News Archive

  • Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Launches [June 6, 2010]
    Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) shares the vision of our founder and creator, Alexandra “Alex” Scott—a cure for all children with cancer.  Since Alex set up her first lemonade stand in 2000—truly exemplifying the saying “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade”—we have raised more than $30 million, with more than $12 million of those dollars coming from lemonade stands.

    Working with Sean Oakes Studios, Clever Name Here Inc. recently completed a relaunch of the ALSF site.  The launch includes a complete visual redesign, a bottom-to-top rebuild using Drupal as the content management system, and a highly customized deployment of CiviCRM as a contact management and grassroots fundraising package.

    The new site can be seen at www.alexslemonade.org.

  • ArenaStage completes NPDP application round [March 6, 2010]
    Congratulations to ArenaStage on the completion of their first round of applications for the New Play Development Program.  The application system was designed and developed by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • New Client: The Knitting Factory [October 2, 2009]
    We are pleased to announce that Clever Name Here Inc. will be providing services to the iconic concert venue, The Knitting Factory.

  • ChinaCare Launches [September 10, 2009]
    Congratulations to ChinaCare on the launch of their new web site, designed by Clever Name Here Inc. and Sean Oakes Studios and developed by Clever Name Here Inc. in Drupal.  Great work, everybody!

    www.chinacare.org

  • BeSafeNYC Launches [July 1, 2009]
    Congratulations to the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault on the launch of their new campaign site, "Be Safe NYC".

  • Gilder Lehrman Redesign [June 17, 2009]
    Congratulations to the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History on the launch of their new home page, site reorganization, and redesigned navbar.  Behind the scenes, half of the 10,000-page site has been migrated into a content management system.

  • WomensLaw Nominated for a Webby! [April 15, 2009]
    WomensLaw.org is up for a webby.  Please vote for it!

  • Can My Boss Do That? [April 6, 2009]
    After several months of work, Clever Name Here Inc. is delighted to announce the launch of CanMyBossDoThat.com.

    A project of Interfaith Workers for Justice, CMBDT provides state-by-state, easy-to-read information about workers' rights.  Their mission: "Ethical employers should not have to face competitors who violate laws and basic decency. This site seeks to have all work honor justice and respect the laborer and employer." 

    With hundreds of pages if information already, and new content being added every day, CMBDT is a fantastic resource.  Congratulations to the whole team for making it happen!

  • City of Beacon Web Site Launches [April 4, 2009]
    Congratulations to Clever Name Here Inc.ers Litza Stark and Lani Offen, graphic designer Alexandra White, and an amazing team of Beacon volunteers, on the launch of the new web site for the City of Beacon, www.cityofbeacon.org.

  • Cultural Innovation Fund ideas open at the Rockefeller Foundation [January 18, 2009]
    The Rockefeller Foundation's Cultural Innovation Fund is now open for ideas.  Deadline is February 9.  (Software provided by Clever Name Here Inc.).

  • Google Maps for The Alliance [January 16, 2009]
    We are pleased to announce the launch of Google Maps for the resource guide of long-time client The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault.

  • Teen Health Maps [November 29, 2008]
    Check out the new (offline) media from long-time Clever Name Here Inc. client The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault.

  • Camargo Founation Applications Open [November 20, 2008]
    The Camargo Foundation is now accepting applications for their 2009 followships.  Apply online with software from Clever Name Here Inc.!

  • New Client: China Care [October 12, 2008]
    We are please to announce that Clever Name Here Inc. will be providing web design and development services to ChinaCare.

  • What Good Government Can Do [September 2, 2008]
    in 1980, OSHA released a series of three films, narrated by Studs Terkel, which talked to workers about OSHA and about their rights to a safe working environment.

    In 1981, Ronald Reagan suppressed the films.

    Labor unions preserved a few copies, and they can now be found here.

  • PAX Hotline Site Launches [September 2, 2008]
    PAX is a nonprofit organization working with all Americans to help bring an end to gun violence against children and families.

    For too long, gun violence in America has been perceived as a political debate rather than what it really is - an urgent public health crisis that is claiming the lives of 8 children and teens every day.

    PAX has created two groundbreaking national campaigns, ASK and SPEAK UP, that make the gun violence issue a matter of public health and safety - not politics - and create the foundation for changes in social attitudes, behaviors and public policy that have previously been considered impossible. The fact is, the most successful social awareness movements of our time (such as AIDS, tobacco and drunk driving) all gained critical momentum when they became strongly focused on the public health and safety of the community as a whole, and particularly, our innocent and vulnerable children. PAX is bringing this same insight to the gun violence issue.

    Two months ago, PAX contracted with Clever Name Here Inc. to develop a set of databases for use by their hotline operators as part of the SPEAK UP campaign.  Today we are proud to announce the launch of this tool.

  • WCGMF Launches [July 19, 2008]
    We are proud to announce the launch of the redesigned, rebuilt site for the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.  A multi-year project, Clever Name Here Inc. has been working closely with the Fund to reconceive and redevelop their site from the ground up.  Congratulations to Lynn Koble for her amazing design, and for Litza Stark for coding the site and implementing the content management system and grantee search.  The new site can be seen at wcgmf.org. Great work, everybody!

  • CNH Advisor Defends Civil Liberties [June 25, 2008]
    Congratulations to William Nelson, a long-time Clever Name Here Inc. strategic advisor, for his two groundbreaking victories this year in Vermont Supreme Court.  Thanks to his work, the rights granted in Amendments 4 and 6 are a little bit more secure in the Green Mountain State.

  • SAY SO 2008! [June 18, 2008]
    Congratulations to long-time Clever Name Here Inc. client, the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, on their sixth annual SAY SO event.  See photos!

  • Long Island College Hospital Rape Crisis Program Shuttered [June 10, 2008]
    We were saddened to learn this week that the Long Island College Hospital Rape Crisis Program, a long-time Clever Name Here Inc. client, was being defunded.  Few details are available, but it's clear that LICH has chosen to radically reduce the resources available to victims of violence.  This article provides a bit of background.

    Our best wishes go out to the program staff, and especially to Brooklyn survivors of rape and domestic violence, who will henceforth find services scarcer and less convenient.

  • Good Luck Moira! [June 8, 2008]
    Clever Name Here Inc. is proud to sponsor Moira Brennan, director of MAPFund, as she runs, bikes, and swims a triathalon in support of the Foundation for Retinal Research.  Good luck Moira!

  • New Client: The American Museum of Natural History [May 27, 2008]
    Clever Name Here Inc. is proud to announce that, in conjunction with Sean Oakes Studios, we will be providing web services for one of our all-time favorite institutions, the American Museum of Natural History.  Our first project: refreshing the Group Visits section. 

  • SAG Source Launches [May 24, 2008]
    Congratulations to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice on the launch of SAG Source, an online information resource for state advisory group members and state staff housing a virtual library of documents that showcase the important work of the nation’s SAGs.  The project was designed and implemented by Clever Name Here Inc. using the SPS CMS.

  • Watch Out for BoostUp [May 24, 2008]
    In the course of my work for The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, I was recently asked to post an announcement on behalf of BoostUp.org.  This purports to be an organization offering support to students at risk of dropping out of high school.  In fact, it is a project of the U.S. Army, and I can only assume that it is a sophisticated recruitment vehicle.  So here we have a situation where the government is asking an anti-violence organization to help expose youth to military recruitment propoganda -- under the pretext of offering at-risk youth a "boost up".  (Needless to say, we didn't post the announcement.)

  • Columbia Five-Year Report Launches [May 20, 2008]
    We are delighted to announce the launch of the Columbia University's President's Report.  This lovingly crafted five year report was developed by ARTiculate with design support by Sean Oakes Studios; Clever Name Here Inc. was responsible for a portion of the programming. Congratulations to ARTiculate and all the developers who worked on this beautiful project.

  • Non-CNH Site: ACLU.tv [May 6, 2008]
    Congratulations to the ACLU on the launch of "Freedom Files: Season Two", a phenomenal new video site.  Check it out, and please try some of the five-minute actions!  (Clever Name Here Inc. was not involved in this site, though some of our independent contractors worked on it.)

  • Gilder Lehrman Store Updated [April 15, 2008]
    Congratulations to the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History for the updates to their new online store, designed by Sabina Daley and programmed by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • Fundraiser for Centro Raccontami [April 10, 2008]
    Please attend the art exhibition and fundraiser for Centro Raccontami, the Italian language and cultural arts center.  The invitation is here (pdf).  Centro Raccontami's site was developed by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • INMEX Launches [April 1, 2008]
    Congratulations to INMEX on the launch of their new web site. INMEX' mission statement: "At the Informed Meetings Exchange (INMEX), we believe that when you spend your dollars with responsible corporations, they’re more likely to continue doing the right thing. Founded in 2006 with the support of the hotel workers’ union (UNITE HERE), INMEX is a non-profit corporation that provides comprehensive meeting planning resources for your organization. But unlike traditional third-party meeting planners, we ensure you’re spending your dollars with socially responsible hotel corporations. We work closely with media, environmental, human rights, philanthropic, labor and community organizations so your event dollars go to sustainable hotel corporations that respect the communities, the workers and the environment in which they operate." INMEX can be found at inmex.org; Clever Name Here Inc. provided site programming, maintenance, and support.

  • WomensLaw.org Launches [March 24, 2008]
    Congratulations to WomensLaw.org on the launch of their new website.  Completed after two years of collaboration between the staff and board of WomensLaw.org and almost the entire staff of Clever Name Here Inc., the new site is a great leap forward for this organization.  Special kudos to Elizabeth Martin, the Executive Director of WomensLaw.org, who shepherded the project along, and to Litza Stark, who did the bulk of the project management and programming for Clever Name Here Inc.. 

  • CNH Announces $11,000 Donation to WomensLaw.org [March 20, 2008]
    WomensLaw.org was founded in February 2000 by a group of lawyers, teachers, activists, and web designers interested in seeing the power of the Internet work for more disadvantaged people and specifically for survivors of domestic violence.  The mission of WomensLaw.org is to provide easy-to-understand legal information and resources to women living with or escaping domestic violence. By reaching out through the Internet, WomensLaw.org empowers women and girls to lead independent lives, free from abuse.  The site publishes state-specific legal information for domestic violence. It also publishes information on getting help in your community.

    Tens of thousands of visitors come to the WomensLaw.org website every month to find answers to their legal questions and learn more about their options. On average, over 80,000 unique users (different individuals) visit the website each month, viewing over 3 million pages a year.

    WomensLaw.org also provides help through email, directly to women and advocates, throughout the U.S.  Volunteers and staff members answer over 1,000 inquiries each month, offering help directly to women escaping from abusive relationships.

    Over the past years, we've had the opportunity to work closely with the staff and board of WomensLaw.org.  We have been impressed time and again with their dedication, passion, and effectiveness.  A small organization with a big reach, WomensLaw.org is making a difference every day in the lives of countless women.  Clever Name Here Inc. is proud to be able to support this work through a donation of $11,000.

  • CityStep Launches [March 19, 2008]
    Congratulations to CityStep on the launch of their new site.  CityStep is a unique organization run entirely by undergraduates that introduces public school youth to the performing arts as an outlet for creative self-expression, a tool for building self-esteem, and a means to mutual understanding.  The CityStep sites were developed by ARTiculate with programming support by Clever Name Here Inc., using the SPS content management system.

  • Portland Hilton Advisory Launches [March 16, 2008]
    Congratulations to UNITE HERE on the lauch of their new campaign site, Portland Hilton Advisory: "Our issues are simple, a fair housekeeping workload to avoid dangerous injuries that compound everyday from unreasonable room quotas. A fair wage increase and increases to our benefits and pension, job security in the form of no-subcontracting and leave language that is agreed to by the Hilton and our Union in many other cities."  Systems support for the site provided by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • NJJN Grows [March 14, 2008]
    Congratulations to the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN), for its new member, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and for its newest partners, the National Center for Youth Law and Columbia Legal Services.  Clever Name Here Inc. provides web design and development for NJJN.

  • Union Airports launches [March 13, 2008]
    Cognratulations to UNITE HERE on the launch of Union Airports, a grievance tracking system for members working at airport concessions.  Clever Name Here Inc. provided programming.

  • Rockefeller Foundation Cultural Innovation Fund 2008 Open [March 10, 2008]
    Congratulations to the Rockefeller Foundation for opening their 2008 Cultural Innovation Fund to grant applications.  Programming provided by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • Two Events [March 1, 2008]
    Good luck to Clever Name Here Inc. clients with their upcoming benefit events!  The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault will have A Mediterranean Evening (Demonstration and Tasting), a cooking class, with celebrity chef Jessica Monty, on March 12.  The Enterprising Kitchen will be hosting their annual BubbleBash with special guest Dean Richards on April 10.  If you're in New York City or Chicago, please attend one of these functions!

  • ARTNet Auction Launches [February 25, 2008]
    Congratulations to ARTNet on the launch of their new auction site, the first online auction site for fine art.  The site was designed by ARTiculate with programming support from Clever Name Here Inc..

  • Congratulations, 2008 Creative Capital Grantees! [February 1, 2008]
    Creative Capital, the national organization that supports individual artists, announces the recipients of its 2008 grants. Fifty-two artists representing forty-one projects in film/video and the visual arts received initial awards of $10,000. As the projects develop, the organization offers additional funds; projects may receive as much as $50,000 each through the tenure of the multi-year grant.  Web and software development for Creative Capital was provided by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • MAPFund Funded Project "Passing Strange" Opens on Broadway [January 29, 2008]
    We are happy to announce that, Passing Strange (MAP 2005), will open on Broadway at The Belasco Theatre. A multidisciplinary musical theater piece, Passing Strange tells the story of singer/songwriter/cabaret philosopher Stew, his displacement in the world he knew and his search for home through travel. Passing Strange was funded by MAPFund in 2005; Clever Name Here Inc. provided MAPFud's web design and wrote the online application software.

  • Good Luck Alisson! [January 21, 2008]
    Clever Name Here Inc. is proud to sponsor Alisson Wood from the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance (site designed and programmed by Clever Name Here Inc.).  On February 9th, she will be plunging into the ice-cold waters of the Long Island Sound, in support of the Burroughs Community Center of Bridgeport, CT.  Good luck Alisson!

  • Merrick and Melissa Launches [January 21, 2008]
    Congratulations on the launch of Merrick and Melissa: An Extraordinary Man In The Most Ordinary of Circumstances.  Site programmed by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • MAPFund Gets New Funding from Duke [January 10, 2008]
    Congratulations to MAPFund for receiving $3.3 million in new financing from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.  Clever Name Here Inc. is MAPFund's technology partner.

  • Huntington Hotel Watch lauches [January 8, 2008]
    Congratulations to UNITE HERE on the launch of Huntington Hotel Watch, a campaign site.  Systems support and CMS development was provided by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • WCGMF Conference [December 7, 2007]
    Congratulations to the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund on their annual "Stone Soup" conference.  Clever Name Here Inc. provided online registration services, as well as the graphic design and CMS for posting conference materials.

  • Rockefeller Foundation Announces Award Recipients of NYC Cultural Innovation Fund [December 7, 2007]
    Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin announced today the first award recipients of the Foundation’s $2.6 million New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, an online application developed by Clever Name Here Inc.. Individual grants—between $50,000 and $250,000—over a two-year period are being awarded. New recipients of the Fund will be awarded annually. The list of grantees is here.

  • MAPFund Launches [December 3, 2007]
    Today, MAPFund opens its 2008 grant application round.  The site and application software were developed by Clever Name Here Inc..  Last year's winners are here.

  • Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund Launches [December 1, 2007]
    Congratulations to the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund on the launch of their new site, designed and programmed by Clever Name Here Inc. with an SPS-powered content management system.

  • GQ Rules Launches [November 14, 2007]
    Congratulations on the launch of GQ Rules, developed by ARTiculate with programming by Clever Name Here Inc..

  • Popular Science Project Launches [November 8, 2007]
    Congratulations on the launch of the Popular Science feature, "Best of What's New 2007".  This project was completed by ARTiculate with development support from Clever Name Here Inc..

  • Partnership: Wingo, Inc [November 6, 2007]
    Clever Name Here Inc. is proud to announce a new partnership with Wingo, Inc. to offer fundraising services to our clients.

  • UNITE HERE Research Databases Launch [November 5, 2007]
    Clever Name Here Inc. is proud to announce the launch of two new research databases, developed for UNITE HERE.  Together these database contain over 60,000 records with more than 200 fields.  They are used daily by UNITE HERE staffers doing industry research and strategy.

  • Las Vegas Travel Alert launches [October 16, 2007]
    Congratulations to UNITE HERE on the launch of Las Vegas Travel Alert, built around a Google Map hack and developed in-house with support from Clever Name Here Inc..

  • New CNHer: Joanne Pasila [October 6, 2007]
    We are excited to be working with Joanne Pasila, founder of onex2, who will be providing design work for several Clever Name Here Inc. projects, and who will be hiring Clever Name Here Inc. for back-end support on several of her projects.  Welcome aboard, Joanne.

  • Camargo Foundation Accepting Online Applications [October 1, 2007]
    The Camargo Foundation is now accepting online applications for their residency program.  Clever Name Here Inc. developed and deployed the online application software.

  • American Vulture launches [September 30, 2007]
    Congratulations to Dmitry Samochine for the design and launch of AmericanVulture.org, a new member of the UNITE HERE family of sites.  Clever Name Here Inc. provided some systems support, and the site was developed against the SPS CMS.

  • New Client: CR Studio [September 27, 2007]
    Sean Oakes Studios, with development support from Clever Name Here Inc., will be developing an extranet application for CR Studio.

  • Rockefeller Foundation Completes Online Applications for Cultural Innovation Fund [September 23, 2007]
    Congratulations to the Rockefeller Foundation, which, with support form Clever Name Here Inc., just completed the first online application process for the NYC Cultural Innovation Fund.

  • Media Horizons Launches [September 21, 2007]
    Congratulations to Media Horizons on their newly launched web site. The site was developed by Sean Oakes Studios with support from Clever Name Here Inc..

  • New client: Change to Win [September 5, 2007]
    Clever Name Here Inc. is proud to announce that we will be providing database development services for a new campaign for Change to Win.

  • Temple Emanu-El Launches [August 25, 2007]
    Congratulations to Temple Emanu-El on the launch of their new site, designed and developed by Sean Oakes Studios with support from Clever Name Here Inc..

  • New client: The Transgender Legal Defense Fund [August 14, 2007]
    The Transgender Legal Defense Fund (current site) has hired Clever Name Here to develop a new site design, content management system, and email template.

  • New CNHer: Litza Stark [August 1, 2007]
    Starting in August, Litza Stark will be working as a programmer with Clever Name Here Inc.. Welcome aboard, Litza.

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