Don’t Take Your Website for Granted mark a. greenfield
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Mark Greenfield Higher ed web professional, consultant, keynote speaker, futurist, uwebd overlord, lacrosse coach, tennis player, music lover, dog rescuer markgr.com twitter.com/markgr delicious.com/markgr
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Moving Forward 1.Implement web governance 2.Integrate social technologies 3.Prepare for the mobile web
Moving Forward 1.Implement web governance
mark a. greenfield Bringing Web Governance to Higher Education
Most organizations address web quality by redesigning their site or investing in infrastructure when the real problem lies in the management practices.
Operations Evaluation Strategy the web lifecycle
The web is a strategic asset that needs appropriate management structures and resources.
Web Governance an organization's structure of staff (each with well-defined roles, responsibilities, and authorities); technical systems; and the policies, procedures, and relationships such staff have in place to maintain and manage a website.
Web Governance Deciding who gets to decide (assigning roles and responsibilities, then holding those people accountable)
Web Strategy The use and allocation of organizational resources to accomplish long-term objectives
Why do you have a website?
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” - Peter Drucker
Web Operations effective, efficient management of daily web operations.
Web Evaluation Must measure both the product and the process Must measure both web metrics and business metrics All data must be actionable Must use a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies
Moving Forward 1.Implement web governance 2.Integrate social technologies
© 2010 Altimeter Group Many brands approach in disparate fashion 25 Social NetworkCorporate Website
© 2010 Altimeter Group Many brands approach in disparate fashion 26 Corporate Website + Social Network
Moving Forward 1.Implement web governance 2.Integrate social technologies 3.Prepare for the mobile web
The Mobile Web
mobile is as different from the internet as tv is from radio
Carnac the Magnificent
The number of mobile phones sold last year 1.37 Billion
The number of mobile phones subscription world-wide 5.2 Billion
The percentage of people who will access the Internet from a mobile device by (It’s already 75% in Japan) 80%
The number of times the average person checks their mobile phone per day 150
Percentage of teens in the U.S. can send a text message blindfolded. (They can type faster on a phone than a QUERTY keyboard) 42%
Key Takeaways
think of your website as a strategic asset rather than a cost center
quantify the value of the web
know the problem you are trying to solve
focus on ROI and efficiencies
create a web strategy that is the foundation for a comprehensive digital strategy
Institutional Strategy Web Strategy Content Strategy Social Media Strategy IT Strategy Communications Strategy
take a holistic approach to content
remember the web is not a project
it takes on the shape of the system that presents it Content is like water…
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Templat e CMS Page PagePage TemplateTemplate PagePage contentcontent designdesign Separate Content from Design
Content TemplateTemplate XSLT 2.0 TemplateTemplate TemplateTemplate Web Page SocialSocial Mobile Multi-Channel Output
1.Make your site presentable 2.Responsive design 3.Mobile website 4.Mobile apps Use an Incremental Approach to the Mobile Web
Inspiration
don’t take your website for granted your website is the foundation for all your online activity
Thank You mark a greenfield markgr.com twitter.com/markgr delicious.com/markgr