Thursday, October 26, 2006

Third Annual Blog Award Planning

Last year after the second annual UU Blog Awards I posted a request for feedback. I also mentioned that I would like to have a bit of discussion well before the next awards to make sure ideas had time to be implemented.

Anyway some initial things that I would like to work out:
  • What's a good timeline to shoot for. Should there be a break between nominations and voting to give people time to read all the stuff that's nominated, if yes how much time?
  • Should there be any new categories?
  • Should nominations for a category be limited to only a handful of entries? If yes how do we decide which of all the nominations should be the final ones?
  • Could someone please help come up with a better description to stick in the about page?
  • Should current vote totals be displayed during the voting period?
  • Should the website display some sort of countdown to voting closing?
  • Is it appropriate to ask optional demographic questions? If yes, what type of demographics? Specifically I would want someone to define the categories for me, I would not want to come up with them on my own.
Oh heck, that should be enough to get the ball rolling. What worked well? What could use improving upon? What should be added? What should be dropped? in short what would you change?
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  1. Chalicechick5:53 PM

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  2. Chalicechick5:54 PM

    ((((* What's a good timeline to shoot for. Should there be a break between nominations and voting to give people time to read all the stuff that's nominated, if yes how much time?)))

    Don't know. Most blog entries are only a page or so. I don't need much time to read them.

    ((( * Should there be any new categories? ))

    Foreign language is a possibility, though it would be hard to judge.

    Best new blog?

    Best political commentary?

    Best minister blog?

    Best lay blog?

    ((( * Should nominations for a category be limited to only a handful of entries? If yes how do we decide which of all the nominations should be the final ones?)))


    Those with the highest number of votes? People with multiple nominations can pick what of theirs is the nominee?

    (((Could someone please help come up with a better description to stick in the about page?))

    I guess so. I'll take a look later.

    ((Should current vote totals be displayed during the voting period?))

    Yes. I liked the horse race aspect last year. It was fun.

    (( Should the website display some sort of countdown to voting closing?))

    Sounds cute.

    ((( Is it appropriate to ask optional demographic questions? If yes, what type of demographics? Specifically I would want someone to define the categories for me, I would not want to come up with them on my own.)))

    Age, gender, theological orientation?

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