Please reply by 4 MAY 2001 to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Background The Sustainable Development Communications Network is launching a new initiative to develop training materials for civil society Web managers. Web managers are those individuals who help researchers, public relations staff, designers, programmers, and IT managers work together to create Web products and services. Web managers are not technical specialists; they are communication specialists able to take advantage of Internet technologies as appropriate. They are the people responsible for making sure that Web products and services actually meet the needs of their audiences: policy-makers, practitioners, businesses and/or the general public. In some organizations, the role of Web manager may be a full-time job. In other organizations, the tasks of Web management may be given to someone who is also a researcher, information assistant, or graphic designer. Your Region? Please indicate the region of the world where you currently work (see http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm for map of regions). ___ Africa - Sub-Saharan ___ East Asia and the Pacific ___ Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia ___ Latin America and the Caribbean ___ Middle East and North Africa ___ OECD ___ South Asia Your Training Needs? Which of the following Web management topics do you want to learn more about? Please select only five topics. Number those five in the order of importance to you (1 is most important, 5 is least important). ___ Developing communications and engagement strategies ___ Integrating online and print publishing ___ Establishing achievable Web goals ___ Financing/budgeting for Web products and services ___ Managing Web teams with in-house and contracted staff ___ Managing content and workflow ___ Prototyping and usability testing ___ Creating Web style guides and product specifications ___ Developing information architectures for SD web sites ___ Writing and editing for the Web ___ Marketing Web products and services ___ Managing user feedback and communications ___ Understanding and using Web site statistics ___ Maintaining relevance of Web content ___ Managing Web site redesigns/overhauls ___ Other ____________________________ Please, feel free to forward this message to other civil society Web managers. We are especially interested in the responses of those working in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and the South Pacific. Sincerely, Terri Willard Coordinator Sustainable Development Communications Network http://www.sdcn.org/ ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
