Post by changc6 on Sept 30, 2014 23:42:08 GMT -5
Almost instantaneous upon entering the site I was captivated by Charity Water’s homepage. Charity Water is a nonprofit that works to bring clean and safe drinking water to third world countries. They are working on projects in 22 developing countries. You can follow their story through their blog, The Charity: Water Blog. They offer the traditional Facebook and Twitter platforms, but to me this blog is what sets them apart. The blog looks like there was a lot of time spent into creating and uploading content. It is organized so neatly by all posts, at home, in the field, and updates.
The “At Home” tab is for meeting the volunteers and events occurring within the states. The “In The Field” page features stories and images of actual countries receiving help form this organization. It shows the volunteers and natives getting along and sharing their culture. The content on the blog however is not up to date, but it’s hard to create such in-depth concept with limited resources in these developing countries. The last posts in the “Update” section were from around the end of 2013. Even before then the posts were irregular and distant. For such an aesthetically pleasing and captivating page, the content was such a let down. The already existing posts were outstanding and fun to read. They had a lot of candid pictures, videos, and a limited amount of reading.
Compared to other organization’s blogs, like Doctor’s Without Borders’ Tumblr page, Charity Water had a lot more artist visuals than words. As I opened each of the posts I noticed that their blog was mostly photos telling a story instead of writing. The template had a much more creative feel than other organization’s blogs. Typically, other nonprofit organization’s blogs have very simplistic, clear-cut layouts, which make it boring to browse through.
The Water Log is a fantastic blog with a clever name that is ridiculously underutilized. The content is all from months ago and completely out of date. It’s easy to navigate and intriguing to look around the blog, but there isn’t much to learn or read from it that is current. It makes it seem like Charity Water is an inactive organization, which deters people from making donations to help the cause. I went back to check out their Facebook and Twitter accounts. Both the networking platforms showed numerous updates on the feeds. This shows that there are stories to tell and content to upload, but they choose to leave the blog to waste away in the shadows. However, Facebook and Twitter show a ton of cross posting, where the two accounts post the same updates. There is no difference between the two pages. The information between the two sites will be the same. The only thing that sets the two sites apart is the personal preference of using one over the other.
The “At Home” tab is for meeting the volunteers and events occurring within the states. The “In The Field” page features stories and images of actual countries receiving help form this organization. It shows the volunteers and natives getting along and sharing their culture. The content on the blog however is not up to date, but it’s hard to create such in-depth concept with limited resources in these developing countries. The last posts in the “Update” section were from around the end of 2013. Even before then the posts were irregular and distant. For such an aesthetically pleasing and captivating page, the content was such a let down. The already existing posts were outstanding and fun to read. They had a lot of candid pictures, videos, and a limited amount of reading.
Compared to other organization’s blogs, like Doctor’s Without Borders’ Tumblr page, Charity Water had a lot more artist visuals than words. As I opened each of the posts I noticed that their blog was mostly photos telling a story instead of writing. The template had a much more creative feel than other organization’s blogs. Typically, other nonprofit organization’s blogs have very simplistic, clear-cut layouts, which make it boring to browse through.
The Water Log is a fantastic blog with a clever name that is ridiculously underutilized. The content is all from months ago and completely out of date. It’s easy to navigate and intriguing to look around the blog, but there isn’t much to learn or read from it that is current. It makes it seem like Charity Water is an inactive organization, which deters people from making donations to help the cause. I went back to check out their Facebook and Twitter accounts. Both the networking platforms showed numerous updates on the feeds. This shows that there are stories to tell and content to upload, but they choose to leave the blog to waste away in the shadows. However, Facebook and Twitter show a ton of cross posting, where the two accounts post the same updates. There is no difference between the two pages. The information between the two sites will be the same. The only thing that sets the two sites apart is the personal preference of using one over the other.
