Websites for small businesses and nonprofits are as common today as business cards and play a large role in promoting your enterprise or organization. With the advent of new web tools, such as Squarespace, the important job of developing and maintaining a website can now be handled by people without technical training. Come join Sustainable Digital founder Bob Lawson to learn more about developing and updating websites using Squarespace. Follow Bob as he presents a live demonstration of how you can create a simple website from the ground up using Squarespace’s templates and its easy editor.

Squarespace basics you’ll learn:

How to select a template

How to organize the site (menu)

Using “Blocks” to layout pages

Building a photo gallery

Adjusting design styles

** Registration is required prior to workshop.

About the Instructor

Sustainable Digital was founded by consultant Bob Lawson to assist nonprofits and international NGOs in the fast-changing fields of technology and online communication. Not-for-profits face difficult challenges in these areas and this is where Sustainable Digital is designed to help. With one foot in each of these fields, and experience in both the private and nonprofit sectors, Bob is uniquely equipped to offer assistance. He has often played the role of technological innovator, helping organizations adopt new systems and software tools.

Bob began his career at the United Nations in Geneva and New York where he helped edit and write an independent magazine focused on social and economic development. He later worked as an editor and publisher in business and environmental fields before fully embracing the online world in the 1990s. Since then, he has worked at a variety of internet companies in the US, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain where he has focused on technology, marketing, and operations.