EERE Web Coordinators Meeting

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EERE Web Coordinators Meeting

• July 10, 2008

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Agenda
Agenda

• Round Table Updates Programs (10 min)
• Beyond HTML Drew Bittner (25 min)
• Redesign Update Janis Adkins (10 min)
• Server Centralization Michael Thomas (5 min)
• Transition Plan Update Sarah Kirchen (5 min)
• Next Meeting Sarah Kirchen (5 min)

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Round Table Updates (10 minutes)
Round Table
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Agenda
Agenda

• ?Round Table Updates Programs (10 min)
• Beyond HTML Drew Bittner (25 min)
• Redesign Update Janis Adkins (10 min)
• Server Centralization Michael Thomas (5 min)
• Transition Plan Update Sarah Kirchen (5 min)
• Next Meeting Sarah Kirchen (5 min)

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Beyond HTML (25 minutes)
Beyond HTML

• Taking EERE Web sites to the next level
• Beyond static Web pages.
• Blogs and EERE (Elizabeth)
• Wikipedia and EERE (Elizabeth)
• Draft blog policy (Drew/Allison)
• Examples of dynamic Web features

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Blogs and EERE
Beyond HTML

• Why should we care about what blogs are writing
  about?
• Blogs show how the public views EERE
• Bloggers pay attention to what EERE is doing
• Blogs watch EEREAnd its important to know what
  they are saying

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Blogs and EERE
Beyond HTML

• I researched top-ranking blogs by using sites
  that let users vote for and rank articles
• Blogs that cover EE RE topics are normally
• Environmental blogs
• Technology blogs

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Wikipedia and EERE
Beyond HTML

• Why should we care about Wikipedia?
• 136,036,288 visits to the main page in February,
  2008.
• Ranked 8th out of all sites on the web by Alexa.
• EERE is a trusted source on Wikipedia, used in
  over 350 articles.
• And we didnt add themthe public trusted us
  enough to do it for us!

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Wikipedia and EERE
Beyond HTML

• Anyone can edit Wikipedia, but EERE Staff should
  approach it with caution
• Staff have a Conflict of Interest per Wikipedia
  guidelines
• Do not just add content. Work with editors on the
  Talk Pages to reach a consensus
• Wikipedias value is in seeing how EERE is
  viewed, not in self-promotion

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Agenda
Agenda

• ?Round Table Updates Programs (10 min)
• ? Beyond HTML Drew Bittner (25 min)
• Redesign Update Janis Adkins (10 min)
• Server Centralization Michael Thomas (5 min)
• Transition Plan Update Sarah Kirchen (5 min)
• Next Meeting Sarah Kirchen (5 min)

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Reverse Card Sort Process
Redesign Update

• List of 57 pre-selected terms to sort
• Represent cross-cut of EERE Web site
• Similar level of information
• 8 categories derived from initial Card Sort
• Sort terms into most appropriate category
• Answer survey questions
• To establish confidence level, potential
  alternate names, and identify associated /
  related terms

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EERE Reverse Card Sort
Redesign Update

• 38 EERE Web Coordinators and Support Staff
  invited to participate in Reverse Card Sort
  activity
• 5 responses completed by June 30 deadline
• 2 responses from FEMP, 3 from support staff
• 2 late entries
• received after the deadline, so not included in
  analysis
• Vehicle Technology Program and FEMP

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Redesign Update
Dendogram of EERE Web Team Reverse Card Sort
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Redesign Update
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Redesign Update
EERE Confidence Level
On a scale of 15 (1 least confident and 5
most confident), how confident were you that the
terms are correctly placed in each category?
EERE Confident and Most Confident ratings
Awareness Education (4) 20 (5) 40
60 Transportation (4) 20 (5) 80
100 Alternative Energy Sources (4) 20 (5)
20 40 For the Home (4) 40 (5) 20
60 Business Industry (4) 20 (5) 20
40 Energy Saving Methods (4) 20 (5) 20
40 Financing Funding (4) 60 (5) 40
100 Government Legislation (4) 40 (5) 20
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Reverse Card Sort Recruits
Redesign Update

• Recruited 57 participants for Reverse Card Sort
  activity, out of which 41 participated
• Of the 41 recruits, 13 were Consumers, 17 were in
  the Education category, and 11 were
  Decision-Makers

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Redesign Update
Card Sort Confidence Levels
How confident are you that the terms are
correctly placed?
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Redesign Update
Awareness Education
Government Legislation
Financing Funding
Transportation
Alternative Energy Sources
For the Home
Business Industry
Energy Saving Methods
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Comparing EERE and Recruit Sorts
Redesign Update

• The following slides show which terms were sorted
  into the 8 categories in the EERE Reverse Card
  Sort exercise, compared to the Recruit Reverse
  Card Sort
• The Recruit Reverse Card Sort validated the 8
  categories participants sorted the majority of
  terms into similar categories as were defined in
  the Open Card Sort
• The majority of terms were sorted similarly by
  the recruits and by EERE

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Redesign Update
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Redesign Update
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Redesign Update
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Redesign Update
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Agenda
Agenda

• ?Round Table Updates Programs (10 min)
• ? Beyond HTML Drew Bittner (25 min)
• ? Redesign Update Janis Adkins (10 min)
• Server Centralization Michael Thomas (5 min)
• Transition Plan Update Sarah Kirchen (5 min)
• Next Meeting Sarah Kirchen (5 min)

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Server Centralization (5 Minutes)

• Charter Development
• Coordination between teams (EES, OCIO, NREL)
• Service Level Agreements Drafted
• Additional server being added for new sites
• www.LoseYourExcuse.Gov
• More to be announced in the future

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Agenda
Agenda

• ?Round Table Updates Programs (10 min)
• ? Beyond HTML Drew Bittner (25 min)
• ? Redesign Update Janis Adkins (10 min)
• ? Server Centralization Michael Thomas (5 min)
• Transition Plan Update Sarah Kirchen (5 min)
• Next Meeting Sarah Kirchen (5 min)

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Preparing for New Administration
Transition Plan

• Programs are responsible to remove references to
  current administration.
• Inventory site now
• No need to archive news and publications
• Create plan so cleaned up site will be live
  January 21

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Preparing for New Administration
Transition Plan

• Create a 1-2 page summary of your site
• Site purpose, goals, audiences
• High level statistics
• Budget
• List of sites, highlight key features
• Roles and responsibilities
• Top three messages
• Optional handouts
• Home page policy
• Site map
• FY09 plan

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Agenda
Agenda

• ?Round Table Updates Programs (10 min)
• ? Beyond HTML Drew Bittner (25 min)
• ? Redesign Update Janis Adkins (10 min)
• ? Server Centralization Michael Thomas (5 min)
• ? Transition Plan Update Sarah Kirchen (5 min)
• Next Meeting Sarah Kirchen (5 min)

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Next Meeting

• Discussion on Topics for Next Meeting
• August 7th, 2008
• 100 PM (ET)
• Room GH-035