Queued program initiatives

Queued campus-wide initiatives awaiting sponsorship and resources

Planning

1. Marketing/communication planning, strategy, and sponsorship (multiple-year)

Programs and projects (Web production resources required)

Current prioritization (2/1/10) for sponsorship opportunities

1. Live event streaming and interactive back-channel (discovery)
2. Time-based content and metadata (events)
3. Geo-based metadata and content (GeoRSS, Sketch-up, GoogleEarth)
4. Alternative user interfaces (mobile, netbook, appliance, smart phone, print, PDF)
5. Immersive place-based mobile applications (example)
6. Automatic audio recording and podcasting
7. Rich media production and integration into e-mail campaigns
8. Student organization support
9. Webcams (wireless, exterior)
10. Workgroup collaboration software (in use by Web team members)

Partnership (Web development resources required)

Current prioritization (2/1/10) for capital support requests

Short-term (FY 10-11)

1. Emergency Web hosting, domain name continuity
2. Public events calendar, reservations, ticketing, and payment (discovery)
3. One-click donations and micropayments (embed within Web pages) for programs and campus causes
4. Enterprise data presentation via Web services (such as faculty directory information and course listings in Web sites)
5. Preservation and access to published Web content
6. Unified search of Web pages people, events, news, facilities (discovery) (example)
7. Digital file exchange, access, storage, archive for media, images, documents (discovery)

Medium-term (FY 10-12)

1. Collaboration/social platform for Bates communities (discovery)
2. Individual profiles, interests, and portfolios (integration with social profiles)
3. Single sign-on, identity, and access management (multi-leveled authorization and authentication)
4. Merchandise marketing and sales (embed items within Web pages)

Long-term (FY 10-13)

1. Client relationship management (tracking of interaction with clients, funders, organizations, donors, prospective students, media contacts)