Flow recently implemented our first electronic annual report for the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame. According to programming studio manager at Flow Communications and project manager, Richard Frank, this new online format is far more economical, and allows for easier user navigation and interactivity. It’s also more environmentally friendly than printing an annual report.
“We were approached by the Center for Social Concerns within the university to work on a distinctive site for the centre that involved complicated data integration,” Richard explains. “We loved working on the project, and its success resulted in the university asking us to do another project with them – the centre’s electronic annual report.”
The site was built in such a way that Flow can quickly produce new reports every year using the same model. Work for the 2012 annual report has already been confirmed, and it will use the same framework but incorporate new features. Richard explains that total build time for this project took about six weeks.
Flow programmer Dimitri Kouvdis feels the final result is sleek and visually appealing.
“Paul Horn, the chief designer and project manager acting on behalf of the university, is one of the best designers I have worked with,” says Dimitri. “The team in America knew exactly what they wanted and what the final product should look like.”
The Center for Social Concerns is the service- and community-based learning centre of the University of Notre Dame in the USA. It provides educational experiences in social concerns, inspired by gospel values and Catholic social tradition, and encourages people to think critically about today’s complex social realities and their responsibilities within them.
The University of Notre Dame is among a growing contingent of Flow’s international client base, which includes Fodor’s Guides, published by Random House and Peopletree Analytics, both of which are also based in the USA.