April 25, 2007

The Cedar Cultural Center web site (designed and hosted by Cruiskeen Consulting LLC) has won the first Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Dot.Org award. The Cedar's site won the Community Convergence award as the best web site in Minnesota for community engagement.

Steve Hanson of Cruiskeen Consulting LLC accepted the award on behalf of The Cedar at the annual Tech Tools 2.0 Conference in Minneapolis.

Features of the web site that were cited as parts of the reason for winning the award were:

MNCN Dot.Org Award

• Streaming audio and video on the site, allowing patrons to see and hear performers coming to The Cedar.
• Innovative use of RSS both for aggregating incoming news and for the output of numerous RSS feeds for subscription.
• Use of user comments and feedback as community engagement items
• Simple on-line subscription to The Cedar's email newsletter

Cruiskeen Consulting LLC is proud to be part of the Cedar web team and congratulates The Cedar Cultural Center on winning the award.