This sounds great. If we did get some organizations that needed help, this might even be a good subject for a IxDA meeting. Pick 5 non- profits, people volunteer, and then show what changes they suggested.
On Dec 11, 2007, at 11:33 AM, Susie Robson wrote: > 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 ________________________________________________________________ *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
