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SITES PRODUCED OR UPGRADED
These are sites I produced or redesigned. You will see a variety of design styles, tailored to the needs of each client. Some sites I directed work of a graphic artist, other sites I designed. Some sites were modified by clients since completion. Older sites are generally lower on the lists

MEDIA

Video Librarian
Produced and designed site for this national video review publication, including adding member only area with searchable review database.

WorldLink
Produced site for organization that creates award-winning media and education campaigns to help create a sustainable future.

Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle
PBS Online
Produced new version of this PBS Online site for the definitive documentary on Cesar Chavez and the UFW.

Stylo Films
Produced and designed site for long-time, award-winning documentary filmmakers.

Underground Zero
Produced and designed site for collection of independent film shorts reflecting on 9/11 that aired on Cinemax and screened across US.

Digital Independence
Site producer for national conference in SF to help independent media makers adapt to the digital transformation (see site archive).

Sweet Old Song
POV/PBS Online
Produced "The Artists" section, including 3 online galleries, for this documentary which aired on PBS' POV series.

New Day Films
Redesigned site for the premiere media distribution coop of independent filmmakers; added database driven pages.

American Socrates: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Yahoo! Pick of the Week
Original si
te designer and producer for ITVS-funded PBS documentary project .

Spirit Productions
Site designer and producer for this Emmy-nominated independent filmmaker.

Ellen Bruno Films

Site
producer for this Sundance award-winning independent documentary producer.

Bullfrog Films
Best of 2000 Web Site Award, CCUMC
Developed site plan, consulted on plan implementation, developed online store, added search engine.

Children of the Camps
(PBS Online)
Dottie Award Finalist 2001
Produced this PBS documentary site for PBS Online.

Jay Rosenblatt Films
Site producer, designer for Sundance award-winning experimental/documentary filmmaker.

Ancestors in the Americas/CET
S
ite producer, content developer and online promotion for Ford Foundation-Funded PBS project by Loni Ding.

Catenary Video Productions
Site designer and producer for this site dedicated to historic railroad videos.

Frameline Distribution
Site designer and producer for national media distributor site including database-generated catalog of titles (now retired).
NONPROFITS & SCHOOLS

Park Day School
Produced new site for this progressive independent school, using Schoolwires content management system.

Los Alamitos District Schools
Produced new site for the 11 schools in this district, using Schoolwires content management system.

Orinda District Schools
Produced new site for this school district, using Schoolwires content management system.

Judah Magnes Museum
Produced and designed site for this major Jewish museum during its reopening.

Secret Gardens of the East Bay
Produced site for this popular annual event that benefits Park Day School.

Sports for the World's Children
Produced and designed site for organization that provides donated sports equipment to kids in need.

SF Camerawork
Site producer for this nonprofit photography gallery, including online bookstore and membership enrollment.

Exploring Japanese American Internment
Best of Net, About.com
Produced site on WWII Internment for NAATA, including extensive online video clips, text and images.

East Bay Community Foundation
Produced site for this major foundation serving Alameda and Contra Costa counties (site retired).


SMALL BUSINESS

Barefoot Yoga
Produced new home page for this leading online yoga clothing and supply site. The rest of the site will be redesigned soon.

Fauna Sauna
Produced and designed ecommerce site for new business manufacturing a new kind of healthy heater for pets using far infrared .

John Leonard Studio
Produced and designed site for master craftsman of fine jewelry and precious metal sculpture.

Real Dream Music
Site producer, designer; developed and implemented online publicity.

Contek Wholesale
Featured Site, Skipjack Business Network
(now offline)
Produced and designed site for new company developing and marketing innovative consumer products for resale; added sophisticated ecommerce cart .

Urban Center Books
(now offline)
Produced and designed new site and added advanced ecommerce function for major NYC architecture bookstore established by the Municipal Art Society.

Chiori Santiago
Produced and designed site for award-winning independent author, incluidng content management system for easy updates (site retired).

For more small business clients see also Ecommerce installations below



E-COMMERCE & ONLINE DONATIONS
I can install several secure shopping carts, depending upon a client's needs. It can be tailored to fit the look of your site and used for selling products, booking tickets, or event registration and for taking online membership and donations.

Fauna Sauna
Setup online order cart for new natural pet heater business.

Parents' Action for Children
Installed and managed ecommerce cart and store for educational video series and booklets on parenting young children.

New Day Films
Installed online order cart for long-time collective media distributor.

National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA)
Installed online cart for video sales, including designing buttons, and online membership.

Barefoot Yoga

Installed online shopping cart for yoga products site, selling yoga mats, yoga clothing and more.

SF Camerawork
Setup online bookstore and membership enrollment for nonprofit photography center.

Bullfrog Films
Installed online shopping cart and search engine for educational video catalog.

Film Arts Foundation

Installed online membership and donation form, and festival ticket ordering cart

Fanlight Productions
Installed online order cart for health video catalog.

Women's Educational Media
Installed online shopping cart for videos and printed materials, and secure online donation form.

Park Day School Garden Tour
Installed online cart for ordering tickets to school benefit event (now disabled).

Catenary Video Productions
Installed online cart for video ordering.

Promises Project

Installed online cart and developed product pages for documentary video sales and poster.

Talking Eyes Media
Installed online cart and revised product pages for documentary and book ordering on aging in America.

Iris Films
Installed online cart and revised product pages for documentary on race.

A Duke Named Ellington
Installed online cart for PBS doc on Duke Ellington.


SITE EVALUATION & RECOMMENDATIONS
I provided guidance for redesign or enhancement of these sites. I was not primarily responsible for producing or upgrading these sites. Therefore, links provided (click "GO") are for your information only.

Just Think Foundation
Consultant on site redesign for this media literacy organization.

Affluenza/ KCTS-TV, Seattle PBS
Web site evaluation; developed content for key sections; coordinated online promotion, search engine registration for this site to accompany nationally broadcast series. GO

KVIE-TV, Sacramento PBS
Web site evaluations and recommendations; search engine analysis.

National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA)
Distribution section recommendations, search engine optimization service, add internal search engine.

To Our Credit PBS series/Rooy Media
Site evaluation & recommendations; online publicity; search engine optimization. GO

Spiritsmanship Productions
Site evaluation & upgrade recommendations; online promotion plan.

California Newsreel
Site evaluation, recommendations and search engine optimization service for long-time media distributor.


SITE PROMOTION
A good site isn't much value without proper publicity -- both online and offline. My site promotion work can include developing publicity plans, search engine optimization and registration, listings in key directories, promotion to listservs, seeking links, advertising and more.

Contek Wholesale

Parent's Action for Children

Law Offices of Harvey Hyman

Union of Concerned Scientists

Bullfrog Films

Fanlight Productions

First Run/Icarus Films

Green Fire Productions

Mal Warwick and Associates

Adolescent Health Foundation, USF

Ansel Adams Gallery/Friends of Photography

Barefoot Yoga

United Jewish Communities

Surfing for Life (PBS documentary)

Seniors for Peace (PBS documentary)

Of Wind and Waves: The Life of Woody Brown

ONLINE LEARNING
American Association for Retired People (AARP/Worldlink Learning)
Helped conceive online learning module for AARP, and developed two online courses: "Using Search Engines" & "Creating Personal Web Pages".

SITE MANAGEMENT
I manage several sites, including updating pages, adding new pages, etc. In some cases I do the more complex work in conjunction with a person on staff who does the more basic updates.

New Day Films
Long-established collective of media producers. GO

Barefoot Yoga
Yoga products business, selling yoga mats, yoga clothing and more.GO

WEB CLIENT RECOMMENDATIONS
    (sample comments)

    "Thank you for your excellent work on our behalf. I have benefitted from your insights and professionalism."
    - Norman Rosenberg, Executive Director, Parents' Action for Children

    "I think you did a great job on the site and I thank you for all your patience and good humor. It was a pleasure to work with you."
    - Gloria Troy, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Municipal Art Society, New York – Urban Center Books

    "The site is working very well (in large part thanks to your really smart design work). What I am ultimately most pleased with and most grateful for is your excellent sales and navigation suggestions."
    -
    Randy Pitman, Founder, Video Librarian

    "I just have to take a moment to tell you that what you've created in this web site is just plain great. And thanks again for your consistently professional and personable working habits and abilities. I can't imagine what this thing would've been like without you."
    - Michael Koppy, Producer, Digital Independence 2001

    "Thanks, Steve, for all of your help. It was sooo exciting to verify that our first order on the new system went off without a hitch. Thank you thank you...We would not be where we are with this thing without you.
    - Cathy Shields, Garden Tour Coordinator, Park Day School

    "Really appreciate your aesthetic - everything pops out really clear and there are subtleties to it that give it a terrifically professional feel. Your design makes the same pics, descriptions and pricing from our old site look spectacular!!"
    - Russ Gage, Administrative Director, Frameline.
    - Preeti Misty, Frameline Distribution

    "I just have to tell you how delighted I am - we are - to be working with you and how refreshing your smart, competent, straight forward, this-is-what-I've-done-and-this-is-what-I-need style is!"
    - Helen Cohen, CoDirector, Women's Educational Media

    "The web site is fabulous! Its beautiful, easy to access, and chock full of all the good stuff we've wanted the public to know. Finally, what we've been trying to make happen, happened. I'm excited and very happy with it...there are many nice touches you created.Thanks for doing such a high quality job for us."
    - Dr. Satsuki Ina, Director, Children of the Camps Project

    "I almost hear on a daily basis, that our site is the most comprehensive and easiest site to maneuver that people have ever used!! Really good comments constantly about the site -- every day!! So good job and thanks."
    - Kelly LeFebvre, Owner, Barefoot Yoga

    "Our collaboration with Steve...was a highly successful experience. His knowledge of...online technologies was essential to creating what we think is one of the best and most useful Web sites for the (media) field."
    - Helen DeMichiel, Director, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC)

    "Working with 'wonder-consultant' Steve Ladd was a real pleasure. He offered guidance, support and a tremendous amount of knowledge that helped us create a much more effective Web site."
    - Tamara Gould, Assoc. Director, Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)

    "I would never have conceived and carried this out without your confident handling and finessing of every detail, and bringing to the project the execution of an experienced pro. Thank you, Steve."
    - Loni Ding, Producer, ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS
    Executive Director, Center for Educational Telecommunications

    "Thank you again for your diligent and insightful assistance. I'm glad to report that our Web site...is aready listed with most of the major search engines. The real good news is that our sales are brisk and getting brisker all the time."
    - Eldon Asp, Spiritsmanship Productions

    "...Little did any of us know how much you, and NEMN, would accomplish. NEMN is truly indebted to you."
    - Jayne Becker, President, National Educational Media Network (NEMN)

    "We really appreciate all the wonderful work you've done!"
    - Heidi Emberling, New Day Films

    Steve Ladd was also featured in the nationally syndicated TV news show, "Quicken Money Reports".

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