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Revision as of 18:53, 17 December 2008
Recap: Who We Are
- Midd taskforce looking at redoing their website
- MIIS is simultaneously thinking about how to make a more useful website
- A redesign to reinforce the reorganization
- Implementing new features to help create a digital community
- Not sure where Midd & MIIS processes will converge
Website Redesign Group
- Group began with a Yammer post from Amy McGill
- Group members are nicely spread across different groups/depts on campus
- Purpose: to brainstorm ideas and bring in best practices, survey the community, run focus groups, and ultimately put together a set of requirements for the new site
Focus Groups
To be completed in January:
New Students
- Interface with whoever is planning student orientation
- Kathy & Lynn
Admissions/Records/Financial Aid
- Tate & Amy
Advancement & Communications
- Caroline & Rafael
HR/Student Services/School Staff
- Anne Marie & Caroline
IT/Library/TLC
- Leah & Nina
Direct Reports & Deans
- Bob & Lynn
Faculty v2.0
- Sarah & Jen
Survey Input
- Alum role was created after many alumni responded to survey
iModules
- $8000/annually
- Web data management program used by university systems
- iModules purchased IAC, MIIS got a good deal to switch to iModules
- Creates robust database of who works where, etc.
- iModules doesn't believe in having a closed social network community
- MIIS may be on board for testing for other languages + linking to other international social networks
- Hoping to create a very comprehensive career services section including a mentoring system
- In a perfect world, every incoming student will be paired w/an alum
- Has mass mailing system & electronic newsletter system similar to Constant Contact (can be used for alumni newsletter)
- Creates cluster audiences (alums in Europe, T&I alums, etc.)
Work to be done
- Finalize database system and send to iModules
- Need people to volunteer to create particular pages and help archive photos
- Career resources
- Networking
- Giving
- Newsletters/blogs
- Get word out to alumni to submit photos
- Make sure alumni will be more inclined to give to the Institute when they see the steps we are taking to reach out to them
- Determine which areas will be password-protected
Create an Account
- Link will be sent out
How to finish this?
- Develop a work plan
- Identify each task in the work plan
- Names can be assigned to each task
Homework for next meeting
- Look at Lynn's pdf document
- mediawiki.middlebury.edu/wikis/MIIS/images/9/97/Conduct_a_Focus_Group.pdf