Our Services

Whether working with development foundations, digital activists or grassroots organizations, Floatleft provides:

• a professional, yet personal, hands-on approach
• technical expertise and an understanding of the needs of nonprofit organizations
• an ability to work within nonprofit budgets
• training and staff capacity-building
• an effective project management process

Our Creative Design Services

We create simple yet effective designs that match the spirit and vision of your organization. Design services include:

• web site design and re-design
• logo and identity creation
• print material development
• special project designs such as CDs, posters and flyers

Our Customized Development Services

The tools that we provide are based on free and open source software, which keeps costs low and allows us to provide individually-tailored solutions for our clients. We specialize in web sites built on Drupal, an easy-to-use content management system, which allows for non-technical staff to manage and update site content and structure, and which provides tools that help to strengthen organization fundraising, campaigning and community building capacity.

Content management systems allow for:

• easy organization, updating, and posting of new content to the site
• non-technical staff to publish content without having to learn HTML
• future functionality expansion via plugins/modules
• the creation of a community among your donors, volunteers and staff

Floatleft has been building sites with Drupal since 2003. Below are some examples of the tools and applications we can provide to nonprofits through the use of Drupal and other open source technology solutions:

Our Partners

Floatleft has partnered with some amazing teams and individuals. Courtney has worked on numerous projects with Social Signal and she recently completed the Stories for Change project with Jason Lemieux of Vernal.

If you're interested in our team partnering with your organization for a project or if you'd like to hire us to perform a specialized function for a particular project (i.e. Drupal Theme development, Identity/logo design), then contact us - we'd love to hear from you!

Why Open Source?

In general, 'open source' refers to software and source code which is made freely available for use and modification. Because of the accessible, community-based philosophy underlying open source software, it is a perfect solution for organizations that share a commitment to social change.

Open source is perfect for nonprofits because it's not about "one size fits all." -- TechSoup.

By using and contributing to open source projects, Floatleft demonstrates its own commitment to social change and to the development of the open source movement.

To learn more about open source software and how it can be applied to the nonprofit sector, read Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A primer for nonprofits, a guide provided by the Non-profit Open Source Initiative (NOSI).

For more information about our services contact Floatleft.