I'd agree with the calendar issue. We've 'resorted' to communicating via our
newsletters as we have much more control over the content than some automated
calendar system. So, for example, our reservation system allows us to sync w/
a Google calendar which is easy to publish on a website. The problem is that
it's an all-or-nothing feature: all events or no events. Meanwhile, we have
some bookings that don't want to be publicized. Additionally, how we enter
information into a booking for internal staff coordination is not typically
what we would like published: different content for different audiences, right?
As for the member info, we tried so hard to do that way back and it was nearly
impossible. For every 10 members who would want to post their info, some said,
"we're working on a new logo so ask us in a month;" OR
"we're want to change our info next quarter so ask us then;" OR
simply procrastination, forgetfulness OR
nah, I'm not interested.
So here we were filling out email address and name for one entry, logo and
address for another, tagline and company for another, but never all 5 for
consistency.
My general assessment is that EVERYONE wants info, but people rarely provide
info so the effort to get that info becomes so not worth it.
It's just so easy to say, "oh, I'd love [X]" and you're left with, "how much
[eXponential] work is that??
Jerome
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On Dec 7, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We had member sessions as well to plan the re-launch of the new Mojo site,
>> and found that many of our members were looking to have a bit more
>> information about their businesses on the site. Our "members" page became
>> that solution. Curious if that was not of importance to your members?
>
> It comes up once in a while, and follow up by asking what they want to
> accomplish by having their businesses listed on the site. Then we show
> examples of the value of putting more focus on stories, people, and
> interactions than transactions and companies, and people are quick to agree
> that they don't want Indy Hall to be a race car covered in logos but instead
> keep things focused on the human interactions that have made their experience
> at Indy Hall valuable.
>
>> Another important element we wanted to highlight on our new site was our
>> community events
>
>
> This has always been one of our hardest problems to tackle, and not just
> because of technology (though we've been unhappy with most of the tools we've
> tried) but moreso the way events evolve and morph over time. Calendars
> undercommunicate. Meanwhile, we know that people often miss things because
> they didn't hear about them through their preferred channels..
>
> In the short term, we've addressed our lack of a public calendar with a
> weekly itinerary of events that we send to our members list every monday. Our
> next-steps for the site include re-launching the blog and finding a rhythm
> for our public newsletter, between which we'll use as the primary sources for
> highlighting events.
>
> -Alex
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