How Essex council put the user at the core of its new waste-management microsite
Love Essex is a site dedicated to dealing with waste in a responsible and environmentally friendly manner. Discover how the end user was at the very core of the creation process for this unique approach to functionality, education, and guidance.
Session details
Session title: The Circular Economy: Creating a Unique Search Experience to Facilitate an Environmentally Friendly Community
By: Annertech's Managed Services Director Anthony Lindsay
Where: Room 1 (133-134)
When: Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 8.45am to 9.30am (CEST)
Annertech’s Managed Services Director Anthony Lindsay will introduce DrupalCon Barcelona to Love Essex, a site dedicated to dealing with waste in a responsible and environmentally friendly manner.
During his presentation, titled ‘The circular economy: Creating a unique search experience to facilitate an environmentally friendly community’ Anthony will show the audience how the end user was at the very core of the creation process for this unique approach to functionality, education, and guidance.
Love Essex is a microsite, using the LocalGov Drupal Microsite platform.
“I chose to submit a presentation on Love Essex because of the search – it isn't search as you know it. The point of the site is to change behaviour,” he explained.
“Essex wants to reduce waste, cut down on the number of items going to the landfill, and encourage reusing and recycling items. So the search connects a thing you have, which you need to get rid of, with options on disposing it. But it’s presented in a way that influences you to do the 'right' thing with it, while still being useful and presenting solid, useful information about your choices,” said Anthony.
He describes this microsite as “a living, breathing system, with a curator who responds to the changing needs of the populace through content changes”.
People should attend the session if they would like to learn about custom search, about influencing change, and about embracing dynamic requirements.
Anthony will relate real-world problems with technical solutions and hopefully bring about change in a meaningful way.
Other ground Anthony will cover
- How Drupal has been used to transform the editorial experience from a spreadsheet-fuelled nightmare to an easy-to-manage system that sparks delight
- All about the Love Essex search platform and what makes it unique
- How the the seemingly straightforward requirement of “we need a search” was adapted to become an intricate solution which looks elegantly simple to the end user
- How editors can respond to the changing needs and conditions of the county
- How the end user’s experience drove the process from beginning to end.
What attendees will learn
- How considering the motivations of end users can drive data models and interaction design.
- How Drupal can make managing large pools of content efficient and straightforward.
- How getting the data model right is fundamental to success.
It would help for attendees to have familiarity with managing sets of related data.
Annertech is a Platinum Sponsor of DrupalCon Europe. We’ll also be sponsoring the contribution room, and of course we’ll have a booth in the exhibition area. We can’t wait to see you there!
- “The Circular Economy: Creating a Unique Search Experience to Facilitate an Environmentally Friendly Community“ takes place in Room 1 (133-134) on Wednesday, 25 September 2024, from 8.45am to 9.30am CEST.
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We are so excited to get to Barcelona for the next edition of DrupalCon Europe! Annertechies Alan Burke (x2), Karen Leech and Tony Barker also feature on the programme.
Alison Visser Head of Content
After more than two decades in journalism, Alison now collaborates with Annertech's clients to ensure that their content is the best it possibly can be.
