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Challenging an oxy-moron: beautiful local government websites

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Politics aren’t beautiful

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Focus on user’s needs

Establish content governance

Prepare to fight for it!

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Busy isn’t beautiful

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Keep it simple

Invest in beautiful imagery

Accessibility is not a barrier for innovation

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‘Above the fold’ isn’t beautiful

“We’re not trying to fit the whole

website into it!”

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It’s okay to scroll

Chunky is good!

White space is your friend

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Ingredients for making beautiful

website experiences

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#1 Simple, clean design with

minimal clutter will go a long way

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#2 Leverage technology and

design the experience

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#3 Designing for everyone, means

designing for everyone

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Beautiful* websites actually work

better

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*Beautiful = Usable + Responsive

+ Accessible

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