Agenda

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Agenda

• Welcome and Round Table 10 min
• New Governance Section (NREL) 5 min
• EERE Web Redesign (GTI) 15 min
• Social Media (Drew/NREL) 15 min
• FY09 Funding (Sarah/Michael) 10 min
• Questions/Discussion (Sarah)
• Next Meeting (Sarah)

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Welcome and Round Table
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Agenda

• Welcome and Round Table 10 min ?
• New Governance Section (NREL) 5 min
• EERE Web Redesign (GTI) 15 min
• Social Media (Drew/NREL) 15 min
• FY09 Funding (Sarah/Michael) 10 min
• Questions/Discussion (Sarah)
• Next Meeting (Sarah)

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Governance Section
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Agenda

• Welcome and Round Table 10 min ?
• New Governance Section (NREL) 5 min ?
• EERE Web Redesign (GTI) 15 min
• Social Media (Drew/NREL) 15 min
• FY09 Funding (Sarah/Michael) 10 min
• Questions/Discussion (Sarah)
• Next Meeting (Sarah)

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EERE Web Redesign
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EERE Site Analysis and Redesign

• Home page Information Architecture (IA) following
  the Card and PET Sorts

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Recruiting for Card and PET Sorts

• 63 of 78 recruited participated
• In-Person 23
• Remote 40

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EERE Home Page Audience Groups

• Consumers 19
• Education 15
• Educators 5
• Students 3
• Researchers 7
• Decision-makers 29
• Businesses 13
• Government 8
• Non-profits 8

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Card Sort / PET Sort Online Tracking Spreadsheet
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Work Planned for June 2008

• June 10th, Card Sort PET Sort Analysis Meeting
• GTI and HFI review activity findings
• Use sorting results, survey opinions, and
  comments to fine tune development options
• Week ending June 20th, Sorting Activities Report
  Draft
• Rest of June, identify content per the Inventory
  Reorganization objectives to increase overall
  usability of the site as an outcome

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Agenda

• Welcome and Round Table 10 min ?
• New Governance Section (NREL) 5 min ?
• EERE Web Redesign (GTI) 15 min ?
• Social Media (Drew/NREL) 15 min
• FY09 Funding (Sarah/Michael) 10 min
• Questions/Discussion (Sarah)
• Next Meeting (Sarah)

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Social Media

• Definition
• Elizabeth and Drew

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Social Media Benefits

• Creates awareness to new audiences
• Bring content to their space
• Create a dialogue with audiences
• Peer to peer sharing of information
• Effective as part of a targeted campaign

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Social Media Technologies

• RSS, Podcasts, Syndicated Feeds
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Video Photo Sharing
• Social Networking Microblogging
• Social Bookmarking
• Mashups
• Widgets
• Mobile Applications
• Virtual Worlds
• eGames

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EERE TAO Social Media

• RSS feeds on ENN stories
• Communications Standards blog
• Solar Decathlon blog and podcasts
• Tracked EERE rankings in Technorati
• Draft Blog Policy
• Launch Consumer Blog in FY09

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EERE Programs Multimedia

• Audio Hydrogen
• Videos - Biomass, FEMP, ITP, Vehicle
  Technologies,
• Animations ITP
• Standards Podcasts, Video, Multimedia

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Tips for Using Social Media

• Use social media as part of overall Web strategy
  and plan
• What are you trying to achieve?
• Is the tool appropriate for audiences and
  content?
• Do you have funds and staff to support it?
• What are the goals and measurements of success?
• Work with TAO on approvals and standards
• View explanations of various social media tools
  on YouTube (from home) http//www.youtube.com/prof
  ile_videos?userleelefever

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Federal Agencies Social Media

• View presentations from Web Managers Forum
• Visit USA.gov list of RSS feeds
• Visit USA.gov list of government blogs

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Agenda

• Welcome and Round Table 10 min ?
• New Governance Section (NREL) 5 min ?
• EERE Web Redesign (GTI) 15 min ?
• Social Media (Drew/NREL) 15 min ?
• FY09 Funding (Sarah/Michael) 10 min
• Questions/Discussion (Sarah)
• Next Meeting (Sarah)

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FY09 Funding

• Redesign
• Content inventory
• Implementing new template
• RedDot Accounts

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RedDot Maintenance Budgets

• Lawrence Wiggins Our Maintenance Manager
• Plans Agreements prepared for review
• Well be setting up meetings in the next 2 weeks
  with each of the programs
• Plans for FY 09 Redesigns, New Sites,
  Applications

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EES Activities Update

• The Server Centralization Task
• Recent Development Activities
• Builders Challenge Password Protected, Online
  Applications
• TEAM Initiative Password Protected Website, Data
  Collection Screens, Reporting, Graphing and
  integration with COGNOS Executive Information
  System.

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Agenda

• Welcome and Round Table 10 min ?
• New Governance Section (NREL) 5 min ?
• EERE Web Redesign (GTI) 15 min ?
• Social Media (Drew/NREL) 15 min ?
• FY09 Funding (Sarah/Michael) 10 min ?
• Questions/Discussion (Sarah)
• Next Meeting (Sarah)

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Questions/Discussion
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Next Meeting

• July 10, 2008
• 100 pm