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Evaluate Our Web Site: Speak E-Z 9 years 9 months ago #46953

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All right, I am willing to play. :)

Will you kindly evaluate the Speak E-Z web site?

speakez.toastmastersclubs.org
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Evaluate Our Web Site: Speak E-Z 9 years 9 months ago #46973

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Ok, I am not seeing any content on your home page. Are you modifying it?
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From google cache... copy/paste in source view:
						<h3><a href="#" style="display:inline-block;padding-right:0;">Where Speakers & Leaders Are Made!</a></h3> 
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							<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 1000px;">
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			<td><strong>District 38</strong></td>
			<td><strong>Club #4414</strong></td>
			<td><strong>Chartered: 1 May 1996</strong></td>
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</table>

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<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
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			<td style="width: 447px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="348" id="iframe" scrolling="no" src="http://flickrit.com/slideshowholder.php?height=338&amp;width=450&amp;size=medium&amp;setId=72157648590803024&amp;thumbnails=0&amp;transition=0&amp;layoutType=fixed&amp;sort=0" width="450"></iframe><br />
			<em>photographs from 19 February 2015 meeting</em></td>
			<td style="width: 227px;" valign="top">
			<h2 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h2>

			<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Next Meeting</span><br />
			<span style="color:#0000FF;"><em>International Speech &amp;&nbsp;</em></span></h2>

			<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#0000FF;"><em>Evaluation Contests</em></span><br />
			5 March 2015<br />
			6:30-8:45</h2>

			<h2 style="text-align: center;">Holly City<br />
			Family Center Annex<br />
			8 East Mulberry St.<br />
			Millville, NJ</h2>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Guests are welcome.&nbsp; Please feel free to </span><a href="speakez.toastmastersclubs.org/directions.html" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">join us</a><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"> to see and hear how we can help you enhance your<br />
speaking and leadership skills. We ask that you kindly arrive by 6:45 so we can welcome you to our club. We meet the first and third Thursdays of each month.</span></h2>

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<p style="line-height: 20.13px; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">At Speak E-Z Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. Speak E-Z has 25&nbsp;members who meet twice monthly for about an hour and a half. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, deliver impromptu speeches, present prepared speeches, and offer constructive evaluations.</p>

<p style="line-height: 20.13px; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Our club is the home of the Division D Governor and Area 41&nbsp;Governor as well as three Past District Governors. &nbsp;In addition, Speak E-Z members were finalists in district speech finals this past year. &nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.13px; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Speak E-Z was chartered in 1996 and ever since experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike have benefited from our practical, face-to-face learning program. We are a Distinguished club nine years running. &nbsp;<em>We have a lot to offer you!</em></span></p>

<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whether you&#39;re speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your children, Toastmasters can help you do it better.</span> You&#39;ll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you are&mdash;to become better communicators.</p>

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<h2 style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">2014-15 Speak E-Z Educational Achievements</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Fran LoBiondo, CC</li>
	<li>Ginna Cranston, ACG</li>
	<li>Robert Owens, DTM</li>
	<li>Robert Owens, CC</li>
	<li>Bruce Cooper, ACS</li>
	<li>Bruce Cooper, ALB</li>
</ul>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WStG9TnG0Gw?wmode=transparent&rel=0" width="640"></iframe></p>
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Evaluate Our Web Site: Speak E-Z 9 years 9 months ago #46978

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Okay, that was weird, but all should be set now. Thanks for the help.
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Evaluate Our Web Site: Speak E-Z 9 years 9 months ago #46980

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Okey dokey.

Here is what I like about your website:

1. The photo slideshow.

2. You have the location linked to google maps on your home page. B)

3. You have a nice variety of text.

4. "Our club is the home of the Division D Governor and Area 41 Governor as well as three Past District Governors. " Very nice.

5. "2014-15 Speak E-Z Educational Achievements" Very nice.

6. You have a google map

7. You have phone number(s) in Contact Us

8. All officers are listed on Meet Our Members page, and all but one have photos and bios.

9. How to log in video. B)

10. Good use of color.

What I think can be improved: (just my opinion... others may feel differently)

11. Some of the photos in the slide show are dark (bad lighting) and other seem to be duplicates. I would suggest being selective about what photos you include in a slide show.

12. Set the Advisory Titles for links on the Advanced tab of the edit link dialog in the editor. That is what creates the pop up help tip balloons. For example, for your link that goes to Google Maps on your home page, you could have the link show a pop-up "Click for Google Map" when a person hovers the mouse over the link. This makes it clearer what the link is for. (Also similarly for the "join us" link.)

13. I am kind of on the fence about the YouTube video on your home page. Videos are kind of cool and all, but you have to look at how they fit into the over all page content and how likely it would be that someone would watch the entire video. Your slide show already gives a sense of the "Club Experience" to some degree. However, for people that like to watch a full video, they will appreciate it.

14. Meeting Info / Directions Page - the annotated photo on that page seems out of place to me. An exterior photo of your meeting venue would be helpful for first time meeting visitors to find your meeting. Your Google Maps embed does not have a link to get directions.

15. You could maybe use a couple more supporting pages. Some examples: FAQs, Club Founders Page (photo, bio and why they started the club), awards page, events page, meeting roles, word of the day, etc.

Overall, I like it a lot. I think you are doing some good things that will create a positive first impression. Keep it up!
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I appreciate the feedback.
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In order to continue to have this forum section be useful into the future, we need to request that everyone contribute to it.

Therefore, we are implementing "Get an evaluation, give an evaluation." . Basically, we are requesting those who have received a website evaluation give a Toastmasters style website evaluation for at least one other club that has requested an evaluation in this forum section. (You get to choose which club website to do the website evaluation for.) Just post your impressions: things you like about the website, and areas for improvement. Everyone has something to offer... just trust your instincts. :)
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Evaluate Our Web Site: Speak E-Z 9 years 9 months ago #47110

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Hi RD!

I'm really struck by the rich colors you and Steve use as background on your sites! I would not have tried something that bold, but now I may play around.

You have a lot of original content, do you really NEED the "flying accordions" at the bottom? (NO!)

I liked the slide show!

I LOVE your facebook! There are a lot of great graphics there. Many of which, I STOLE :woohoo: for our own facebook, hope you don't mind. But... I didn't see any links to your WEBSITE there. Facebook can be a wonderful tool to use as a funnel to your site. You may have some, and I just missed them. I'm sure you have a Twitter in the works.

Aesthetically, I like the yellow you use for your members menu. You may want to continue that all along the left side. I understand you are trying to establish a distinction between the member and main, but a visitor will figure it out.

"Membership" page... straight and to the point, yet very powerful.

"How to login"... yes, another great idea I may steal! Keep at it.

Blaine Little, ACB
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Thank you for the feedback, Blaine.

The accordion flyouts I have a mixed feeling about. Originally, one could not get ride of them. Now we can. In my mind, until we develop a club tour/what to expect/etc., I am leaving them to provide a prospective member some idea as to what goes on.

On our FB page, the link is the About section. We also add the link to many of those graphics we have posted.

No Twitter in the works presently.

Thanks for looking!
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Evaluate Our Web Site: Speak E-Z 9 years 9 months ago #47117

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What I Like:
1. The slideshow on the homepage
2. Nice use of colors
3. List of Past Presidents page
4. Google Maps on Meeting Page

What to improve:
1. Add pages about what Toastmasters is about
Davin Peterson, IP4, PM2
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Evaluate Our Web Site: Speak E-Z 9 years 9 months ago #47123

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I, too, like the slide show. However, it is a bit long (how many will go through the whole thing) and shows too many of the same people. I think it would be more effective to show others in action (maybe one of each member...). I did note that this were all pics from the same meeting--do you update this every week? If so, wow! That takes a bit of time.

The list of achievements at the bottom of the home page means something to Toastmasters, but not to the visitor. Not sure if this would be an attraction to a guest. (Though it does impress me so many are completing awards.)

Like your description (home page) about your club. May I suggest that you put the last paragraph first--I think it will encourage the guest to continue reading. It is a good lead in statement.
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Linda, thank you for the feedback. I just scaled back the number of photographs in the slide show. Yes, we update this after each week (twice a month).

The educational awards I think demonstrate we are an active club earning awards. While a prospective member may not understand the TM lingo, it shows that things are happening in the club.

I've switched the paragraphs.

Thanks!
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Evaluate Our Web Site: Speak E-Z 9 years 8 months ago #48424

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I appreciate the feedback.

I noticed that Steve told you he liked the Slideshow, I looked for it in your Website but I can't see it. Is it just me or you not longer have it?
I am trying to publish a slide show with Flickrit, but I am having a lot of problems. I can't make it work.

About your Website, maybe you should let the public know if you meet every week or not, the reason is because, I belong to 2 clubs, we only meet once a month in one of them! Aida.
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Thanks for the feedback.

There is no slide show presently. Normally there is, but the last event was our area contest. I did not take photographs during the event; there is only the "winners" photograph afterwards.

We meet this evening. There should be a slide show up late tonight or tomorrow with photographs from tonight's meeting.

Under Meeting Information / Directions it is mentioned that we meet the first and third Thursday of the month. It is also mentioned on the homepage in the guest area.

Thank you for looking. :)
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