UPANZ Wellington branch - May usability meeting
Three 20-minute presentations about government websites with a wide range of users. This event will be of interest to all web professionals – from developers and designers, to information architects, content managers and communicators.
1. Making pathways: using mindsets to redesign http://www.statistics.govt.nz/
Mindsets were more useful than personas for redesigning the information architecture of the Statistics New Zealand website. While personas focus on what users need, mindsets focuses on how they do something (eg, seek information). Jocelyn Morrison, product developer, talks about why mindsets instead of personas were used to improve the pathways to information on a complex site.
2. Easier uploads: redesign of an administration tool for http://www.nzlive.com/
Jared Gulian, web editor, on creating a better behind-the-scenes interface for people wanting to contribute events to the site.
3. Show and tell: visual information on http://www.teara.govt.nz/ Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Tessa Copland, web editor and Helene Coulson, designer, give examples of converting complicated ideas into user-friendly diagrams and interactives.
- When: 12–1.30 pm, Tuesday 1 May 2007
- Where: Ground floor conference room, Statistics House, The Boulevard, Harbour Quays. You need to sign in at reception, then head left through the library.
- RSVP: Tessa.Copland [at] mch.govt.nz
To get to Statistics House: Access by road is from Aotea Quay at the traffic lights near the stadium. There is also a footpath beside the sheds and construction site on the harbour side of Aotea Quay, and a bridge walkway from the railway station and stadium. Get to the walkway from the north end of several rail platforms, and from the steps opposite East Day Spa on Thorndon Quay.
