Thanks Enrico! -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia pre-order my new eBook, "the business of community"
On Dec 7, 2012, at 5:18 AM, Enrico Icardi <enrico.ica...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Alex, > > I've enjoyed reading your message! > I'm always happy to see non-tech people diving into "what's behind a website". > > I'm happy to see when people understand that a website isn't just code and > graphics > that takes time and passion to create it and that once you launch it > is always gonna be a "work in progress" that takes the undefined shape of > members voices. > > There are always deep thoughts behind every little part of it, there is > always a community that helps making it better > there is a purpose, a story to tell, people thoughts, great ideas > and a mix of stress and fun to having it live. :) > > I work in a tech team and this is something i personally do every day. > It's always good to see someone that fully understand and respect the work > you do. > > Thanks for sharing this. > > > > > Enrico. > http://www.sharedesk.net > for coworkers, by coworkers ;) > > > > > > > P.S. > More about passionate Web Development/Design: http://goo.gl/SrUPk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, December 6, 2012 11:52:05 PM UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote: > What do you think about when you look at the website for your coworking space? > > What do your members, and prospective members, think about when they look at > your website? > > Over this past year we've taken a lot of inventory of how our community has > grown and matured, and along the way we realized that our website didn't do a > very good job of communicating it anymore. > > A lot had changed in the 3+ years since we designed and launched the last > one! Our members have become the dominant voice of Indy Hall, not me. And > many of the photos we were sporting were from our original space, and we had > none of our new expansion. > > So we sat down with two objectives for a redesign: > > 1) Refresh the website to accurately and honestly reflect who we are and what > it's like to be here. > 2) Have a website that was co-created by the members. Their thoughts. Their > ideas. Their words. > > With those objectives, we spent 4 evening sessions in August brainstorming > with about 2 dozen of our members from various disciplines, including many > who have never designed or built a website before. > > We asked ourselves, "what does a website for Indy hall need to accomplish?" > > First, a website is informational, of course. There were certain basics that > couldn't be omitted. But we challenged ourselves to think about why we would > decide to keep one part of the site but not another. > > We determined that beyond information, the purpose of our website was to be > an invitation. > > From there, we set out to write copy, shoot new photos, and make the simplest > version of our web presence that accomplished our goals. Every photo, every > line of copy, was written by our members (except for one line that we lifted > with permission from our friends at The Workbench in Sydney) > > We launched today, at http://indyhall.org. > > Though we're far from done, we've accomplished a lot - not just by launching > a new website, but by having our members voices be the voice of Indy Hall. > > After all, that's always been the voice that attracts more new, wonderful > members. > > -Alex > > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > pre-order my new eBook, "the business of community > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
