[Network-Centric Resources] Re-designing huridocs.org for human rights defenders

[Maya Richman]

Thanks for sharing these examples Dirk, and to Kristin for asking the
question! We are continuing to think through this for the
responsibledata.io redesign and seeing how groups /actually /make it
work is immeasurably helpful.

Maya

On 08/13/2017 06:58 PM, Dirk Slater wrote:
> Hi Kristin,
>
> Apologies as I missed your question: 'Do you know of any NGO website
> that do a good job of providing valuable resources front and center?’
>
> I think a great example is https://databasic.io/en/ - it’s a suite of
> tools specifically designed to enable learners to learn about using
> data in a number of different ways.  
>
> And also http://www.idealware.org - I like the dropdown menu on
> ‘browse topic.' I’ve been using it for inspiration for a redo of the
> FabToolkit https://www.fabriders.net/fabtoolkit/ - I want to set up a
> menu that says - Learn more about:
> - Using Data
> - Training and Facilitation
> - Campaign Strategy
> Etc.
>
> Also check out School of Data’s online curriculum -
> https://schoolofdata.org/courses/
>
> And I would love to be a tester for any redesign prototypes you do on
> your site. Do let us know how you progress!  
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dirk
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>> On 2 Aug 2017, at 11:55, Kristin Antin <kristin at huridocs.org
>> <mailto:kristin at huridocs.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all.
>>
>> Maya's email inspired me to reach out about our own website redesign
>> process (so thanks for sharing, Maya!). Sounds like things are moving in
>> a really good direction with that and I'm so glad.
>>
>> We're in the very beginning stages of a huridocs.org
>> <http://huridocs.org> website redesign.
>> We still need to write up user stories, but we already know that we want
>> to prioritise meeting the needs of human rights defenders (resources,
>> solutions, advice, tools, etc) ahead of explaining our organisation (our
>> history, our team, our funders, our policies, etc).
>>
>> I have this vision, much like the idea behind RDF, to build up a
>> community-created or community-sourced knowledge base and really put
>> that at the center of this website...but alas, I'm afraid it might take
>> a long time to build up those resources. So I'm here wondering what a
>> good middle-ground could be so that we can still work on a new website
>> as we add to this collection of resources. It would be great to
>> redesign/update and "modularize" many of our existing resources (like
>> our 230-page manual on the events standard formats methodology for human
>> rights documentation). This could be the basis of this collection.
>>
>> But what I'm struggling with right now is finding any examples of this
>> idea. Do you know of any NGO website that do a good job of providing
>> valuable resources front and center?
>>
>> It's interesting that when I search for "knowledge base" I find examples
>> of how it's being used for call centers, for internal staff, and for
>> tech products (like https://www.dropbox.com/help). I'm surprised the
>> idea hasn't caught on yet for nonprofit orgs.
>>
>> I know this is a really specific question so I apologize if it's too
>> narrow. But I would greatly appreciate any ideas, advice or examples you
>> have to share!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kristin
>>
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