Leslie Surel

Leslie Surel the founder of Surelutions, a Michigan-based agency that helps nonprofits with website planning, design, and growth. Leslie has a background in psychology and 20+ years expertise in user-focused design, website technology, and big picture thinking. Her ultimate goal is to make websites easier and more useful for nonprofits so they can focus on their mission.

There are basic rules-of-thumb followed by good designers when choosing fonts. The guidelines below apply to any documents, with special notes about website design as well. Your readers will thank you for learning these basics! Use standard fonts for your primary content. For websites, it is important to use standard fonts to ensure that your … Read more

Sure-what? Probably the second most often asked question we get is How do you say your company name? So here you go: It is pronounced SURE-lu-tions. As in, sure + lutions. The company was named by my husband Mike and is a play on our last name: Surel (which, to add to the confusion, is pronounced sir-EL) … Read more

No matter what tools you use to develop a website, it’s important that your site is streamlined and accessible. While it may not matter to most users, our expertise and attention to detail is nonetheless very important, and often overlooked by other website designers. Some companies (GoDaddy, Quickbooks, etc.) offer “Instant Websites!” which use pre-designed … Read more