On May 1, 2011 we celebrated our 5th year in business and what a journey it has been! Since we started counting our company has managed over 500 customers, processed over 5,000 work requests, and some of us have responded to over 30,000 emails in the last year alone! For that reason we constantly strive to improve our quality, reliability, and responsiveness to make each customer feel like they are all that matters. Without letting the cat out of the bag, our team has only scratched the surface of our Customer Service Goals and the Products/Services we’ll soon be offering. It’s an exciting time so stay tuned!
IWD was approached by Destiny Solutions Inc. to help develop a website that was still in design. They were on a short timeline and needed their new website to be ready for a conference that was fast approaching. Working closely with their team, a schedule was put in place and a timeline of deliverables was outlined. The website successfully launched on time and under budget .
More information on Destiny Solutions:
Since 2001, Destiny Solutions has been crafting superior, innovative products and services, uniting educators and learners to manage the entire lifelong learner lifecycle. Destiny Solutions’ exceptional team of experts is dedicated to helping schools transform their operational processes and student engagement strategies by extending their investments in conventional campus systems.
With more experts focused on solving the challenges in forging, managing and cultivating lifelong learning relationships than any other company, Destiny Solutions provides higher education organizations with intelligent solutions to fulfill the needs of today’s learner.
Student Vote launched their new website in anticipation of the upcoming Federal Election. IWD has continued to work with Student Vote over the past 3 years and was eager to get started on the new website. We were in charge of developing their new design as well as integrating a Results database that was recently completed. The website turned out well and is ready for some polling action!
“Student Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works with educators and education stakeholders to deliver experiential learning opportunities to help young Canadians understand and practice the responsibilities of their citizenship.”
For more information on Student Vote please visit their website at www.studentvote.ca
We were contacted by ACCES Employment to develop a Local Immigration Partnership website for their community as well. Like many other community organizations, they were looking to create a Local Immigration Partnership to help improve access and exposure of various immigration services around their area. Here’s an explanation:
The Eglinton East-Kennedy Park Local Immigration Partnership is an initiative that seeks to explore new strategic and innovative partnerships between service providers and enhance the delivery of newcomer services in the Eglinton East-Kennedy Park community of Scarborough. This mission will be accomplished through the work of our active Partnership Council comprised of agencies and stakeholders that serve the Eglinton East-Kennedy Park community
IWD was contacted by Agincourt Community Services to create a website for a new initiative they were working on. Agincourt, like many other community organizations, were looking to create a Local Immigration Partnership to helped improve access and exposure of various immigration services around their area. Here’s an explanation:
Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) will provide a collaborative framework for, and facilitate the development and implementation of, sustainable local and regional solutions for successful integration of immigrants to Ontario. LIPs seek to help communities put immigration on their overall planning agenda in order for communities to benefit from the successful social and economic integration of new immigrants.
IWD was contracted to design, develop, and integrate a content management system to allow them to update the website as needed.
IWD had the great opportunity to work with Marquest Asset Management over the last couple months to launch their new website. The design was bit of a challenge as the customer wanted minimal use of images and colour to allow the reader to focus on the content. After our initial discovery meeting IWD went ahead and put together a new website design for the company. The customer loved the design and after couple revisions we were off to the races developing the website to meet their deadline. Overall the website turned out great and functions well. IWD provided the design, development, and continues to host and support the customer’s website.
About Marquest Asset Management
Marquest is an established private investment management company that provides a diversified suite of quality equity and fixed income products to accredited and high net worth investors. Since its inception in 1985, Marquest has utilized an active investment management approach to take advantage of opportunities in a constantly changing market environment in our quest to generate the highest-possible risk-adjusted return for our clients. This commitment is the genesis of the company’s name, Marquest, which underscores our passion to meet our clients’ expectations.
At Marquest, our goal is simple: to PURSUE and ACHIEVE what we set out to do for our clients. Our success is based on our vigilance, persistence and confidence to act upon our convictions and deliver the superior returns our clients expect.
IWD Canada is excited to work with Brittney Kuczynski and the Oceana Ball on their 2011 fundraiser for the Herbie Fund. We’ll be working alongside Mel Ashcroft, from boutique fashion branding company, Houndstooth to design, develop, and promote the website. As part of our Community Works program IWD will be providing website development, maintenance, and technical support for the Fundraiser. We’ll be updating our blog as things progress but to learn more please take a look below from their 2010 Ball.
The Herbie Fund provides financial support so that children from around the world can receive surgical treatment at The Hospital for Sick Children. To date, over 600 children from approximately 100 countries have received specialized medical and surgical assistance that would not otherwise be available to them.
The Herbie Fund is a volunteer based group that has been fundraising for more than 30 years at The Hospital for Sick Children, steadfast in their belief that no child should be denied medical care based on race, religion, geography, or financial status. They believe that the future of our world lies in the health and well being of our children, and that there is no higher generosity and compassion than to care for a child.
The Herbie Fund is intended to carry out acute (one-time) treatment only, such as Cardiac, Plastic and Neurosurgery. Children requiring long-term care for medical conditions such as cancer, transplants and rehabilitation are not eligible to receive Herbie Fund assistance.
Right now, the Herbie Fund can only help about 30 children every year. The number of children assisted depends entirely on the amount of money donated. Your support is needed, as there are always more applications than the Fund can accommodate.
IWD had the great opportunity to work with the founders of Vintage Earth Organics to rebrand the website. Having just reworked their logo and completed a new photo shoot Vintage Earth Organics came to us for their website. They were looking for a website that was simple, creative, yet fully able to expand should they need to in the coming months. IWD was able to put together a design and concept that really worked well with their theme. As always the customer was super easy to work with and we look forward to working with them in the future! The website was built in PHP with a WordPress backend to handle their news and events.
Vintage Earth aspires to apply the wisdom of sustainability to everything we do. We exude a refined sophistication while producing organic collections which are free from pesticides, herbicides and other cancer causing toxins. Additionally, only natural dyes and low impact inks are used. As a member of the Organic Trade Association, we adhere to the belief “you are what you wear.” Once you go Vintage Earth Organic, you won’t go back. {read more}
To say the least we had an interesting time developing this project. Our partners over at InkBerries, who took care of the design, made sure they pushed us just a “little” bit when it came to the backend’s functionality. This website was built using HTML, CSS and integrated on a WordPress backend (with a custom PHP code). In the end, the long hours were worth it and the project went live. We loved how it turned out and so did the customer.
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IWD was contacted by Agincourt Community Services to help with the rebranding of their organization. However, with all not-for-profits, they had a specific budget to work within. IWD worked along side ACSA to create a plan that gave them the functionality they needed and still remain within their budget. The client was awesome to work with and we are looking forward to develop a long term relationship with them! The website was built in PHP, CSS, with a backend to update news, events, and images.
Today, ACSA addresses a variety of issues including systemic poverty, hunger, housing, homelessness, unemployment, accessibility and social isolation. Over the years ACSA has been funded by all levels of government, several foundations, schools, local faith communities, and The United Way of Greater Toronto. Its strength remains in the original concept: To act as a bridge between people who need help and those who can provide it.
For nearly 35 years the backbone of the organization has been the army of volunteers who help run an array of programs. While the original concept has remained the same, some of the methods have changed: more and more ACSA helps people to help themselves by providing ‘hand up’ programs rather than ‘hand out’ programs. Programs have also changed to reflect the ever-changing community needs.
Community Engagement enables entire neighborhoods to work together to identify common issues of concern and to address them as a community. ACSA continues to ensure our programs and services are relevant and current to the needs of the communities we serve.
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