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February 23, 2010
New and Improved Public Charter Schools Dashboard
By New Signature
NAPCS Dashboard
With help from New Signature, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools launched a new and improved version of their Public Charter School Dasbboard. The most comprehensive set of charter school data ever made publicly available now includes performance data on over 5,000 individual schools.
The new features build on previous capabilities that allowed visitors to browse and extract data covering 10 years of charter school growth and performance at national and state levels. The new enhancements allow Visitors to search for individual charter schools by location, name, management organization, and various accolades including performance data benchmarks and recognition under the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program. (more…)
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January 13, 2010
State Charter Laws Rankings Database Released
By New Signature“It’s very important to have better, clearer charter laws – laws that enable innovation, promote transparency about how charter schools perform and how they are held accountable, and provide fair access to public funds and facilities. We’re encouraged that the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools supports creation of better charter school laws as models of learning, and we encourage authorizers to hold charters accountable for student performance.”
– Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan
With that quote, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools launched, their “State Charter Laws Rankings Database,” a unique, highly interactive mini-site that allows visitors to review the laws governing charter schools in all states and across 20 categories. The site uses color coded maps, animated text panes, pop-up help windows, and rich cross-linking to provide a compelling research experience. (more…)
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January 8, 2010
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Launches Community Resource Site for State Charter School Leaders
By New Signature
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools unveiled a new, private site for the nationwide community of public charter school leaders and administrators on Wednesday, January 6th. New Signature worked with the Alliance to design and construct the site which features discussion boards, an online resource library, events, community profiles and directory, announcements, and polls. Access to the site is by invitation only. Once registered and logged on, each member is greeted with a personal home page presenting the latest content in his or her areas of interest. In addition, members can search or browse content and they can sign up to receive a weekly digest of the latest material via email.The site is an important tool that will allow charter school leaders across the country to collaborate remotely to share best practices and improve the quality of local charter schools by tapping the expertise of colleagues nationwide. Members can work together to achieve their common goals by sharing experience across broad topics including: Advocacy; Communications and Public Relations; Quality; Sustainability, Revenue and Membership; and Internal Operations. (more…)
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January 5, 2010
Dodging Diabetes Charity Dodgeball Tournament Website Re-Envisioned
By New Signature
New Signature is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Dodging Diabetes Charity Dodgeball Tournament website. New Signature worked with Dodging Diabetes’ founders Anna Tiedeman Irwin and Elizabeth Kramer to re-envision the graphic design, information architecture and functionality of this interactive website. The site was built on the WordPress content management system in order to provide the founders and volunteers with an easy way to update content on the website. In addition, the site leverages active.com to provide registration, donation, and team fundraising functions.Anna Tiedeman Irwin, Elizabeth Kramer and a team of volunteers from the D.C. area founded the Dodging Diabetes charity in 2005 to raise money and awareness to defeat diabetes for good. Both Anna and Elizabeth have brothers who live with Type 1 diabetes. Dodging Diabetes has netted over $40,000 for the Joslin Diabetes Center through its annual charity dodgeball tournaments. (more…)
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December 30, 2009
Crystal Pools Unveils New Website
By New Signature
New Signature designed, programmed and created the copy for the brand new Crystal Pools website that was unveiled today. Crystal Pools is a high-end, custom builder that designs and builds innovative swimming pools, spas and water features for discriminating customers in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. New Signature worked in close collaboration with Crystal Pools to create a stunning website that artfully displayed their high-quality work, and communicated the firm’s culture of craftsmanship and customer service.The website was developed using a combination of CSS, JavaScript, and Adobe Flash. New Signature uses a standards-based approach to website development and utilized the Blueprint CSS Framework in construction of the site. In addition, the Flash components of the website are updated using easily edited XML files.
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December 17, 2009
New Signature Launches “Stop the Surcharge” for the Campaign for Consumer Rights
By New Signature
New Signature launched the Stop the Surcharge website for the Campaign for Consumer Rights (CCR) today. The site was designed and produced by New Signature and uses the WordPress publishing platform to enable CCR staff to easily and quickly update site content.The Campaign for Consumer Rights, a California-based nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization, is the advocacy and campaign affiliate of the Consumer Watchdog (Formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights). CCR and its campaign committee, Election Watchdog, were organized to protect consumers’ interests in the ballot initiative and legislative process. We do not take positions on candidate elections. (more…)
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October 30, 2009
New Signature Designed Websites Win Five Awards in 2009 Davey Awards
By New Signature
New Signature has won five Silver Awards in the 2009 Davey Awards. The winners of The 2009 Davey Awards were announced today by the International Academy of the Visual Arts today, and ForeignPolicyI.org, InsideIran.org, and InsideHigherEd.com all won Silver Awards. With over 4,000 entries from across the US and around the world, the Davey Awards honors the finest creative work from the best small firms, agencies and companies worldwide.We are excited that these websites, which we designed and developed for our clients, have been selected to receive this prestigious honor. The Davey Awards is judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 200+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. The Davey Awards is judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only organization consisting of top-tier media, advertising, and marketing professionals from the world’s leading organizations and firms.
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October 19, 2009
New Signature Creates “Ethics In Your State” Online Directory for CREW
By New Signature
New Signature has created the “Ethics In Your State” online directory for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). This directory will provide state and local activists with the contact information they need to cooperate on projects, to seek out assistance from natural allies in their respective states, and to benefit from the experiences of other activists in their states and across state borders.CREW has closely monitored government ethics, bringing egregious conduct to light and holding public officials accountable for their misconduct. CREW has focused primarily on the federal government, but in 2006, they launched a state-based project called Colorado Ethics Watch (CEW). CEW has been effective in holding public officials and organizations accountable for unethical activities that undermine the integrity of state and local government. CREW lacks the resources, however, to open similar offices in other states. As a result, they turned to New Signature to implement an online directory of state-based groups to assist CREW in identifying, challenging, and deterring unethical conduct by local and state government officials. Public officials held accountable for abusing the public trust at the local level are less likely to reach higher office, where they would wield greater power and have more opportunities to betray the public trust.
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e21′s Ground Breaking Website Goes Live
By New Signature
e21′s ground breaking website went live today. e21 is a new nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century. New Signature worked with e21 through our process driven approach to develop a website built on the Drupal content management system and that uses the jQuery JavaScript Library to provide substantial interactivity. Our approach in creating the e21 website was to blend robust functionality with practical usability to create an exceptional user experience. We employed the latest tactics, standards and technologies to build e21′s Internet presence. (more…) -
October 8, 2009
New Signature Wins Gold and Silver at 2009 W3 Awards
By New Signature
New Signature has earned both a Gold and Silver award at the 2009 W3 Awards. The Winners of The 2009 W3 Awards were announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts today. Receiving nearly 3,000 entries, The W3 Awards honors outstanding Websites, Web Marketing, and Web Video created by some of the best interactive agencies, designers, and creators worldwide.“We were incredibly impressed by the quality and creativity of this year’s entries. W3 winners continue to set the bar in Web development and design, push the limits of web advertising creativity and advance the use of web video. We are thrilled to have reviewed such a diverse and respected pool of work” said Linda Day, the executive director of the IAVA. “On behalf of the entire Academy, we congratulate this year’s W³ Award winners as they continue to advance Internet creativity and greatly contribute to the robust and ever-changing online community.” (more…)
