Web Design Portfolio

Australasian Facilitators Network Conference 2009 - www.afn2009.net.nz

Working with the conference creation team as the person responsible for the conference web presence and the 3rd party artwork designers to get the site live and ready for our presentation launch at the 2008 conference in Bathurst.

New Zealand HR Online- www.nzhronline.co.nz

A site put designed and developed for the NZ hr online initiative.

Workers Against Violence in Employment - www.wave.org.nz

Worked remotely with co-convenor Hadyn Olsen from the Workers against Violence in Employment Trust and author of Workplace Bullying and Harassment: A Toolbox for Managers and Supervisors in Rotorua. Key aspects of the project were to make the former WAVE website much more usable. several issues were identified from a cognitive walk through of the website. These gave clear directions for improving the accessibility and usefulness of the website. I was also able to provide the re-development services and developed an online shopping cart and credit card processing solution for WAVE to sell their books and workplace tool kits.

Facilitating Social Change Conference Website - www.fscc.net.au

Worked remotely with co-convenor Ed McKinley from the Groupwork Institute of Australia in Melbourne to put together this conference website quickly in order to meet the announcement deadlines. Within minutes of the site's completion the announcement of the conference had reached several thousand people and the first registration had been received.

WJ Dakers - www.dakers.co.nz

Worked with photographer Dianna Elliot and client Dale Hunter to produce a website celebrating the life of Dale's grandfather. The site needed to be done within a tight December timeframe as matching Christmas cards were being sent to all family members.

Online Story PhD Website - www.onlinestory.net

Created the website for my PhD research group involving 18 facilitators in six countries across twelve time zones. The website was developed rapidly in response to the researcher's need for a central webspace for notices, forum, to store group files and to get a better sense of who was within in the research group itself.

Susie Spiller - www.susiespiller.com

Developed and maintain the website for my good friend Susie Spiller. Susie is one of Auckland's best wellbeing specialists and here holistic and 100% natural approach is really refreshing...

Wild Rose Tutoring - www.wildrose.co.nz

Worked closely with ESOL tutor and significant other Kirstie Gill to create this website to attract language students to her tutoring services and English Language resources. Korean and Chinese pages followed shortly after the site launch.

Hunter Productions - www.hunterproductions.co.nz

Assisting author of Trial by Trickery Keith Hunter with his website. Mostly developing the order and credit card processing part of his website. Working through the backend of the website was really something new for me to learn.

The IAF Australia and New Zealand Regional Website - www.iaf-anz.org

Developed and maintain the Australasian regional website for the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). Keys needs identified in usability research with members was the need to list local facilitation events and training, accessing the IAF Journal and tapping into facilitation news from around the world.

Zenergy Limited - www.zenergyglobal.com

The Zenergy website has received very successful feedback from both Zenergy’s graduate community and its customers. I have maintained the Zenergy website since building it in February 2001. The conceptual design was quick to come, although the development was trickier than initially planned. The site has been through several iterations; working closely with company directors Dale Hunter and Hamish Brown has produced great results.

Zenergy Online Facilitation Skills Programme Website - www.zenergyglobal.com/online

Created the Zenergy Online Facilitation Skills training programme website. The website includes participant profiles, programme schedule, reading resources, a blog, a forum, skype links, video conferencing and a URL link to our Second Life venue. I also lead the Zenergy Online Facilitation Skills training programme.

Heart Politics - www.heartpolitics.net

Designed and produced the Heart Politics website for the trustees and holding group. Project involved the gathering of stories, images from the community, working with a small budget and keeping the site's look and feel within the theme of Heart Politics.

The CD-ROM project for the Winter 2005 gathering, included creating the soundtrack to a silent movie and making video and pictures available on both set-top dvd players and on PC.

TRENZ Group - www.trenzgroup.co.nz

Designed and produced the TRENZ Group website. This was new company branding launched by WAD Group (also below). The branding launch was designed to help make the products more recognisable in the New Zealand bathroom, sanitary and homeware markets.

WAD Group Limited

Designed and produced the WAD website and brochures. A time-pressured project with a new company wanting fast, high quality development of their website, creation of brochures and a CD-ROM for their sales teams throughout New Zealand. High quality images and iterative changes from the WAD team were managed as the project scope continually expanded from initial expectations.

Australasian Facilitators Network Conference 2004 - www.afn2004.org.nz

Worked closely with AFN conference convenors Marilyn Hunt and Karen Eriksen to iteratively build and maintain the conference website. Project involved design conception, integrating feedback, mockups, iterative production, numerous updates as the conference became closer and creating an online secure payment system.

Zodiac Tourism - www.zodiactourism.com

Created a conceptual brief with mockup website, logos, and brochures for the new business venture. Then developed a website and brochures.

The Matamata Hotel - www.matamatahotel.co.nz

With clients Paul and Donell Stirling 138 kms away, there were a few challenges to face when working with geographically remote clients. Staying connected using multiple communication channels worked well in this situation.

Kirtan CD Label with Karen Hunter

Designed and produced Kirtan CD labels and cover. Working on the Kirtan CD project meant working creatively with New Zealand singer-songwriter Karen Hunter. The project had a rather tight time frame, however the final product does justice to both the music and musicians who created the work.