colab cooperative

CoLab CooperativeDrupal For Enterprise Scale & Higher Education

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world”

- Margaret Mead

Drupal 7, 8, 9 builds

Technical Strategy, Architecture & Planning

Large Scale Data Migrations

Systems Integrations

Responsive Mobile Websites

Custom Web & Headless CMS Development

User Research & Use Experience Design

Collaboration with Integrity & Heart

CAPABILITIES

ABOUT USFounded in 2010, we co-create simple, purpose driven web technology for a better world.

As co-owners in a democratic workplace our digital team puts our heart into every project...

Our MissionWe collaborate with our partners to build solutions that shape a brighter future for all.

Who We ServeMission-driven organizations and entrepreneurs.

Benefits of working with a coop: Top talent, diverse participation.Lasting relationships, stability. Passion. Economic innovation.

How?Collaboratively of course!

Develop and deploy Problem definition

Prototype solutions

CO-DESIGN METHODOLOGY

Develop and deploy

Continuous development paradigm in which features are

released for further iteration

Problem definition

Stakeholders and users define the problemCoLab

CoDesign Methodology

Prototype solutions

CoLab and users partner to diagram and prototype solutions that are

validated with multiple users

Develop and deploy

Continuous development paradigm in which features are

released for further iteration

Problem definition

Stakeholders and users define the problem

Prototype solutions

CoLab and users partner to diagram and prototype solutions

validated with multiple users

CoLab CoDesign

Methodology

Develop and deploy

Continuous development paradigm in which features

are released for further iteration

Problem definition

Stakeholders and users define the problemCoLab

CoDesign Methodology

Prototype solutions

CoLab and users partner to diagram and prototype solutions

validated with multiple users

● Stakeholder discovery

● Content audit (qual & quant)

● Analytics review● Tech audit

● Audience definition & priority use cases

● Core user flows● Site structure

(validated through tree testing)

● Content matrix

● CMS configuration● Front-end styling● Content structures● Prototype testing

DEFINE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DEPLOYMENT

● QA testing● Section 508

compliance testing● Staff training

OUR PROCESS

OUR CLIENTS USING DRUPAL

We built a platform independent design system using the Pattern Lab framework. It allows standardized presentation of content across all properties, teams, and vendors without forcing particular implementation choices.

Including an extensive responsive, art-directed image system allowing for visual content to be tailored to various devices and optimized for mobile loading.

Go to → seventhgeneration.com

"CoLab delivered 150% on the collaborative

approach. That made a huge difference to the

success of the project. They weren't just looking

at the short-term goal, but also the long-term

strategy for storytelling, user experience,

performance and scalability. It was invaluable

and they completely delivered in that regard."

Go to → seventhgeneration.com

Sarah Thompson Former Marketing Manager, Digital & Direct to ConsumerSeventh Generation

AAAS is the premier organization for supporting public engagement with Science in the USA. Their work is super important.

We’d done a project with them prior. Based on that success, we were chosen to be their partner.

Go to → aaas.org

● Upgrade to Drupal 8, ● Successfully completing a huge

content migration.● Improvements prior designs ● Complex integration work● Building a custom Drupal module

for migration scheduling.

Go to → aaas.org

Achievements included:

With a new brand under development, CMoG needed a mobile-centric UX to enable visitors to tour and play games in the contemporary wing. We delivered elegance using headless front-end technologies built atop their Drupal resource library.

See the Prototypes → http://invis.io/QG20YVIV5

Go to → ecornell.com

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We created a data visualization library using D3 tied to an executive leadership online learning experience.

Go to ben.cornell.edu/smarterlunchrooms

A data portal and website built upon Drupal 8 helping lunchroom personnel, state health officials, national partners and researchers spread the smarter lunchrooms movement across the country.

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"The Smarter Lunchrooms Scorecard Tracker

began as a rough outline of ideas and wishes and

through our collaboration with CoLab, it became

a dynamic, robust, online user portal. The CoLab

team was excited to work on the project and

guided us through the process from design to

deployment with their energy and innovation."

Go to → seventhgeneration.com

Katherine M. Baildon

Assistant to the Director - Healthy Food Choices in Schools Community of Practice

We helped VT Law School Migrate from a custom CMS built across many databases to an SEO-optimized, responsive Drupal site with a platform independent style guide.

Go to → vermontlaw.edu

We are creating a platform for dialog and collaboration rooted in civic virtue, community media and academic scholarship.

Think of a decentralized network of ‘collaborative cultural hubs’ each with their own unique domain, expertise and interest. Joined together by a shared stream of publications across disciplines.

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Publishing of media collections via digital asset management system.

Share best practices, models, ideas and inspirations.

Link media with online collaboration and dialog with peers of shared interest and expertise from diverse locales, cultures.

Public and private spaces.

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Functional Features

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