Post on 23-Dec-2015
Fairfax CASA Website Redesign Extensions
Melanie ChenSrinivas DeshrajuJack O’BannonKetan Patil
INFM 700 – Fall 2009Project 3
Presentation Overview
• Review of the Assignment Objectives & New Client Objectives
• Our Process
• Our Selected Extensions to the Website
• Demo of New Features
• Summary
• Questions?
Assignment Objectives
• Educate the public on issues and activities relating to CASA Fairfax and Youth Advocacy
• Increase volunteerism; help recruit, screen and train potential volunteer advocates
• Increase contributions to CASA Fairfax and its partner organizations
• Keep people aware and involved in the CASA mission
• Maintain consistency and synergy with the national CASA program
Additional Fairfax CASA Objectives
The Fairfax CASA website should be:
• An effective public face for the organization.
• A place where prospective volunteers can glean more information about how to become a CASA volunteer and even respond by completing an application.
• A place where current volunteers can review in-service training opportunities/activity calendars, etc.
• A place where donors and prospective donors can learn about the organization and what it accomplishes and will become more engaged in the organization.
Early Wireframe – Main Page
Our Fairfax CASA Website
Possible Items for Project 3
• Implement Current Volunteer Forums.
• Implement the floating “Donate” box.
• Implement the “Bing” or “Slashdot” page extension on the Volunteer page.
• Implement full website search functionality.
• Create sample dynamic, interactive stories for the main page.
Implementation
We selected the first three and the last:• Volunteer Forums• Floating Donate Box• “Bing” or “Slashdot” Continue• Flash Animation for the Main Page
Dynamic Multimedia Story
• Meets the first and fourth original objectives, to educate the public about CASA Fairfax and to keep people aware and involved.
• Meets the first and fourth additional objectives, to be an effective public face for the organization and to be a place where donors can learn about the organization.
Floating Donate Box
• Meets the second and third original objectives, to increase volunteerism and to increase contributions to CASA Fairfax.
• Meets the fourth additional objective serving as a place where potential donors can become more engaged in the organization.
“Bing” Page Continue
• Meets the second original objective to increase volunteerism, and also serves to better reward current volunteers.
• Meets the second additional objective serving as a place where prospective volunteers can learn about volunteering.
Volunteer Forums
• Meets the first, second and fourth original objectives, to educate the public on the activities of CASA Fairfax, to increase volunteerism and keep people involved with the CASA mission.
• Meets the second and third additional objectives, serving as a place where prospective volunteers can find more information about volunteering, and as a place where current volunteers can find out about current activities.
Demo of Updated Website
Summary
Our Fairfax CASA website:
• Meets the five original objectives.
• Meets the four additional objectives.
• Has a simplified and more logical navigation system.
• Is more informative, engaging and interesting than the current website.
Questions?