CommunityGrove provides Internet consulting, training, development, and management services to innovative educational organizations.

We offer expertise in best-of-breed solutions, with a focus on  industry-leading GNU/Open Source projects. CommunityGrove is founded and managed by educational professionals.

Offering

Consulting:  We help you determine which high-quality online solution best meets your needs and budget. When appropriate, we suggest GNU/GPL solutions as this innovative license maximizes your rights, while reducing -- or even eliminating -- the cost of ownership. We also support the best proprietary solutions whenever they add clear value.

Training and Support: We offer customized training programs, and documentation in multiple formats including online, print, and CD/DVD. Clients have access to our private forums, online support sites, and specialized alert systems. We also provide emergency phone and email support.

Application Development: We specialize in rapid application development using open and collaborative processes. We use industry-leading technologies, such as GNU/Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP and Javascript. We work with the best Open Source projects, including Joomla, Drupal, PHPBB, WordPress, Moodle, SugarCRM, and many others. Our solutions conform to key industry standards, such as XHTML, SQL, CSS, iCal, RSS, and SSL.

Design and Theme Development: We provide complete online design services. Through partnerships with top design groups, we offer a large and growing set of professional themes and skins for a wide range of applications. Each theme can be fully customized. 

Managed Hosting:  We serve a select number of organizations as core members of their IT team. You can relax knowing your systems are managed 24x7 by dedicated professionals. We contract with top Internet service providers who use only the highest quality servers. Systems are constantly monitored, daily backups are stored off-site, and applications are actively maintained and patched as needed. Our dedication to the technical infrastructure frees you to focus on your organization's core mission.

You Achieve

Innovative Strategies: In today's fast-paced environment, rapid application development must be creatively combined with traditional planning models to support an adaptive and evolutionary planning process. When successful, the result is a nimble organization that can respond more quickly to emerging Internet opportunities and challenges.

Dynamic Communities: Your web presence should serve your community. Well designed systems can strengthen your community by providing forums, group calendars, opt-in e-newsletters, private group collaboration, customizable personal profiles, photo galleries, podcasts, personal web pages, personal blogs, and more...

Effective Fundraising and Outreach: We offer support for various fundraising programs, such as online auctions, opt-in e-newsletters, credit card processing, e-commerce, and more...

Increased Staff Productivity: In the current political environment, with educational budgets increasingly decimated by other priorities, schools are in danger of becoming overly reliant on volunteers or high-priced specialists. This leads to slow, frustrating, error-prone and ultimately costly development. We offer a powerful solution. We help your staff increase their effectiveness with online tools. Our innovative and easy-to-use systems free each member of your staff to contribute as appropriate. Editorial oversight and data confidentiality is maintained through flexible review and security systems.

World-Class Solutions: By utilizing industry-leading GNU and Open Source technologies, you gain access to world-class software while staying within tight or shrinking budgets. When proprietary products are the right solution (and many times they are), we support them as well.