CivicActions provides strategic and internet consulting, technology planning, information and visual design, and web services to non-profit and progressive organizations.

Through CIvicActions I have created the information architecture for a number of clients including:

• Smithsonian Institution (http://humanorigins.si.edu/) We worked with both the Smithsonian Institution and Chett Angier Lewis to create a website that is both attractive and highly educational. I created the wireframes after spending time with the staff onsite in order to help lead them through the process of thinking about their content and how the website can best support it. Site maps, wireframes, and a content matrix were produced. The site launched successfully in March 2010.
• The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Inc. (http://whereitsatnyc.org) This agency serves a specific audience by providing information and access to resource.  I offered both the traditional navigation by category (e.g. housing, education, etc.) but also by first-person based statements (e.g. “Where can I get tutoring?”). The faceted searching further helps the site visitor refine what he or she needs.
• ACLU.TV (http://www.aclu.tv) We worked with the ACLU online team to showcase the “Freedom FIles” television series and I crreated the page layouts to provide a simple and effective organization of both the videos as well as the actions visitors can take to become involved in the issues discussed on in the series.
• Consensus Building Institute (http://www.cbuilding.org) provides training and negotiation services to organizations, governments, and NGOs around the world.
• MediaCow (http://www.mediacow.tv) is a network-generating system that makes it easy for social content creators to program and share their own customized, branded video-sharing websites.
• SolveClimate (http://www.solveclimate.org) discusses current climate issues and tacks candidate position on energy, climate change, and legislation.