Translation Commons is a nonprofit aiming to be an online one-stop community for all information relating to translation and localization. How do you organize content for an entire industry? How do you create a website structure that allows users to find the information they need, even when it’s a needle in a haystack?
Content planning or Information Architecture determines how information is displayed or accessed. For Translation Commons, planning took much longer than development and it was worth every second of it.
The audience will learn of various techniques and methodologies which will help them organize large sets of information.
Presented November 28, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
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Organizing Content the Right Way with Jeannette Stewart of Translation Commons
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4. 2014 2015 2016
• Networking Discussions
• LinkedIn post
September 24th
• LinkedIn group
12/4 – 12/31
1,000 members
• Nonprofit application
• Mentoring Survey
May 22nd
• Nonprofit status
approved October
• Advisors, March 1st
• eCoLo revival and Committee
May 20th
• Website Development
Research, August
• LocWorld Montreal
Community track, October
5. 2017
• Technology Think Tank, Interoperability project
• Mentoring Guidelines published
• Interpreting technology Survey
• Implementation of research and platform development
• TC website pilots by Universities of Texas and Leeds
• LocWorld Barcelona and Silicon Valley
6. • Diverse needs
• Multiple use cases
• Little common ground
The Problem
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8. Sense of Community
The four foundations highlighted by
David McMillan and David Chavis,
1986
19. Sign up / Register
• Sign up
– Email: username@translationcommons.org
– SSO for the website and other resources
– G Suite (gmail, gdrive, calendar)
21. Share
• Interact with other members
• Participate in TC forum discussions
• Create Working Groups or join existing ones
• Collaborate in Think Tanks and Initiatives
Contributions
22. Learn
● Join a course in our Google Classroom platform
● Check a comprehensive list of resources for
translators in our Translation Hub
● Join the eCoLo project wiki community
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25. Measuring the sense of community
Sense of Community Index 2 (SCI-2)
Survey
segment your community in four groups and obtain a sample from each group which broadly represents the
community
www.communityscience.com
Chavis, D.M., Lee, K.S., & Acosta J.D. (2008). The Sense of Community (SCI) Revised: The Reliability and Validity of the SCI-2. Paper
presented at the 2nd International Community Psychology Conference, Lisboa, Portugal.