Suggestions for Project Vote Smart
Instructions: add each suggestion under the appropriate question. For each suggestion that you make, please put your name after it in parentheses.
- Improving the Content of our Data
- What information is not presented on our website that would be useful to those viewing our site (consider each of our audience groups: children/students, researchers/journalists, general public)? How could we connect it to the data that we already have?
- What modifications should be made to the current data on our site? What other information would be useful for a resource in addition to what we already provide? Is there any information we do provide that you don't feel is necessary, useful, or worth our time? How can we make the data we have more accurate and reliable?
- Improving the Data Collection Process
- What modifications should be made to each phase of performing updates: Finding the Data, Collecting the Data, Entering the Data, and Checking the Data? How can we make it easier and make more efficient use of your time while still ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the information?
- What changes can be made to Admin to make entering the data easier, quicker, or reduce error?
- How might we better track the progress of tasks?
- How can we make sure our information remains up-to-date in between full updates?
- Improving Our Website
- How can we improve the appearance of the data on our website? How else might we present the data? How can we make it prettier?
- How can we make it easier to navigate?
- How might we change it to be more appropriate and appealing to each of our audience groups (children/students, researchers/journalists, general public)?
- What sort of multimedia might we integrate with the data we are presenting (graphics, videos, maps, graphs, audio, etc.)?
- How might we reorganize data on our website? How might we connect data to other data on our website to make both more useful?
- Suggestions for Other Areas of the Research Department:
- Federal and State Officials:
- City/County Officials:
- Interest Group Ratings:
- Speeches and Public Statements:
- Political Resources (Database Updates):
- K-12 Civics Education:
- New Initiatives:
- Political Courage Test Research and Design:
- Political Courage Test Administration:
- Quality Control (Candidates and Elections):
- PCT-Media Partnership:
- Suggestions for Other Departments:
- Key Votes:
- Membership- how might we raise more money or reduce costs?:
- Media- how might we better publicize what we do?:
- IT:
- Human Resources- how might we attract more interns? how can we improve the intern experience? how can we improve the office culture?:
- Lodge Management- how can lodge life be improved?:
- Maintenance:
- Other Suggestions:
