Examples of Work


		Examples of Work Alder Consulting, and the company's founder, Laura S. Quinn, have created dozens of internet solutions for both nonprofit and corporate clients. Below are a few examples.

		InfoQuest Anatomy Interactive InfoQuest, a paleontology organization dedicated to making basic science concepts accessible, wanted to create an interactive module that would help middle-school age kids learn about evolution and their own anatomy. Alder designed a Flash interactive in which kids discover a dinosaur fossil and then put the bones together in the correct configuration using their own skeleton as a reference. This interactive is still in development.		View larger image


		Annie E. Casey Foundation User Research and Website Navigation Alder Consulting was hired by Beaconfire Consulting to design a navigation structure for the new Annie E. Casey Foundation website. This website will provide access to thousands of different resources in AECF’s diverse areas of interest – an invaluable resource, but a challenge to organize so that their many audiences can find what they need. Alder led a complicated card-sort user research study to understand how each of 23 different participants mentally grouped this information. We then created a website navigation structure and metadata scheme to translate this user research into a friendly, straightforward, and eminently useful organization scheme.


		Patient Visit Redesign Website Working with Coleman Associates, a national leader in healthcare process design, Alder created a website that provides rich information for hospitals and clinics who would like to redesign their practice to become more patient friendly. The site provides extensive articles, tools, and case studies, along with a section that highlights Coleman Associates’ services. Everything on the site can be updated by non-technical administrators. View the Patient Visit Redesign website now		View larger image


		Fresh Air Fund Website Review Alder Consulting conducted a detailed website review for The Fresh Air Fund. We conducted a workshop to understand the goals, audience, and desired brand for the website, looked through the site in detail, and analyzed the weblogs. We then created a detailed presentation that outlines challenges and recommendations for key areas of the site including the homepage, overall navigation, online donations, and potential long term additions. The Fresh Air Fund was so happy with the work that they hired Alder Consulting to design a new website that incorporates these recommendations.


		Wave Hill Website Alder Consulting worked with Wave Hill, a public garden in the Bronx, to create a beautiful, friendly, and easily updateable website. Wave Hill needed to showcase their hundreds of garden photos, publicize their many events, and provide useful visitor’s information– all on a limited budget. The entire site can be easily updated through a combination of web-based and WYSIWYG editors. Read more about this project		View larger image


		Tuesday's Children Parent Website Alder was hired by NPower, a nonprofit technology consulting firm, to help Tuesday’s Children build a website for the families of 9/11 victims. This website provides frequently updated articles, resources, and a sophisticated calendar of events to help these parents and children move past their tragedy and live their lives. The entire site can be easily updated by non-technical staff. View the website now		View larger image


		InfoQuest Website Strategy InfoQuest, a paleontology education organization, wanted to build a robust website to allow middle-school age kids to undertake interactive "virtual expeditions." These expeditions would teach them about paleontology and basic scientific principles. Alder Consulting found them an educational partner - TryScience.org - and worked with both organizations to define and budget an ambitious web-based experience.


		New York Council for the Humanities Website Alder Consulting worked with the New York arm of the National Endowment for the Humanities to completely revamp their web presence. In addition to information about their grants and programs, the website includes sophisticated features to search through the Council’s catalog of hundreds of humanities lectures. The lectures are extensively cross-listed to allow visitors to browse by the categories that make sense to them, and then to find affiliated lectures. View the website now		View larger image


		Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center Center for Excellence Website The Center for Excellence gathers hundreds of articles, websites, presentations, and other resources focused on Positive Youth Development. Alder created a website that organizes their resource library to allow visitors to search and browse with ease. A web-based administrative tool allows staff to continually update and add to their collection. View the website now		View larger image


		Prospect Park Audubon Center Technology Plan Alder Consulting worked with the Prospect Park Audubon Center to create a five-year technology plan. Through a series of workshops, Alder mapped out fundable projects that will improve the center's administrative efficiency and help kids learn about science. Read more about this project


		DreamYard Website In the fall of 2001, DreamYard - an organization which partners artists with New York City public schools - had only a single-page website. Although DreamYard had received grant money to build a more robust site, they had so many ideas for the website that they didn't know where to start. Alder helped them to create a complex site that provides inspiration and lesson plans for students and teachers who want to include art in their classrooms. Read more about this project		View larger image


		Reach The World Technology Definition Reach The World, a nonprofit that provides information about world cultures to urban schools, wanted to upgrade to their website. Alder helped them to define the features, schedule, and budget needed to incorporate a content management system into their extensive website.


		American Booksellers Association Ecommerce Application Laura S. Quinn, Alder's founder, managed the creation of a sophisticated internet application that allowed independent bookstores to create their own e-commerce sites. Laura led vendors, consultants, and a team of twenty people to build this competitor to Amazon.com. View the website now		View larger image


		New York Coalition Against Hunger Database Alder researched the needs of the New York Coalition Against Hunger's food pantry customers and developed an Excel database tool that allows many different food pantries to track their customers. Data entry forms allow inexperienced users to easily add data without errors, while tally sheets and charts provide the information that funders desired.


		The Angelman Project Online Video Database Definition Alder worked with a nonprofit film production company to create a conceptual design for their online video database and write three different grant proposals. The site will allow users to search text, pictures, and over fifty hours of streaming video clips providing diagnosis and treatment information for a rare genetic disorder called Angelman syndrome.


		Turning Point of Lehigh Valley Website Laura S. Quinn, Alder's founder, planned, managed, and wrote all the text for a website to help Turning Point, a women's shelter, communicate with their constituents. She worked with Turning Point to define ways to provide a great deal of value - including the ability for non-technical staff members to update the site - on a very limited budget. View the website now		View larger image


		Pfizer Adverse Event Database Laura S. Quinn, Alder's founder, designed the interface for the database that allows Pfizer to analyze hundreds of thousands of confidential reports of drug adverse events.


		Alliance for Global Learning Website Laura S. Quinn, Alder's founder, led the definition and user interface design for the Alliance for Global Learning's first website. She carefully weighed goals with organizational and financial restrictions to create a templated content site that appeared larger than it was.


		Afghan Mother and Child Care Website Redesign Laura S. Quinn, Alder's founder, led the guerilla re-design of AMACC's website. Working with a graphic designer, Laura provided an entirely new look and structure for the site in less than a day's worth of work. View the website now		View larger image


		Contract Worker Placement Internet Application Laura S. Quinn, Alder's founder, designed the functionality user interface for a 200+ page Internet application with support for four completely independent user views. This system provided the foundation for a new online international construction sector contract worker placement agency, sponsored by Bechtel, the largest construction company in the world.View the website now.