Website:
· Conducted user research and wrote web strategy for website redesign
· Face-lifted old front page with new design and dynamic elements
· Developed information architecture and first paper prototype
· Identified content management system
· Built second prototype of clickable wireframes http://beta.icarda.org
· Set up project site http://icarda2.benale.net
· Hosted Human Computer Interface designer as intern for two months
· Launched online collaboration area: http://groups.icarda.org
· Integrated CGIAR project finder http://ongoing-research.cgiar.org/
Social Media
· Set up two blogs and integrated them with the website
· Established ICADRA profile on social media platforms: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Slideshare, Youtube, BlipTV, Flickr, Delicious
· Published 192 news stories on our two new blogs and sent out 25 tweets
· Conducted two successful social media campaigns accompanying Climate Change and Food Security conference in Jordan, and in collaboration with Global Wheat Rust conference in St Petersburg
Information & Knowledge Management
· Set up network of focal points in each department
· Team leader attended IAALD conference on information management and established collaboration with FAO on content management system, and with ICT-KM on projects database
· Submitted proposal to GTZ together with CAS-IP to finance internship, which will assist with knowledge audit and Open Access agenda
· Submitted small grants proposal to BEAF together with GTZ to finance knowledge management strategy workshop
· Started work on publishing workflow
· Team leader attended GTZ annual KM retreat
· Redeveloped governance of intranet and website, separating responsibilities for content and IT
Capacity Building
· Webmaster back-stopper attained expert certificate in web design
· Webmaster back-stopper currently attending advanced web design course
· Identified trainer for web-team, currently awaiting sign-off for budget
· Team leader attended trainings in leadership, teambuilding and knowledge management
· Trained maintainers to use online collaboration space
Outlook for 1st quarter 2011
· Conduct knowledge audit
· Open Access Policy workshop in collaboration with CAS-IP
· KM strategy workshop in collaboration with GTZ
· Pending sign-off: train web team in new content management system and implement web design