Description of Work

The first element of this process was taking a look at what I had to work with and brainstorming where to go with it. It seemed like each person knew something different from the next on what was going on, from a social media standpoint. I was told one thing by one person and it was changed for the next, this led me to eradicate any miscommunication between people and reorganize the Facebook, Instagram, and website to be more cohesive.  I worked with Susan and reworked the Facebook account to allow emails to her, instead of having it go to Messenger. I worked with her to connect Facebook and Instagram and link the accounts. We also changed the passwords to correspond with one another.  I updated the website to be included on the Facebook front page.  I also worked on updating the Instagram (which was created, but not really touched).  I made the page into a business profile, also making it so a viewer could see the nonprofit. I also changed the name to be more easily accessible to someone trying to search for the nonprofit.  I made a short video that was uploaded to Instagram as well.  I worked on updating the Bio on Instagram and allowing for people to also directly message the director through her email versus the direct messaging on Instagram. 

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For volunteering at the organization, it involved two different days and three shifts. The first day consisted of my counting out the drawstrings bags and separating them into different colors in sets of 25. I then worked on counting out the shields and liners to sets of 25 and boxing them to be ready for prep. On the second volunteering day, I worked multiple jobs.  I started off by getting there early and putting soap into the shields to prep for when the first shift arrives. Once I got that finished I worked with Jody to set out out the correct amount of shields at other tables and sort through the soaps for ones that would be allowed and which could not from the donations.  I finished filling all the tables set up for prep and worked with Jody to make sure people got to stations accordingly and knew what they were doing. I then started taking the finished transport bags and placing them inside the labeled drawstring bag. Simultaneously, I filled cardboard boxes with the drawstring bags in counts of 50.  I went from there onto just getting full boxes and labeling them and taping them up to be ready for transport to Cuba. I went wherever someone needed me, but ultimately I ended up tying up loose ends and helping pack 1000 DFG kits.

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Originally, the website was created by another student from a different semester. I worked on creating a pop-up message to alert people that Days for Girls would still be operating under the COVID restrictions while following State and Federal guidelines. I updated the events page and worked around the pictures, and tried to get a feel for how the website operated. I worked on attaching social media and then moving forward to add a blog, but I hit a dead end. I was stumped on how to insert the blog, and I was unhappy with what I was seeing. I wanted to create something, but Weebly was not allowing my thoughts to hit the paper (or computer screen).  I decided to trash the website and start over on a new software, Wix.  Right off the bat, I was able to create a way more user friendly and informative website. My website includes a Home, Blog, about, Get Involved, Upcoming Events, Contact, and More pages. The Home page lists off almost all the main other pages and gives users a look into the nonprofit. I was also able to include Gallery, Videos, Forums, Members, Volunteer Your Time, and Make a Donation, under the more tab. Each of these will lead to a single view of the detailed page where the user can learn more. Something I thought would be a good touch to the website would be the use of user membership. This way an individual could sign up and talk in the forums and communicate with other members of the website. The website is available on both desktop and mobile to accommodate on-the-go users. 

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Jody is really into pictures and videos and wanted something for easy access to upload the photos. I created on the front page a connection to Instagram so photos are able to automatically be linked on the website once they are uploaded on Instagram. The Gallery page though will allow Jody to upload any photos or videos she would like. The Videos tab is able to upload videos, but I have also linked it to youtube videos, but it is able to be linked with Facebook and Instagram as well.  Susan wanted somewhere to post small blog-like posts. So I created the Blog page and I also created the Forum. Depending on if she wanted the members of the website to discuss the issue or if it was something she just wanted to inform the viewers on.  The Blog page is accessible from the home page, but the forum is under More tab because it is more likely that members will use that tab vs a guest can read the blog.  I was also easily able to connect the Facebook and Instagram links to the website. These are located at the top of the website by the user's option of "Log in."  I was able to successfully incorporate each element that the director and second in command wanted.