Association websites built for the membership and the event cycle
Associations run on two rhythms: a membership that needs year-round access, and an annual event that puts more load on the site in three days than the other 362 combined. Six projects for associations, BIAs, and advocacy organizations — including three for PDAC.
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The annual event is the load test, and it only happens once
For most associations, the website is quiet for months and then carries a convention. Registration opens, thousands of members arrive at once, and every weakness in the platform surfaces on the day it matters most. There is no second chance until next year.
The rest of the year has a different problem. Membership content, advocacy material, resources, and governance documents accumulate, and a small team has to keep it all findable. From our experience the answer is structure — content modelled properly up front — rather than a bigger CMS.
- Traffic spikes concentrated into a few days a year
- Growing libraries of resources with no workable structure
- Member-facing tools bolted onto a brochure site
- Small teams maintaining large amounts of content
What we build for associations and non-profits
Membership organizations, advocacy groups, BIAs, and community initiatives.
Association websites
Craft CMS builds structured around membership, advocacy, resources, and events — so a growing library stays navigable.
Event and convention platforms
Dedicated event sites and registration flows built to hold up when the whole membership arrives at once.
Member-facing tools
Calculators, directories, and applications your members use — like the greenhouse gas emission calculator we built for PDAC.
UX research
When an association serves several member types with conflicting needs, research settles the argument before the rebuild starts.
Ongoing operation
Hosting, monitoring, and changes — including being on hand during the event, which is when it counts.
Associations and non-profits we have actually built for
Six projects, three of them for PDAC — the association behind one of the world’s largest mining conventions.
The event does not wait for a support ticket
We are there on convention week
Registration opening is the single highest-stakes moment of the year. An operator who knows the platform beats a support queue that does not.
Volunteer and staff turnover is normal
Associations change committees and staff regularly. Platform knowledge staying with us means a change in personnel is not a rebuild.
Content keeps growing
Resource libraries and advocacy material accumulate for years. Ongoing ownership keeps the structure holding as volume grows.
Budgets are real
Non-profit budgets are scrutinised. We would rather scope a phase honestly than sell a platform larger than the organization needs.
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Questions associations ask us
Yes — that is the specific reason architecture matters here. Static delivery and a CDN mean the content side does not buckle, and registration flows are designed for the spike rather than the average.
Where an API exists, yes. Where it does not, we design the workflow around what is actually possible rather than promising a sync that will not hold.
We scope to the budget rather than applying a discount to an oversized proposal. Being direct about what a phase can include is usually more useful than a percentage off.
Yes — that is the point of a properly modelled Craft CMS build. Climate Ready Canada manages a fast-growing library entirely in-house.
We build them. PDAC’s emission calculator is a good example: a real application, with the calculation documented, serving 7,000+ members.
Start well before the event
If your convention is six months out, now is the useful moment to talk. Three weeks out, we can only help you hold the line.
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