The document discusses key considerations for designing an effective union website. It notes that unions originally communicated face-to-face but now use the internet through websites, emails and blogs. When designing a website, it is important to make the site user-friendly, easily navigated, include relevant information for members' daily lives and roles, seek members' input on desired features, and encourage interactivity and member input while avoiding legal issues from naming the site too closely to an employer's name or acronym.

1. DESIGNING A UNION WEBSITE
Barbara Stoutamore

2. In the Beginning
 Unions met as town
hall meetings
 Communications
were face to face

3. Then Came the Internet
Web Sites
E-mails
Blogs

4. Web Site
Must be user
friendly and
attractive
 Easily navigated
 layout

5. Web Site
 Links to blogs for
members to
communicate with
each other

6. Web Site
Information
that is relevant
to daily lives
 Teachers: classroom
management
 Exercise regime
 Training sessions

7. Things to Consider When Designing
a Web Site
How will the
site look?
Color
Appeal

8. Things to Consider When
Designing a Web Site
What do
members want
on the site?
 Seek members’
advise

9. Things to Consider When
Designing a Web Site
Include features
of personal
relevance
Roles as workers,
citizens, voters,
etc.
Child rearing

10. Things to Consider When
Designing a Web Site
Special interest
groups
New members
People of color
Gays

11. Things to Consider When
Designing a Web Site
Use interactivity
Encourage input
from members
Ask questions

12. A Pitfall to Avoid
Naming the
web site
 Avoid a name or
acronym that is close
to that of an
employer
 Can result in a law
suit for copyright
infringement

13. Conclusion
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