[Sagamore Online] New Ideas, Fresh Blood, Momentum

[Dave Allen Barker Jr]

I don't know about you all, but I'm riding the wave of new-school-year
energy, and it feels good!  New Sagamore parent of a kindergartener,
Peter Helander, is really fired up about what can be done with
Sagamore's current online presence and communications, and we (Monica
Ellingson, John Lenz, myself), got to know him during a recorded video
conference <https://plus.google.com/events/c1q7onbh0gmctr4bt7jb1mtgjoc>
(which I need to edit).

Peter has requests and ideas, which I'm quoting below (next time, let's
just post to the discussion list
<http://list.9.0ne.org/list/listinfo/sagamore.online> for all to see). 
I've been granted no authority to address his requests (website access),
so invite others here to please address him (on the discussion list).

I've also posted meeting notes
<http://www.9.0ne.org/w/State_of_Sagamore_online,_fall_2013>, which
contain Peter's ideas.  I think it'd be handy if we address individual
points by editing there
<http://www.9.0ne.org/mw/index.php?title=State_of_Sagamore_online,_fall_2013&action=edit>,
and of course discussion here on the list.

If you guys would rather lean on Google hosted infrastructure for
collaboration (e.g. Google Docs, Sites), remember we now have a Sagamore
Hills PTA Google account
<http://www.9.0ne.org/w/Sagamore_Hills_PTA_Google_account> we can start
experimenting with.


On 08/21/2013 12:43 PM, Peter Helander, EVP Marketing wrote:
>
> Hey Dave and thanks for arranging the vide meeting on G Hangouts.
>
> Anyway, here are my ideas….will also save on Gdocs..Try anyway.
>
> If you give me the login to the PTA-site, I can post a re-direct code
> to a mobile friendly version that is already done, that we can have
> until we put a RESPONSIVE THEME on it. Goes in the global header.
> Header.php normally.
>
>  
>
> Mobile version as of now:
> http://preview.mba.ms/compare/sagamorehillspta_1
>
>  
>
> CODE FOR MOBILE: <script
> src="http://static.mobilewebsiteserver.com/DM_redirect.js"
> type="text/javascript"></script>
>
> <script
> type="text/javascript">DM_redirect("http://m.mobilewebsiteserver.com/site/sagamorehillspta_1");</script>
>
>
>  
>
> If I get access to the server, or you can do it and let me know when
> it is done, we can just add to the C-record (alias: m) with
> value/destination: m.mobilewebsiteserver.com
>
>  
>
>  
>
>  1. Ideas
>
>      1. Peter - Here just some initial suggestions
>         An email full of ideas
>         <http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-August/000072.html>
>
>      2. Put a new RESPONSIVE them on old site, so it shows well on ALL
>         screen sizes, with a navigation that has drop down menus to
>         minimize the space the navigation takes form the pages. Now it
>         is about 30% or so navigation.
>      3. Add short survey button on side of site - very good to find
>         out what PEOPLE REALLY WANT from the website/ on the website
>      4. FAQ lists, separated on categories, then alpha-sorted
>      5. Videos!
>      6. More photos, photo-sharing, so all can upload or only webmasters
>      7. Integrate with select social media, of which Youtube.com,
>         pinterest.com and Facebook might be good
>      8. ACTIVELY solicit feedback from parents not only on main
>         website, but also in emails and more.
>      9. Put BASIC SEO on the site so it shows in Google when people
>         search
>     10. Increase the PTA dues and make the PTA dues a “product” on the
>         coming ecommerce/shopping cart page
>     11. Put a shopping cart page to sell branded Sagamore products but
>         also tickets and fees for various events and activities
>     12. “Experiences” page, where parents can showcase their
>         experience with the school
>     13. Write a page, blog post about 10 things that was hard to find
>         out and how to find them about/when enrolling a new student at
>         Sagamore
>     14. A tag cloud on the first page witht the core values for
>         Sagamore Hills Elementary, can be done at www.wordle.net
>         <http://www.wordle.net> or other sites.
>     15. Sell SPONSORED SPACE on the website, emails and all other
>         “communication materials/marketing collaterals” that goes out
>     16. Highlight how parents can “easily help contribute buy buying
>         from Sagamore Partners” such as Georga Gas, use the OneCause
>         button and more.
>
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