Successful planning of your organization’s website requires more than just finding the money to pay for it. One of the most important planning items to consider is the team of people you will have involved with the website, beginning with the initial planning to design and development on through launch, promotion and beyond. A website content management system (CMS) will be extremely valuable to your website team. However, without a website team in place and proper planning, your website may become a burden rather than the intended helpful tool and extension of your organization’s brand. Here are some things to consider when thinking of having a website designed for your organization:
- Consider the goals of your organization and how your website will help facilitate those goals.
- How is your organization “branded” and how will you carry that brand into the custom church website design and function of your website?
- Calculate the number of necessary individuals it will take to maintain the website once it is launched. This will depend on the size of your organization, your organizational structure, your intended goals for the website, the amount of content on the website itself, the number & types of website features, etc. This number may change over time as your organization adapts and grows.
- Select a team of people that will work with the website company that you choose to design and develop your organization’s website. For example; website team leader or project leader, information gatherers for content, design, functionality, and key contact(s) that will handle communication between the website company and your organization for things like billing, layout & custom church website design, and content info to be displayed.
- Create a contingency plan for covering duties of those on vacation, sick leave, etc.
- Create a training program for newly created positions, new employees or volunteers to help facilitate the “hand-off” of assigned or delegated website tasks.
These website team building tips are just a few ideas that will help guide you and your organization with the planning stages through the successful launch and maintenance of your website.
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