Don't Forget to Participate!

We had a very productive week as we continue our information gathering prior to moving into wire-framing and prototyping.

Bilaal, Hector, and Mike from LMD came to the School to visit with the Web Advisory Board (representatives from across the SON community) and to meet with Administrative Council (senior staff). These were dynamic, productive meetings and those who participated were able to engage LMD with questions of audience, brand, and the like.

Our interviews are just about wrapped up as well as our online survey. Don't lose out by not participating in these preliminary questions that will provide a framework for the redesign to move forward.

Visit https://nursing.umaryland.edu/cgi-bin/rws3.pl?FORM=WebsiteRedesign to complete the survey. Your input is very valuable to us! And please distribute the survey link to others who might like to weigh in on the School's site.

Please note: The survey will be up until the beginning of February.

Here is some of LMD's work >>

Web Advisory Board Meeting 1/21/09

In attendance: Marjorie Fass, Michelle Healy, Jillian Aldebron, Kathryn Montgomery, Deborah Sherman, Karen Clark, Kathy Farnsworth, Karen McQuillan, Gail Doerr, Pat Adams, Bryan Hantman, Enjoli Sonnier, and Christine Ward.

We started with an update on redesign process, the current discovery & information gathering phase, and general timeline for the overall project. As a group, we discussed major outcomes for the redesign and of the SON Web site in general.

In addition, we discussed constituent groups: who is the web for?

We ranked prospective students, alumni, and prospective faculty as the top three groups. Other groups include:

• Donors
• Current students
• Accrediting agencies
• High school and college counselors
• Media
• Boards
• Legislators and government officials
• Preceptors / faculty associates
• Current faculty and staff
• Parents and families
• Researchers
• Professional partners
• Peers
• Lifelong learners

Web Site Redesign Questionnaire

Help us! Guide the redesign process by completing this short survey.

Visit https://nursing.umaryland.edu/cgi-bin/rws3.pl?FORM=WebsiteRedesign to complete the survey.

Your input is very valuable to us! And please distribute the survey link to others who might like to weigh in on the School's site.

Please note: The survey will be up until the beginning of February.

Interviews Underway and Advisory Board to Meet

LMD began interviewing people this week, and that process will continue until the end of January. They are interviewing alumni, current students, members of admin council (senior staff), faculty member, and other staff members. For these interviews, we will have input from the following perspectives and backgrounds:

• undergraduate students
  
• global health
  
• graduate students
• alumni
• part-time faculty at Shady Grove
• senior staff and assistant/associate deans
• full-time faculty members
  
• researchers
• administrative staff
• admissions and recruitment
  

An online survey, asking many of the same questions, will be posted on this blog later this week.

Today the Communications Advisory Board Invitation, helping the office of communications with the decision-making process, is meeting for the first time. This same committee is working on the SON magazine redesign and will also weigh in on the SON e-newsletter.

Those members are:

• Jillian Aldebron
• Karen Clark
• Hershaw Davis (BSN student)
• Marjorie Fass
• Kathy Farnsworth
• Susie Flaherty
• Laurette Hankins
• Jeffrey Johnson
• Jane Kapustin
• Karen McQuillan
• Kathy Montgomery
• Tricia Morton
• Deb Sherman
• Marisa Wilson
• Shady Grove Student (pending)
• MS Student (pending)