1. Developments in MISSOC website & communication
MISSOC NETWORK MEETING Dublin, May 2013
Developments in
MISSOC website & communication
Harald Hauben, Communication Expert

2. MISSOC communication and website
October 2012 – improved MISSOC database publicly accessible at
Period October 2012 – April 2013
Overview of website & communication activities:
Usability improvements and refinements to website & database
Update tables and information (July 2012 actualisation)
Inclusion of archives
Inclusion of feedback form for the Tables
Promotion actions
Development of Infographics 2

3. Usability improvement – restructuring information base page
descriptive doormat to available information
language choice on every page (also deeper pages)
addition of archives and external resources

4. Usability improvement – search results page
Country name above each cell (static)
Indication of category each 4th column

5. Usability improvement – Excel export with frozen panes
Fixed horizontal header (countries)
Fixed vertical column (categories)

6. MISSOC promotion via ISSA & MISSCEO
Mutual links

7. MISSOC promotion – via trESS
trESS e-newsletter to recipients
trESS LinkedIn reaching 399 professionals
trESS Facebook viewed by 103 persons
trESS seminars 2013 reaching approx. 280 participants 7

8. MISSOC E-Newsletter Promotion actions E-newsletter:
Link to e-newsletter subscription form on
DG EMPL webpage
Notifications of each new issue on trESS social media
MISSOC E-newsletter March issue sent to
2.993 subscribers
January: + 12 subscribers
February: subscribers
March: + 15 subscribers
April: + 15 subscribers
Currently subscribers to the E-newsletter

9. Infographics - quick guide to MISSOC
Slider on the homepage: the network

10. Infographics - quick guide to MISSOC
Slider on the homepage: Information Base

11. Infographics - quick guide to MISSOC
Slider on the homepage: XII tables

12. MISSOC website statistics 01/01/2013 – 31/03/2013
Visitors (3 months): or 3.597/month
Pageviews (3 months): or 9.565/month

13. MISSOC website statistics 01/01/2013 – 31/03/2013
Most visited sections:

14. MISSOC website statistics 01/01/2013 – 31/03/2013
Traffic sources:

15. Call for support/ideas from MISSOC National Correspondents
MISSOC communication – next steps
Redesign of homepage (inclusion of infographics)
Monitoring of feedback and continued refinements
Continued promotion efforts
Search engine optimisation
Collaboration with other relevant projects and networks
- Set-up of webring (links to):
Call for support/ideas from MISSOC National Correspondents
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