Pierce College Website Adventures

As a gardener, I often reflect on how editing and producing content on a website is similar to gardening. Both require a keen eye for order, a willingness to discard things that aren't working, and an interest in how things change and evolve over time. A poorly kept garden may sometimes seem like a vast and untenable amount of work with no clear end point in sight. It helps to break larger projects into micro-tasks, approaching small segments of work individually, and prioritizing the work that will make the most significant long term difference in your plot. I've often said that long before Marie Kondo became famous, I had a tendency to organize,  declutter, and make sure things were just so   around the house and garden. This ethic shows up in my work as well, as I feel that large blocks of content need to be simplified, layouts must follow a logical order and make sense, and extraneous words can be trimmed. Just as in a garden, on a website, there's always somet...

Recommendations for the Nursing Page In general Add a persuasive elements Make key call to actions more visual Break up text on page where possible into bullet points Introduction Simplify the headline, “Put your compassion to work as you earn an associate’s degree in nursing and prepare for your licensure exam. Options include immediate employment or transfer to a four-year college. We also offer a LPN to RN bridge program.” “Put your compassion to work with a degree in nursing.” Add introductory text above the section titled “Jump To: and beneath the image header: Earn an associate’s degree in nursing and prepare for your licensure exam. Options include immediate employment or transfer to a four-year college. We also offer a LPN to RN bridge program. About the Program Re-title the About the Program section “Information Sessions” – it’s clearer Add a subheading titled Accreditation and move related content under that heading. It doesn’t feel closely related to the conte...