Notable Awards & Accomplishments

Gold from the AVA Digital Awards

Thoughtful Leader

Founded in 2000, Cardus is a non-partisan think tank dedicated to clarifying and strengthening, through research and dialogue, how society’s institutions collaborate for the common good.

To maintain its position and success as a thought leader, Cardus developed a revitalized website to improve user experience and content management and cohesively and intuitively align its various sites and initiatives — and their many functionalities.

Goals:

Improve website navigation using a thoughtful and streamlined sitemap

Design and develop an accessible, intuitive, and responsive website across devices and browsers

Consolidate content management operations to facilitate easier site administration while enhancing SEO

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Consolidated Content

Content management was among Cardus’ most significant challenges with its previous website. The content was stored across multiple backend repositories, resulting in administrative issues when uploading, publishing, editing, or deleting material. To enhance Cardus’ position as a leading think tank with accessible resources, CT consolidated Cardus’ content into a single central platform: WordPress CMS.

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Non-Partisan Design

The Cardus website is a comprehensive research and policy library and media coverage hub for its users. The site's responsive design ensures accessibility and streamlined navigation with dynamic content tagging and filtering options within the Research & Policy Library to enhance search capabilities. CT developed the website as a flexible content tool to simplify populating and editing complex research articles.

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