“Our site is for young people affected by disasters. It’s run by emergency services staff who’re updating content during and after crises. Portable understood the sensitivities of our audience, and the demands of our work. They delivered thoughtful ideas with care and insight and gave us a CMS that means we do better work, more often, and more easily. There was and remains a great trust—they just get it, that people are our business. I feel they truly respect the work we do because there’s a shared excitement and sense of collaboration about what the project is and could be. They seek to create the best for us, be it in terms of design or cost or function or timelines. Working with the Portable team is always relaxed, informed and productive, a natural and honest communication that translates to everything they do. We’ve enjoyed their flexibility, skill and professionalism and continue to appreciate their strong vision and true support.”
—Loren Hackett, Project Manager, Red Cross Australia
“Oxfam Australia, as a member of the coalition Make Poverty History Australia, approached Portable in 2010 to build the Wishing Tree project. They workshopped ideas with us, drew up concepts and built the interactive campaigning tool using Html5. Throughout this process, we found Portable’s attitude towards digital projects refreshingly unique – rather than look at developing a simple website or tool, they are always keen to push the boundary in terms of digital strategy, advocating new technologies, different approaches and how to best utilise the various skills in their team.”
—Tim Norton, Online Campaigns Coordinator, Oxfam Australia
“The Green Institute has worked with Portable on three projects: websites for the Green Institute, the Green New Deal conference and the Butterfly Project. The Butterfly Project uses Drupal and CiviCRM for the contact management system. We have found Portable excellent to work with—aligned with our values, technically competent, responsive and friendly”
—Margaret Blakers, Director, The Green Institute
“As one of Australia’s largest NGOs, our communication strategies and mechanisms are complex and multi streamed. Working with Portable has enabled us to utilise technology to simplify our approach without sacrificing the sophistication of our marketing or messaging. Whether it has been through the implementation of our new content management system, the use of mobile technology for supporter acquisition or better use of digital media, the skill, experience and expertise of the Portable staff has resulted in us achieving greater cut through with less cost.”
—Cath Hoban, CEO, The Wilderness Society
