DevCollaborative LLC

“Excellent content serves people directly, as well as the machines they’re using to find and digest it.” In this asynchronous interview by Alka Elizabeth, Johanna Bates, Co-owner of DevCollaborative LLC and an organiser of the Nonprofit Summit at DrupalCon North America, reflects on Drupal, nonprofit stewardship, accessibility, structured content, and the long-term sustainability challenges facing open-source communities. A thoughtful conversation on community care beyond code. Link in the comments 👇 with NTEN #Drupal #OpenSource #Accessibility #Nonprofits

Do you help care for a nonprofit website that has significant things to say in These Times? Right now, it's more important than ever to protect your website. DevCollab consults on lots of ways to protect the sites of orgs who are able to continue speaking out, but here's a relatively easy one that you can do this week or month: if you don't already use one, start using a password manager. Here, Clare Parkinson and Miranda Max walk you through choosing & using one. https://lnkd.in/epPjyN2v

If you manage the website at a nonprofit, but you’re not a “website person,” we see you! For the most part, you know how to update your site. But when something breaks, it can be hard to know what to do. How do you talk about that problem without getting bogged down in technical language? Allie Thorpe wrote a guide full of straightforward tips for this exact situation — ways to streamline the conversation with your developer. We recommend bookmarking this guide so it’s there when a crisis strikes! https://lnkd.in/e5DDx4Ar

Our team partered with National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) to rebuild their website, getting them out of a costly WordPress + HubSpot situation and onto #Drupal and Salesforce. Our case study is featured here for this month's "Best of Drupal"! https://lnkd.in/ger8w23f

Our take on the current state of using AI on nonprofit websites...

Political Research Associates new site's design was a collaboration between Red Cypress Consulting on branding, our wonderful longtime partner Elise Weeks of Pixels & Pulp on web design, and us all on development.

Have you ever had an idea for a new feature on your website and asked a developer to make it, only to find that it didn’t meet your needs? All that money! And frustration! We have spent decades building nonprofit websites and we've found that a simple question can help you avoid this pitfall. Start with why — what problem are you trying to solve? Clare Parkinson and Allie Thorpe on our team wrote about times we asked our clients why. In each case, the simpler (and cheaper) solution was the better one! https://lnkd.in/ezH_SBBV Worth reading if you're considering a website project this year, and want to feel prepared when you talk to any web development agency. Save money and solve real problems!

Here's a podcast wherein Jess Snyder & I talk about the current state of Drupal in the nonprofit community, the importance of open source for nonprofits, our weird career paths to Drupal development, the history of the Drupal nonprofit community and the DrupalCon Nonprofit Summit, and the upcoming #DrupalCon2026 Nonprofit Summit in Chicago on March 23rd. Thanks so much to Stephen Cross Talking Drupal!

And TODAY Clayton is leading a webinar building off of this concept - writing clear, accessible content on your website. Noon ET on the Zooms https://lnkd.in/gVJYvBbP

When purpose meets power, Drupal provides the foundation for impact-driven platforms. DevCollaborative LLC and Theory One partnered with Free Press to rebuild their site from the ground up. They replaced a fragile, non-standard codebase with clean, scalable Drupal architecture, expanded editorial tools, and delivered a frictionless user experience built for advocacy. The result? A modern, accessible platform with flexible components like interactive charts, Q&As, and timelines. The editors now have the tools to tell deeper stories, faster. A seamless ActionKit integration allows users to sign petitions and donate without leaving the site, streamlining engagement at every step. With a new design system, accessible-by-default features, and thoughtful third-party integrations, this collaboration shows what’s possible when mission-led organizations build on open, powerful foundations. Ready to bring your vision to life? Find a Drupal Certified Partner for your next project: https://lnkd.in/etJc2YBF Read the full case study: https://lnkd.in/gzmFPRtm Explore the live site: https://www.freepress.net #Drupal #Nonprofit #DigitalAdvocacy #Accessibility #Drupal10 #ContentStrategy