Sawgrass Strategies was founded in December 2004 to bring extensive Web strategy and development experience to nonprofits and businesses.
Whether you are seeking to turn activists into donors, or one-time visitors to your location into loyal customers, Sawgrass Strategies can help you make the most of Internet technology to exceed your goals.
We bring big-city expertise and experience, served up with a heaping side of small-town fun and friendliness. After all, we are helping you get results for your organization and what can be more fun than that?
Overview
As cofounder and former Vice President of one of Washington DC’s leading internet firms, Dottie Hodges has twelve years of experience serving the nonprofit sector and companies alike.
She has led Internet strategy, site development, Web site usability audits, product and vendor selection, online marketing, and online fundraising and advocacy campaigns for companies and organizations including:
American Red Cross – CARE – Center for International Environmental Law –
Conservation International – Easter Seals – Greenpeace – Heifer International – International Fund for Animal Welfare – League of Conservation Voters –
National Audubon Society – National Constitution Center – National Geographic –
North Shore Animal League – World Wildlife Fund (US and International)
…and dozens of others…
Up Close
Prior to founding Sawgrass Strategies, Dottie served as Vice President and cofounder of Beaconfire Consulting, where she served as creative lead and marketing consultant. She provided integrated marketing and fundraising consulting to a wide range of clients.
In addition, Dottie led the development of a set of diagnostic tools for nonprofit Web sites centered around user experience, accessibility, and design best practices. She has also led the creative strategy to both client site visual design and campaign messaging for numerous clients ranging from issue and consumer advocates to unions and think tanks. Further, she has developed trainings in online advocacy for clients including Human Rights First.
Dottie brings over 10 years of nonprofit management and strategic consulting experience, as well as several years' experience in the nonprofit sector. In the early 1990s, Dottie worked with the Center for Environmental Citizenship where she pioneered their online presence and electronic list management, as well as coordinated field outreach efforts and public materials. She has also worked for both the League of Conservation Voters and The Nature Conservancy.
Dottie holds a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
While not developing effective Web solutions, Dottie enjoys photography, birding, and racing in triathlons. She is living out her dream of being close to both the marsh and the beach by living on St. Simons Island, Georgia, with her husband John. They share their love for the outdoors with their dog, Laika, and a finch, Sable.
John Dandelski
has been a Web developer since 1998, and is Sawgrass Strategies' lead techie. He previously did Web site development for the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy Press, including integrating databases with Web sites to provide dynamic content in internet and intranet environments.
John brings a strong background in organizational and site needs assessment to Sawgrass (M.S. industrial/organizational psychology, Radford University), as well as an in-depth understanding of perception and usability (B.S. psychology, Bethany College) as they relate to Web site construction. Some of John's tools include dynamic HTML, mySQL, PHP, and a variety of javascripting, a combination of which produces clean, efficient, dynamic, and intriguing Web sites.
John also holds an M.A. in marine science (University of Miami) and is an avid naturalist, SCUBA diver, EMT, Red Cross Instructor, and triathlete.
Named for the gentle but sturdy grasses that occur in marshes in the coastal Southeast, to us sawgrass represents beauty and resiliency in times of change. As the environment has changed around it, sawgrass stands the test of time and helps to serve as a critical stabilizing species for the entire habitat. And so, Sawgrass serves our clients to bring the same resiliency to their businesses in these times of changing technology.
