> Please reply by 4 MAY 2001 to [email protected].
>
> Background
>
> The Sustainable Development Communications Network
> is launching a new
> initiative to develop training materials for civil
> society Web managers.
> Web managers are those individuals who help
> researchers, public
> relations staff, designers, programmers, and IT
> managers work together
> to create Web products and services. Web managers
> are not technical
> specialists; they are communication specialists able
> to take advantage
> of Internet technologies as appropriate. They are
> the people
> responsible for making sure that Web products and
> services actually meet
> the needs of their audiences: policy-makers,
> practitioners, businesses
> and/or the general public. In some organizations,
> the role of Web
> manager may be a full-time job. In other
> organizations, the tasks of
> Web management may be given to someone who is also a
> researcher,
> information assistant, or graphic designer.
>
> Your Region?
>
> Please indicate the region of the world where you
> currently work (see
> http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm for
> map of regions).
>
> ___ Africa - Sub-Saharan
> ___ East Asia and the Pacific
> ___ Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
> ___ Latin America and the Caribbean
> ___ Middle East and North Africa
> ___ OECD
> ___ South Asia
>
>
> Your Training Needs?
>
> Which of the following Web management topics do you
> want to learn more
> about?
> Please select only five topics. Number those five
> in the order of
> importance to you (1 is most important, 5 is least
> important).
>
> ___ Developing communications and engagement
> strategies
> ___ Integrating online and print publishing
> ___ Establishing achievable Web goals
> ___ Financing/budgeting for Web products and
> services
> ___ Managing Web teams with in-house and contracted
> staff
> ___ Managing content and workflow
> ___ Prototyping and usability testing
> ___ Creating Web style guides and product
> specifications
> ___ Developing information architectures for SD web
> sites
> ___ Writing and editing for the Web
> ___ Marketing Web products and services
> ___ Managing user feedback and communications
> ___ Understanding and using Web site statistics
> ___ Maintaining relevance of Web content
> ___ Managing Web site redesigns/overhauls
> ___ Other ____________________________
>
>
> Please, feel free to forward this message to other
> civil society Web
> managers. We are especially interested in the
> responses of those working
> in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the
> Middle East, Asia,
> Central and Eastern Europe and the South Pacific.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Terri Willard
> Coordinator
> Sustainable Development Communications Network
> http://www.sdcn.org/
>
>
>
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