Welcome to Sans Profit Design, a blog dedicated to all things design for the nonprofit world.
I'm glad you stopped by - Let me take a moment to introduce myself... My name is Raheel Gauba and I am the Creative Director for the Internet Solutions Division at Blackbaud. As an internet addict and a stickler for good design, I bring with me a decade of experience with strategic planning and execution of successful websites. My core passion lies in the design and development of online communities using equal parts form and function that allow organizations to attract, engage and retain their audience. Along with a team of extremely talented designers and producers, I have managed to lead the delivery of over 400 websites within NetCommunity over the past several years.
Prior to my position here at Blackbaud, I worked for WhereToLive.com, a dynamic internet start-up company where I helped reshape the user experience of websites within the real-estate industry and designed the online brands for some of the country's top real estate agents and brokerages. I had the opportunity to work with some brilliant individuals during my time with WTL, most notably Ed Kohler who also heads up a successful company specializing in Search Engine Optimization and Marketing in the twin cities, and Roald Marth the CEO of WhereToLive.com. I also had the pleasure of designing and helping launch one of the top technology blogs with Roald and Ed.
As the lead web architect for Canada’s largest television network and media company, I developed many content management systems and interactive applications powering some of the nation’s highest trafficked websites. While evaluating and implementing emerging technologies with multi-platform reach such as mobile-to-television, I focused on converging the audience experience scattered across multiple media platforms and drive them towards the network's website - providing a powerful and consolidated user experience.
But that's enough about me - this blog is about you! So, what can you expect to find here? At Sans Profit Design, readers can expect to find information about good (and bad) design both online and offline, website usability, search engine optimization, web strategies, online and offline marketing and their impacts for nonprofit's across the globe. The idea here is to improve the state of the internet one site at a time - and doing it while having fun!
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