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Staying Safe from Scams – 4 Tips, 3 Examples, and Red Flags to Watch For
Today, I was delighted to receive an email from Carrie, one of our care plan clients. She asked whether an email from woocommerce.com was legitimate and if she needed to…
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A tour of our design process with Just Works Consulting
Just Works Consulting is an organizational development and interim leadership practice founded by principals Ora Grodsky and Jonathan Rosenthal. Just Works supports individuals and organizations working for a more just…
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How we applied ‘Breakthrough Facilitation’ for Gwyn Wansbrough’s website.
Over three years, Gwyn Wansbrough and a creative team collaborated to redesign her website, enhancing its structure and messaging to reflect her facilitation expertise. Transitioning from Squarespace to WordPress allowed…
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Issue #1: Building websites that grow in value
Maple Creative February 2025 Issue #1: Building a website that grows in value. Hello Reader, Welcome to our new monthly newsletter! This is both a recap of our latest content…
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What you need to know about WordPress in 2025
It’s here and there’s no turning back – and I couldn’t be more excited. For way too long, WordPress themes caused confusion. Some of them gave us the flexibility we…
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Choosing the right event calendar plugin for WordPress
Recently, while working with Salsa Ithaca, a dance organization offering both regular classes and special events, I encountered a common challenge many organizations face: how to effectively manage events online…
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How I redesigned the Maple Creative website
In April 2024 I unpublished my entire blog, redirecting all the links here to this post. I’m starting over – creating space by pruning my website. This post is about…
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The origin story of Maple Creative
Ryan (and then Friede) began building websites by lantern light from an off grid cabin overlooking a slowly drifting river. Playfully called the “shabin” – half shack, half cabin –…
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The shared vision that powers Maple Creative
All teams need a shared vision – and a clear idea of what we’re all working on. If you’re running a team and haven’t created a document like this, maybe…
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Workers United NY NJ
Workers United NY NJ is a union working tirelessly to help empower workers across many service industries in New York and New Jersey. Their innovative campaigns include efforts to help…
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Eve’s Cidery
Eve’s Cidery is a true farm-based business. The owners, Autumn and Ezra, are involved in all the day-to-day operations, from planting and pruning to pressing and bottling cider. After Ryan…
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Choosing Colors for Your Next Project
Curated resources for building effective color palettes include ColorSpace, Colormind, Color Lisa, Adobe Color CC, and Canva’s Palette Generator.