About the Organization
Launched in 2022 as an initiative of Outward Bound Canada, the Training Academy addresses the representation gap within the outdoor sector. They provide technical skill development and social and emotional competencies for Canada’s future outdoor leaders.
Objectives
- Improve reach and engagement through branded storytelling
- Design a site architecture and navigational flow that enable easier browsing
- Drive conversion of site visitors into leads and registrants
- Implement a search-friendly blog to improve brand storytelling, engagement, and SEO
- Establish SEO foundations to increase search engine traffic and drive future growth
- Implement a fully responsive solution backed by WordPress CMS
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Prototyping
Outward Bound Canada has been creating access to youth outdoor adventures since 1969. Their training academy had grown too big for their main website, and needed a home of its own to showcase their programs and courses.
The primary focus of this web design project was building a clean, simple structure that’s engaging for their audience to navigate and explore – and just as easy for their team to manage, as courses need frequent updates. This website was also one of the first to be built on our proprietary site builder plugin, Refoundry.
Style
The new Outward Bound Training site needed to look and feel similar to the main Outward Bound site, so that users would feel reassured that it’s the same organization and trusted reputation. We took care to match their branding, but gave the new design unique touches like rounded edges on the photos, geometric backgrounds, and vivid green accents and hover effects.
Bringing it All Together
The all-new Outward Bound Training site feels like a breath of clean outdoor air with its earthy palette and bright, authentic photography. Finding answers or learning about information sessions is quick and easy to do. The new program and course pages give their team content to amplify as part of their marketing strategy. And the site is built on our site builder plugin, Refoundry, making it incredibly flexible and customizable. This is a big benefit for their team, to quickly update existing courses and add new ones as the academy grows.
Built by Refoundry
Refoundry is a low-code site builder plugin created by Forge and Smith’s owner, Shawn Johnston, and our team of engineers. We’ve been building all of our websites on it since late 2022. It empowers our clients with total creative freedom in WordPress, and the ability to more easily grow and scale their sites.
See the Finished Site
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