As DVQ Studio celebrates its five year anniversary, we're evolving how and where we work, with two special announcements: Out and aboutTwo dreams sit at the heart of DVQ Studio: to shape our community by supporting its change agents and to change business by working differently. Particularly with the latter, we have used DVQ as a lab of sorts. We attempt work/life balance with our four-day workweek. We play music and write poetry as passionately as write copy and design...
Some of the most gratifying work we do is to help bring an organization's message into focus. Many highly effective nonprofits can miss years of awareness building and fundraising opportunities simply because they fail to frame their purpose and why it matters. They are often so busy talking about *what* they do that they miss the bigger story of their unique impact and how they make it happen.
We are excited to share that Arbor Circle will be no such example as they roll out their new...
After 40 years of highly effective work in the community helping women who face alcoholism and addiction, Our Hope Association was at a turning point that called for a bolder, bigger menu of services and an effort to reach more women beyond Grand Rapids. DVQ Studio was invited to share in Our Hope's journey as the incredibly talented staff and dedicated board took on the task of re-imagining Our Hope's future.
The compelling service offerings that resulted from this work called for an equally...
Emily Stoddard Furrow was invited to write the inaugural essay for "Voices," a new feature of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Grand Rapids. In it, she challenged individuals and organizations to ask: Will we be a community of socialites or a social change agents? Click on over to YNPN's site to give it a read.
By now, it's no secret that we love Drupal at DVQ Studio. It's the most powerful open-source content management system around (sit down, Wordpress) for nonprofits seeking the kind of dynamic, feature-rich websites today's audiences demand. With turn-key forums, blogs, event calendars, and even option for donor management integration, every nonprofit should consider placing Drupal at the center of their technology hub.
And so it was for Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, whose previous site was a...
The merger of D.A. Blodgett and St. John's Home brought together an array of services for families and children, and with it, the websites and technology needed to support those services. DVQ Studio was engaged to create a new website that would encompass the newly merged organization, its new brand and its many layers of content geared to donors, clients, and the broader community.
We worked with the D.A. Blodgett-St. John's team to create a website that would feature dynamic content about...
Who doesn't love to be around a high-energy team that gets sack suppers in the hands of children who would otherwise go to bed hungry? That's why we jumped at the opportunity to partner with Kids' Food Basket as they prepared to move to a larger, upgraded facility and expand their programs.
With demand for services increasing, volunteer lists skyrocketing, and an invested community standing behind the organization, the conditions were right for Kids' Food Basket to upgrade key elements of its...
As social change junkies ourselves, we love the folks at the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Greater Grand Rapids. We share a passion for change and a vision for the nonprofit sector that makes us aspire to be YNPN’s biggest fan.
Because of this, DVQ partner Gretchen DeVault has joined the local YNPN board, and DVQ Studio has also committed to providing support to YNPN as its exclusive communications sponsor. We are thrilled about this partnership and look forward to some exciting...
We had a great time presenting recently at the Michigan Nonprofit Association SuperConference! We shared five trends that are redefining nonprofit communications, and the audience offered a lot of excellent questions and insight that made for a richer exchange.
If you were part of this discussion, thank you! We were very energized by it and hope you were too! If you couldn't join us, we're sharing the presentation here:
Five trends that will redefine nonprofit communications
The audience also...
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Heart of the City Health Center identity, website and materials, each of which DVQ Studio designed and developed.
Heart of the City Health Center is a partnership between three West Michigan healthcare organizations. In a unique collaboration, these organizations are creating one location where low-income Grand Rapids residents can access integrated health care. Services will include general medicine, dentistry, mental health care, vision care and...
