Huge news, Laura! So awesome to see all of your team's hard work start to pay off! Congratulations! :D
chad ---- Chad Whitacre http://whit537.org/ +1-412-925-4220 On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:48 AM, Sam Knuth <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations, Laura! Great to hear you've reached this milestone. It > looks awesome! > > Sam > > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:33 AM, Laura Hilliger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello OpenOrg friends, >> >> Yesterday after months and months of pre-launch stress, multiple launch >> dates passed and rewriting the front-end three times, we launched the MVP >> of the software platform I’ve been working on for Greenpeace International. >> This is the first 100% open project Greenpeace has done >> <http://medium.com/planet4>, and I’ve been working on it (as the only >> person with a background in FOSS) for over a year. >> >> You can see our MVP at https://www.greenpeace.org/international/ >> (careful, greenpeace.org for US users redirects to the US site). Below >> the comms the senior MGMT “wrote” (we wrote them) to all 4000 GP staff. >> This is beta, built buy a scrappy team of 9 people. Every thing is >> customizable for Greenpeace web editors, who, unlike us, are not very >> techie at all. >> >> Please use the feedback button on the site, if you want to provide >> feedback. >> >> I’m super elated, and will now have more time to spend thinking about and >> reflecting on how open org principles make stuff happen ;) >> >> —laura >> >> >> >> *We said when we commenced >> <https://medium.com/planet4/greenpeaces-engagement-content-vision-fbd6bb66018a> >> the project that the goal of Planet 4 is not to be only a vehicle for >> putting content on the internet, but for engaging people by offering them >> ways to take action, to win campaigns with us. Throughout the development >> of the site the P4 project team has held on to this objective. It is a >> truly people powered platform!* >> *The site itself reflects a generational leap forward in design and >> technology. It is ‘responsive,’ so adapts to look and function equally >> well on a mobile phone, tablet, laptop and desktop (does anyone still have >> one of those?). * >> >> *The flow of the content on the site is brief and tight. We’re providing >> people with actionable information about our live priority campaigns. The >> emphasis is on ways to get involved today. Gone are the thousands upon >> thousands of pages of ‘content’ Greenpeace.org >> <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/> had accumulated over the last >> twenty years. (Well, it's not gone, it's archived.)* >> >> *The Planet 4 site concept and design were heavily driven by data about >> how people use our websites. It's based upon listening to our supporters >> and how they access the site, what they are looking for and what they do. >> We’ll continue to adapt and evolve the site based on web analytics now that >> we’re live. As you can see it’s a beta site, there will be bugs and we are >> involving our supporters in the process of debugging it. Not just in terms >> of code, but we are actively seeking design and language feedback. We will >> constantly evolve the site on the basis of that feedback. Please add your >> voices and provide feedback via the feedback button >> <https://medium.com/planet4/iterating-the-p4-prototype-with-on-site-feedback-caae0cf22a23> >> that’s embedded on the right-hand side of the site.* >> >> *Planet 4 is built on Wordpress, an open source technology. The Planet 4 >> project has also worked through an open design process - with public Skype >> channels, project files, meetings, and a standing invitation for the public >> to join in our work. The project has involved over 100 supporters and >> volunteers to get to this point in the process and have publicly documented >> the project on Medium <https://medium.com/planet4>. * >> >> *The Planet 4 team has worked hard to get us to today. We’d like to >> especially recognize their hard work and commitment to transparency, >> openness and innovation throughout this process, as it is a model for how >> we’re trying to live the Seven Shifts in our work to change the world. * >> >> *Again, please be sure to provide feedback, flag bugs, and let us know >> what you think via the feedback button on the site >> <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/>, as this is how the team will >> receive and incorporate all feedback from Greenpeace and the public. * >> >> >> Laura Hilliger >> laurahilliger.com >> co-founder of weareopen.coop >> @epilepticrabbit <http://twitter.com/epilepticrabbit> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openorg-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >> >> > > > -- > Sam Knuth > Director, Customer Content Services > Red Hat, Inc > Mobile: +1 612-840-1785 <(612)%20840-1785> > > _______________________________________________ > Openorg-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list > >
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