A properly designed website with compelling content will increase your donors, advocates, volunteers and clients. Are you wondering about the efficacy of your website? Is it ready for the scrap yard? Come interact with Beam & Hinge CEO, Dan Stanton, and long-time nonprofit executive, Mac Bennett, as they discuss what makes a website effective, how to evaluate your current site, what to look for in a website design partner, how to increase on-line giving and what are the expectations of you and your staff during the design process. This is a how-to session with practical advice that can be used now or down the road.
Beam & Hinge is a branding and web development firm serving clients across the Carolinas. Their core capabilities are branding, web design, and web development for small to mid-sized organizations (nonprofits, law firms, commercial construction, real estate, etc.). Beam & Hinge is committed to designing WordPress websites to assure its clients the greatest flexibility and third-party applications’ connectivity. After launch, they partner with clients to service/maintain websites and help ensure their digital presence supports organizational strategies now and into the future. “Your message has power. Beam & Hinge is the lever that strengthens your story and elevates it to new heights.”
Dan Stanton took over as CEO of Beam & Hinge in January of 2020 after retiring from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, operations, logistics, and integrating organizational change. He led organizations from 30 to over 250 people, functioned as the COO for organizations of up to 450 people, and mentored Iraqi National Police as part of a specialized 11-person advisory team. He has an MBA from University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business and a Bachelor of Science from Clemson University in Industrial Engineering. Dan attended UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School executive leadership training and Army's Command and General Staff College.
Mac Bennett retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of the Midlands in 2017. He has remained active by consulting with Beam & Hinge, a regional website design firm, and Capital Development Services, a fundraising and executive search firm. Mac is a founding director of TogetherSC (formerly SCANPO) and served as the first chairman of the organization’s Board of Directors. Mac holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and management from USC’s Moore School of Business. Mac received his CFRE from the Association of Fund-Raising Professionals in 1996.