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?