About the Non-Profit

Dress for Success is a worldwide non-profit with one mission: to empower women and gender nonconforming individuals to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and development tools to help them thrive.

Ever since the grand opening of the Ottawa branch in January 2011, Dress for Success Ottawa has supported thousands of women in the community and empowered them to realize they are valuable members of our community with a lot to offer potential employers. Dress for Success Ottawa suits women, from the inside out. 

Our Solution

Our contributes to Dress for Success revolve around the development of a Volunteer Management platform, allowing the administration team at DFS to easily view, manage, and track various volunteer contributions. Not only is this platform helpful for the admin team, but for volunteers it includes easily-accessible volunteer training information. Everything is designed to be as intuitive and user-friendly as possible, as our goal is for anyone, no matter the age or background, to be comfortable volunteering for DFS!

Key Components:

• Front-End Trello Inspired Design
• • Previous DFS volunteer management platform used Trello
  • Model website UI design to be intuitive for Trello users
  • Account-based platform that allows for user login/logouts
• Admin Webpage Access
• • Admin accounts can view and edit individual profiles and training completion progress
  • Access table of volunteer profiles to filter and sort through
  • Create volunteer and admin profiles
  • View-only version of this role for volunteers (the user can view volunteer info but not edit)
• Volunteer Access
• • Volunteer accounts can view overview of profiles and training statuses
  • Can edit own personal volunteer profile
  • Access training modules and complete through certificate upload, e-signature, or online quiz completion