Request for Proposals (RFP): One-Year Contract for Website Design and Development for the URL www.StoriesForChange.net

Deadline for Proposals: Friday at 5:00 PM EST, November 17, 2006  

At the Gathering of Community Digital Storytellers (see blog at http://communitydigitalstorytellers.blogspot.com/) in June of 2006, more than forty digital storytelling facilitators from a wide range of communities across the country came together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Participants connected with one another; and shared teaching methods, organizing strategies, and approaches to distribution. Participants also began to identify ways to form collaborative efforts to take this important work to the next level of impact. This event was sponsored by MassIMPACT, Creative Narrations, and the Center for Digital Storytelling.

A committee formed at the conclusion of the Gathering evaluated the feedback of Gathering participants and approached MassIMPACT to fund the initial development of an on-line community for what has become StoriesForChange.net. The Gathering participants expressed a desire to take advantage of the bloom of free, open source resources for online community development. However, the StoriesforChange Committee realized early on that although the web site needs to be fueled by the needs and participation of digital storytelling facilitators and enthusiasts, its design will benefit greatly by a paid web designer.   In order to support the community brought together physically at the Gathering and to further the growth of the field of community digital storytelling, MassIMPACT is requesting proposals from qualified and reputable web developers and web masters. 

MassIMPACT seeks an individual or group with experience developing online communities using open source tools and a desire to support the overall goals of using multimedia tools for social change in communities. This web design position will interact with a team of volunteers who will provide input on how to create a site with an effective user interface design and the capacity to both publish content and foster collaboration. For the full RFP, visit http://storiesforchange.net/wiki/web_designer_request_for_proposals

For more information, contact:
 
Danielle Martin

danielle.martin at umb.edu

VISTA, Project Manager

MassIMPACT

One Beacon Street, 28th Floor Boston, MA 02108
(617) 854-1765