFAW's internal capacity.
