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Update Language on Donate Page #197

Closed staceyturnage closed 8 years ago

staceyturnage commented 9 years ago

Description Reword the verbiage on the donate page

Ask The wording is choppy & inconsistent.

To Do Update the donate page

Reword the sentence If you want to contribute to the success of women in technology and women transitioning into technology careers today, your contribution will help us improve the technology’s industry’s diversity problem, NOW! Girl Develop It appreciates all contributions from individuals and companies regardless of the amount. We put them to good use by providing a cost effective avenue for women to gain technical knowledge. By supporting Girl Develop It you are supporting the idea of it never being too late to learn. Girl Develop It engages students from ages 18-70 and we firmly believe there should be avenues for women to benefit from the opportunities and rewards by learning web development.

Additional Info Update verbiage.

Roenok commented 9 years ago

@corinnepw Copying you so HQ can review this language.

staceyturnage commented 9 years ago

There also needs to be some consistency throughout the site. Some places the word "technology" is used other places the word it shortened to "tech". Use one or the other not both.

juliaelman commented 9 years ago

@corinnepw assigning to you for reviewing/approving the new content.

techibis commented 9 years ago

Recommendation to make the first sentence an action statement instead of a passive "if you..." And if we can create excitement while we are at it, it would be a bonus! We want the person to want to be involved. Suggestion:

Instead of: If you want to contribute to the success of women in technology and women transitioning into technology careers today, your contribution will help us improve the technology’s industry’s diversity problem, NOW!

maybe something like: Contribute to the success of women in technology and women transitioning into technology careers today. Your contribution will help us improve the technology industry's diversity problem, NOW!

(Submitted by a student during my Open Source class in Miami)

corinnepw commented 9 years ago

@techibis totally agree! Needs to be more action-oriented. Will take those comments and re-word! thanks!

corinnepw commented 9 years ago

Would also love to hear from @mmcelaney & @brookefuchs on donation page language!

mmcelaney commented 9 years ago

Thanks @corinnepw I can take a look at this issue tonight.

gizmodesign commented 9 years ago

Suggesting, after the first 2 sentences above:

Your donation creates a cost-effective avenue for women to gain technical knowledge. Support for Girl Develop It means it's never too late to learn — our students range in age from 18 to 70. We firmly believe in creating avenues for women to benefit from the opportunities and rewards of learning web development.

kstack7 commented 9 years ago

Where do we stand with this page? Do we want to push these changes?

corinnepw commented 8 years ago

Love @gizmodesign's suggestions. Thank you! Including them in some new language for the revamped Donate page. Any extra eyes/editors much appreciated! cc @mmcelaney @brendajin @DBNess!

@alohaas Would also love any suggestions as to placement of this new text around the updates made in #397!

Our Impact Girl Develop It empowers more than 1,000 students per month with coding skills. Our community-centered learning environments support women progressing from students to teachers to leaders and technical professionals over time. These women are changing the face of tech culture today and mentoring the young women technical leaders of tomorrow.

[below infographic elements]

Why Support Girl Develop It? When you donate to Girl Develop It, you're supporting our mission to provide affordable, welcoming and culturally accessible educational opportunities for adult women from diverse backgrounds to learn software development skills.

Support the expansion of the work we've done since 2010 to create sustainable communities that foster women’s continued engagement in developing software and improving their technology skills.

​Help Us Grow Your donation will support a cost-effective avenue for women to gain technical knowledge. Support for Girl Develop It means it's never too late to learn — our students range in age from 18 to 180. We firmly believe in creating avenues for women to benefit from the opportunities and rewards of learning web development. With your ​donation​, Girl Develop It ​will​ expand to ​new cities​, empowering more ​women.

​Celebrate #GDIday and Five Years of Girl Develop It! If you donate between January​ ​12th - February 13th,​ you'll be entered to win some special gifts as part of our celebration of Girl Develop It's five year anniversary, including a custom-made Always Be Coding sweatshirt, a Girl Develop It water bottle, or a Girl Develop It sticker!

[can we link to these photos above accordingly?] Always Be Coding sweatshirt: img_1355 GDI bottle: img_1353 GDI sticker: img_1360

​[At the bottom, below the final Donate button] ​ ​Other ways to support: Corporate sponsorships: Please reach out to sponsorships@girldevelopit.com for more information. Mail: Checks made payable to Girl Develop It can be sent to: 1522 Cole St. Enumclaw, WA 98022

Girl Develop It is a 501(c3) not for profit organization, and all donations are tax-deductible.

mmcelaney commented 8 years ago

Happy to take a look at this, I should have some time today. :)

Maureen McElaney Co-Leader Girl Develop It Burlington Email: burlington@girldevelopit.com Website: http://www.girldevelopit.com/ http://www.girldevelopit.com/chapters/burlington

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Corinne notifications@github.com wrote:

Love @gizmodesign https://github.com/gizmodesign's suggestions. Thank you! Including them in some new language for the revamped Donate page. Any extra eyes/editors much appreciated! cc @mmcelaney https://github.com/mmcelaney @brendajin https://github.com/brendajin @DBNess https://github.com/DBNess!

@alohaas https://github.com/alohaas Would also love any suggestions as to placement of this new text around the updates made in #397 https://github.com/girldevelopit/gdi-new-site/pull/397!

Our Impact Girl Develop It empowers more than 1,000 students per month with coding skills. Our community-centered learning environments support women progressing from students to teachers to leaders and technical professionals over time. These women are changing the face of tech culture and mentoring the young women coming up behind them.

[below infographic elements]

Why Support Girl Develop It? When you donate to Girl Develop It, you're supporting our mission to provide affordable, welcoming and culturally accessible educational opportunities for adult women from diverse backgrounds to learn software development skills.

Support the expansion of the work we've done since 2010 to create sustainable communities that foster women’s continued engagement in developing software and improving their technology skills.

​Help Us Grow Your donation will support a cost-effective avenue for women to gain technical knowledge in a new community in 2016. Support for Girl Develop It means it's never too late to learn — our students range in age from 18 to 78+. We firmly believe in creating avenues for women to benefit from the opportunities and rewards of learning web development. With your ​donation​, Girl Develop It ​will​ be enabled to continue to expand to ​new cities​ — ​​​​​impacting even more ​women across the country.

​Celebrate #GDIday and Five Years of Girl Develop It! Donating between January​ ​12th - February 13th?​ You'll be entered to win some special gifts as part of our celebration of Five Years of GDI, including a custom-made Always Be Coding sweatshirt, a GDI-branded nalgene bottle, or a GDI logo sticker! [can we link to the attached photos accordingly?]

​[At the bottom, below the final Donate button] ​ ​Other ways to support: Corporate sponsorships: Please reach out to sponsorships@girldevelopit.com for more information. Mail: Checks made payable to Girl Develop It can be sent to: 1522 Cole St. Enumclaw, WA 98022

Girl Develop It is a 501(c3) not for profit organization, and all donations are tax-deductible.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/girldevelopit/gdi-new-site/issues/197#issuecomment-169324323 .

corinnepw commented 8 years ago

D'oh just realized I tagged everyone but @kstack7 :smile: :wave:

kstack7 commented 8 years ago

haha no biggie! I'm already on this thread so it's all good :wave:

alohaas commented 8 years ago

@corinnepw I'll have some feedback / progress tomorrow evening on this!

kstack7 commented 8 years ago

Hey @alohaas any updates? We don't want to overlap any occurring work but we also need to get this puppy shipped soon so let us know where you're at :) thanks!

alohaas commented 8 years ago

@kstack7 pr coming in a few

kstack7 commented 8 years ago

woo! thanks, @alohaas :) let me know if I can help with anything! :+1:

alohaas commented 8 years ago

will do :grin:

kstack7 commented 8 years ago

Aaaaand closing! Nice job, ladies :+1: