If your website was a real person what would they be like? How would they react to your visitors and what sort of information would they share with them? Would they try and educate visitors? Sign them up to volunteer? Ask for a donation?
This was my presentation to the NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations - a mini-workshop focused on getting these organisations thinking about the core purpose of their websites.
17. Task #2 Who’s your most important website visitor ? Does your website personality meet their needs?
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19. So, who are they? Who has direct contact with your visitors? Talk to them! Emails Feedback, complaints, questions Web statistics Most popular content, repeat visitors, location Online questionnaire Limited value on it’s own, but a good starting point!
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22. Task #3 Create a profile of your most important visitor. Include 3 questions they might ask your website.
25. … a strategy for your website provides an explicit understanding of the goals of the site and your visitors… … the strategy considers your website in context of our wider communications and what you are trying to achieve as a viable and vibrant organisation…
From Peter Morville Useful. As practitioners, we can't be content to paint within the lines drawn by managers. We must have the courage and creativity to ask whether our products and systems are useful, and to apply our deep knowledge of craft and medium to define innovative solutions that are more useful. Usable. Ease of use remains vital, and yet the interface-centered methods and perspectives of human-computer interaction do not address all dimensions of web design. In short, usability is necessary but not sufficient. Desirable. Our quest for efficiency must be tempered by an appreciation for the power and value of image, identity, brand, and other elements of emotional design . Findable. We must strive to design navigable web sites and locatable objects, so users can find what they need. Accessible. Just as our buildings have elevators and ramps, our web sites should be accessible to people with disabilities (more than 10% of the population). Today, it's good business and the ethical thing to do. Eventually, it will become the law. Credible. Thanks to the Web Credibility Project , we're beginning to understand the design elements that influence whether users trust and believe what we tell them. Valuable. Our sites must deliver value to our sponsors. For non-profits, the user experience must advance the mission. With for-profits, it must contribute to the bottom line and improve customer satisfaction.
From Peter Morville Useful. As practitioners, we can't be content to paint within the lines drawn by managers. We must have the courage and creativity to ask whether our products and systems are useful, and to apply our deep knowledge of craft and medium to define innovative solutions that are more useful. Usable. Ease of use remains vital, and yet the interface-centered methods and perspectives of human-computer interaction do not address all dimensions of web design. In short, usability is necessary but not sufficient. Desirable. Our quest for efficiency must be tempered by an appreciation for the power and value of image, identity, brand, and other elements of emotional design . Findable. We must strive to design navigable web sites and locatable objects, so users can find what they need. Accessible. Just as our buildings have elevators and ramps, our web sites should be accessible to people with disabilities (more than 10% of the population). Today, it's good business and the ethical thing to do. Eventually, it will become the law. Credible. Thanks to the Web Credibility Project , we're beginning to understand the design elements that influence whether users trust and believe what we tell them. Valuable. Our sites must deliver value to our sponsors. For non-profits, the user experience must advance the mission. With for-profits, it must contribute to the bottom line and improve customer satisfaction.
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While we love working for our clients and understanding their needs unless we deeply understand their audience we will not be totally successful. Therefore we believe if we can delight your audience, the dividends will be returned in improved traffic and profitability.
We like to think of ourselves as the old hands of new media. We are the most awarded digital interactive company in New Zealand.
We are well balanced and strong in all these areas not just some.