September 2023 Content Maintenance

[bduhe]

Overview

The Content team will conduct biannual maintenance on the Food Oasis website to ensure information accuracy and tone consistency. This update is more involved than the standard content updates will be moving forward to accommodate "Mission and Values" content requests.

Mission & Values Content

• [x] Conduct institutional memory interviews & surveys with longstanding members
• [x] Write organizational history, mission, and values statements
• [x] Solicit targeted feedback on statements from project leadership; edit accordingly
• [x] Add history, mission, and values content to the "About Us" static page

Voice & Tone Guide Competitor Audit

• [x] Conduct a competitive audit of voice and tone guide
• [x] Review existing guide against results of the audit
• [x] Create a list of edits needed for industry compliance
• [x] Update Content & Style Guide based on edits

Routine Maintenance Action Items

• [x] Research statistics ("About Us") & update as needed
• [x] Confirm "Donate" information & update as needed
• [x] Update "FAQ" information as needed
• [x] Figma prototype for updated language
• [x] Solicit feedback on the Figma prototype; make any required changes
• [x] Pass off to design pages
• [ ] Design: create visualization for "Our Story" timeline
• [ ] Design: Finalize & coordinate with dev
• [ ] Design: Update the site (w/ dev)
• [ ] Design: Close this issue once the website has been updated

Resources

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• @sei1122 Figma Mockup: https://www.figma.com/file/9hPmNSsyaH2VMGNz5mffmI/FOLA-Design-%232?node-id=640%3A110&t=WQ9s8MlQsHxMGSbo-0
• March 2023 Content Maintenance final document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15S6ApvAydqan0esH7WALr2QwSKl_BLe8UJxHo0kSs5I/edit

[ShruthiVen28]

Documents guiding this Content update:

• "Food seeker" term research
• Organizational Narrative interviews conducted by Bailey and Shruthi
• Updated Voice and Tone guide
• Website Text Doc
• Figma file

[ShruthiVen28]

Seeking feedback from PM and Leads on Figma file until 9/24.

[fancyham]

I created a side-by-side comparison so you can see the new stuff being proposed (and there’s quite a bit of it): Folks, please take a look and add your comments:

https://www.figma.com/file/9hPmNSsyaH2VMGNz5mffmI/FOLA-Design-%232?type=design&node-id=5252-780&mode=design&t=Azeadc90bIgqV1vX-4

[ShruthiVen28]

Thanks, @fancyham! We're passing off to Design; let us know if anything comes up.

[fancyham]

[fancyham]

This new content will be surfaced to the homepage, with detail pages for the full content when needed. This will make the content more visible and accessible, as well as (hopefully) building trust and understanding of what we do, before user enters their address.

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