ClimateX 1.5 | Publishing for Launch

This copy should:

1. Help orient the new arrival to what's on this page – its our early and scrappy set of cool and interesting people we know at MIT who we want others to know about. We would certainly like to keep enlisting new speakers – and we're planning to – but we'd love to know if there's anyone they'd like to learn from – or topics of interest...with CTA to feedback page...
2. Make it clear that we'd love to get requests for new content/speakers with CTA to Feedback page
3. Enlist people who have an expertise and want to share, with CTA to Get Involved page. Make it feel like we're happy to entertain working with anyone who's brave enough to share.

Mark

Laura H.

Need: video links

Mark reviewed 5/1

Published by Kelly 5/4

Laura F will supply video links when approval is received from speakers...

Kelly

Laura

Laura does 10 or 15 this week.

Here is the list of videos that Dave created

First 10 here for feedback.

These are approved and ready to publish - MB 5/5

Mark / Kelly / Laura H

As a temporary solution, we need to work with the PDF's we have :

Carve them up so we have the "front" and "back" of each card – and post.

From the full set of cards, we should only publish the following:

• Copenhagen
• Water savings
• Fume hood
• Biodiesel
• Decreasing material footprint
• Building 18
• Bates turbine
• Lifecycle analysis of lab gloves
• Flood vulnerability

This copy is problematic. It's a giant wall of text. It's badly named as a page – what the hell is a "resource"? "Learn more"..."Learn"

Ideally we could chunk it up and portions would appear on the correct Topic page, in the right sidebar, as a series of quick intros, with anchor link to a more detailed summary on the Resources page.

This is basically a long-term challenge around how to present deeper learning content on the site – beyond the quick fire post, and the quick fire video.

Ellen does as final content for Monday

Kelly

target w/o May 1st

Mark still need to edit this...5/5

We need to find a place / parent for this page.

Mark has borrowed from Bootcamp...

Mark sends to Lisa for her thoughts...5.5

Mark reviewed 5/1

We need to do a final review of all email next week...MB

Create New Account / Join

(intro copy explaining why)

This copy should do the following:

1. Help people understand what a post is – it's basically something topical that gets read by others in the community. It's like starting a conversation. We'll feature it in our newsletter if it's good.
2. Make it clear that we want to hear from our community. Got something to share? Want to brag about an article you wrote? Do you want to start a conversation? Post it!
3. When people post a comment – you'll get notified...
4. Suggest that an image – if you've got one – make the post look better.
   Ellen to provide by 5.5

This copy should do the following:

1. This is a general feedback area. We'll take suggestions, criticisms, requests – whatever!
2. Make it clear that ClimateX is an experiment, we're scrappy and we like ourselvse that way. We want to try out new ideas. We want to hear from people.
3. That we would like to know if people have a particular topic they'd like to hear about – that we will do our best to find an expert in that field and setup a podcast or webinar or interview.
4. That if people want to work with us – we want to work with them. We are looking to recruit experts...with CTA to "get involved"
5. Etc.
   Ellen to provide by 5.8

We need a Topics Lander that will house the brief intros that we've created for each Topic.

This page needs a general introduction. It should accomplish the following:

1. Help orient the viewer to the basic concept that we're using each topic page to help people learn about a given topic. There's posts, there's videos, and there's people who have made the posts or made comments.
   Ellen to provide by 5.5