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Got some free time? Play 'The Qwiz', Social Ink's latest Web App Project!

Introducing a better way to play trivia — with a seamless interface that provides a great discovery tool for every answer. The Qwiz is a dynamic web app, designed and developed by Social Ink–designed in collaboration with The Qwizmaster himself! If you’ve got ten minutes, give it a shot. We bet you’ll stay for 20. Featuring easy sign up, amazing avatars, powerful rankings and stats, and more questions than you can shake a stick at. Read more on our portfolio or head on over to The Qwiz.

The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY new website is live!

Social Ink is very proud to announce the recent launch of the NGO CSW website, a new platform for the hard working and amazing folks working for international women’s rights. Social Ink worked extensively on the CSW events registration and donation integration, streamlining systems across an array of different event types and management actions. Read more about our work together on our portfolio entry, or check out the NGO CSW Committee on the Status of Women NY website.

Pinkerton Foundation Launches New Website in Order to Better Launch the Futures of NYC Kids

Social Ink is proud to continue our efforts in Community and Education work with the launch of a new website for The Pinkerton Foundation. Established in 1966, the foundation:

supports community-based programs for children, youth and families in economically disadvantaged areas in New York City. Although we consider a wide range of youth development initiatives, Pinkerton favors direct-service programs that have one overriding goal: to help young people reach their full potential.

Most of the programs we support take place in the after-school, weekend or summer hours and focus on providing opportunities for academic development, career readiness and cultural enrichment. We also support a number of programs that offer a way forward for young people after an encounter with the criminal justice system or years in foster care.

Read more about our work with this passionate organization on the Pinkerton Foundation’s portfolio page.

Kidneys Rejoice as Kidney Research Insitute at the University of Washington Launches New Website

Social Ink is glad to unveil our newest contribution to our Community & Education work, the Kidney Research Institute at the University of Washington. The KRI’s mission is to

The Kidney Research Institute is a collaboration between Northwest Kidney Centers and UW Medicine focused on developing early detection, prevention and treatment of kidney disease and its complications.

The Kidney Research Institute brings together scientists in clinical medicine, pharmacology, genetics, pathology, psychology, education and physiology working closely with basic scientists in bioengineering, biochemistry, immunology, genomics and other disciplines.

Click through to the full post for screenshots and to read more about our work.

Steeplechase Films and Ric Burns Launch New Website as Death and the Civil War Premiers on PBS

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Steeplechase Films brand new website, marking the launch of Ric Burns’ latest documentary project, Death and the Civil War. The film premiers tonight on PBS. To see the site and explore the Steeplechase archive, including video clips, film score excerpts, slideshows, production stills, and a wealth of supplementary information, head on over to http://ricburns.com.

You can read more about our work designing and developing the website over at our Portfolio Page.

Bridging Non-profit boards and their members, with a personal touch

As the summer winds down, we’re happy to unveil our latest project with New York-based BoardAssist:

BoardAssist, a New York based nonprofit corporation, is the leading personalized board recruiting resources available to the tri-state nonprofit community. We offer New Yorkers who want to make a real change in the nonprofit world a wide selection of board options and advice on selecting the right one for them.

Our nonprofit clients range from start-up organizations to some of the most established names in the nonprofit community, and serve interest areas from arts and education to the environment and poverty relief. Though most BoardAssist clients are New York-based, they serve locally, nationally and internationally.

Head along to the BoardAssist portfolio page to see the work we did with the organization, including redeveloping the application process, creating an image-rich, user friendly website that’s easily updatable from anywhere, and a sparkling new visual identity.

Serving Justice to the Justice System

In this hot summer of 2012, it’s important to remember all those who are in the various confines of the United States correctional system. The Correctional Association of New York, an organization advocating for prison justice since 1844, approached Social Ink about rejuvenating their site to reflect changing constituencies.

In 1846, the CA was granted authority by New York State Legislature to inspect prisons and to report its findings and recommendations to the public. The only private organization in New York with unrestricted access to prisons, the CA has remained steadfast in its commitment to inform the public debate on criminal justice for nearly 168 years. The CA utilizes its unique legislative mandate to expose abusive practices, educate the public and policymakers about what goes on behind prison walls, and advocate for systemic, lasting and progressive change.

With a large resource bank to import, various campaigns and coalitions to represent, the CANY needed a fresh look that also reflected the gravity of their work and the depths of their research. We’re happy today to announce the new Correctional Association site and to continue Social Ink’s proud tradition of doing good in the world with technology. For more on the project, click over to the portfolio item or visit their website directly.

Marketing Visualized relaunches boutique marketing consultancy firm.

We are pleased to announce the relaunch of Marketing Visualized, a marketing consultancy led by Michelle Greenwald. Social Ink worked with Michelle to refine and redesign her old site, adding new elements such as services overviews, events and announcements, embedded brochures and testimonials. You can learn more about Marketing Visualized on the new site or read more about our work with the project on our portfolio page.

Striped Members WordPress Plugin: Membership, Paid/Restricted Content, Paywalls, Subscriptions and more with Stripe!

Social Ink is happy to announce our newest WordPress Plugin, Striped Members! Our plugin uses the awesome new Stripe payment gateway to create a full paywall/paid subscription website on your WordPress install! A turnkey solution offering different levels of content control, you can now push your website to the next level.

We developed our plugin to integrate easily with the WordPress user management system, rather than rebuilding it. Our approach allows you to work with existing membership management plugins, or other plugins that rely on the WordPress user community (such as mailing list software). With our awesome interface and minimal styling, you can be accepting payments and new members in just five minutes.

Roll over to our Social Ink Shop to read more and see screenshots on Striped Members and let us know what you think.

Announcing the launch of Circle of Women

We’re delighted to announce the launch of another website for nonprofits and women’s advocacy groups, Circle of Women!

We collaborate with communities eager to implement innovative, sustainable, and localized solutions to increase girls’ access to secondary schools. In doing so, we cultivate a new generation of global citizens by providing students at home with hands-on opportunities in organizational leadership, fundraising, and project management.

We worked with the volunteer non-profit to redesign their website, help with their visual identity and move toward an easy-to-use new site in tandem with the growing organization. Please visit our portfolio entry for more information about the project.

Congratulations to the great team at Circle of Women. Support their great efforts today!

Law School Got You Down? Get Inside the Law School Bubble!

We are pleased to announce the recent launch of Inside the Law School Bubble, a startup venture from law school veteran (and current lawyer!) Krystle Cobran. The ILSB is a new resource for law school students with articles, activities, and a platform for a community of fellow learners. Read more about the project on our portfolio or head on over to the site.

Know any future lawyers in need of some guidance? Send them over to http://insidethelawschoolbubble.com. Wishing ILSB the best of luck as Social Ink designs and develops websites for communities, publications, and startups.

A New Identity and Web Home for the Nation's Leading Network of Minority Scientists - The AUMF

We are very pleased to announce the re-launch of the new website of the Association of Underrepresented Minority Fellows (The AUMF), with a completely revamped home at http://theaumf.org, and a complementary microsite for their dynamic Speakers Bureau initiative at http://sciencediversityspeakers.org.

Working with the AUMF has been an amazing experience for Social Ink, growing our services for Member Organizations. The site provides a robust and private platform for member interaction, rich profiles, sorting and filtering by an assortment of criteria, not to mention a media rich public face to the main site, offering embedded pdf brochures, slideshows, news, events, profiles, and more.

Social Ink also spearheaded the new visual identity, crafting a new logo, color palette, and typographic scheme, and extending the new look to both the website and peripheral print materials such as 50-page Speakers catalogue, and forthcoming postcard and other stationery. Read More about our work on the project on our portfolio entry.

Congratulations to the AUMF, serving a critical mission at the forefront of research, academics, education, and opportunity!