Hi Hallie!
I know the stares of which you speak :-) It's great you were able
to make the transition to the for-profit world. It's something I'm
trying to figure out myself now. I am not "formally" trained in UX,
but it's the framework from which I've approached my work, and only
recently realized
Fritz, you are so right about the goals and jargon. I can see you've
experienced the tug between program people who are fine with
"raising awareness" and the development teams who want to
fundraise. I think too often, nonprofits bring in web consultants
before they even have their goals defined. P
Thanks Callie. Great work. For a nonprofit, you have a rather robust
web design team compared to issue-based nonprofits.
What was also striking is the commitment of NPR to train editorial
staff in creating multimedia. Is that training technical only? And
Owen must work for a very small company ;-
I'm curious how many people here have case studies/experience working
with nonprofits in building effective websites.
For ten years, I have a worn the many hats required of nonprofit web
teams. One thread that has remained consistent is evangelizing a UX
approach to workflows, design and content d