The Boston UPA Chapter has been doing this for World Usability Day with our Evaluation Station. We invited 16 non-profits to schedule an hour with us and give them our feedback (albeit quickly) on how to improve their sites. Sort of a usability inspection method/heuristic eval. We have a group of usability experts (volunteers) to do the evaluations and we hand off our notes to the "client" to take back to work with them. Some usability experts have subsequently volunteered more of their time to continue working with them, while others have been hired (not our goal, though) by the non-profits to help them implement changes.
We don't do a lot of follow up though I have brought some of the nonprofit representatives back to our mini-conference for a panel discussion so they could talk about their experience and if anything had been implemented, etc. Additionally, we also offer then another hour to work with the accessibility people to have their sites go through an accessibility review (also free). Because it is sometimes hard to get non-profit representatives on site, we also do this for companies who may not have a usability department or access to their usability people (e.g., Marketing web sites). I highly recommend an endeavor like this since it is great to give something wonderful to the organizations who can't afford to hire designers or usability people. They very much appreciate it and I think they also learn how to look at their sites with a different eye by the time they leave (after the shock has worn off). Susie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Moffett Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:25 AM To: IxDA list Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA give-back I really like this idea. I would like to see it coupled with a means by which several IxDA members could team up to work on them. I wouldn't likely have the resources to take on a project on my own, but I would be interested in contributing to a project as you have been discussing here. The "thing" could also provide a place to report progress, and finally, the results of the project, becoming a powerful channel through which IxDA could communicate the value of interaction design. Jack On Dec 11, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Michael Tuminello wrote: > We could add something to the ixda site that let non-profits submit > projects for consideration for pro-bono work by our members... Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com My goal is to build elegant products. The products that don't make people think when they should be doing, make people think when they should be learning, compel them by relating to them, and simply work. - Robert Hoekman, Jr. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
