Using Your Web Site as a Communication and Information Tool

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Using Your Web Site as a Communication and
Information Tool

• Presented by Dawn Spanhake
• Director of Financial Strategy and Administration
• Center for Transportation Studies
• June 14, 2007

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Overview

• Background
• Recent Enhancements
• Future Enhancements

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Background

• The CTS Mission To serve as a catalyst for
• transportation innovation through research,
• education, and outreach
• The CTS Web site and its program Web sites
• are viewed as critical communication and
• information strategies in carrying out the
• Centers mission

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Recent Enhancements

• Web Strategic Plan
• Needs assessment
• Production process

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Recent Enhancements

• Strategic Plan Recommendations
• Add Web Coordinator to interdisciplinary team
• Develop standard operating procedures
• Implement workflow and content management process
  and tools
• Review the capacity and hosting of CTS Web
  servers

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Recent Enhancements

• Web Redesign
• CTS Web site and program sites

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Recent Enhancements

• Web Redesign Interdisciplinary Team
• Site navigation
• Technical development
• Graphic design
• Content

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Recent Enhancements

• Web Redesign Keys to Success
• User needs assessment
• Collaborative process
• Realistic schedule
• High priority on design and navigation

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Future Enhancements

• New ways to browse research projects
• RSS feeds for news, events, and job postings
• Content management system for events, news,
  directories
• Added multimedia and interactive content

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• Check us out at
• www.cts.umn.edu