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As this is an art based activity, art supplies will be required in order to run it. Resources/supplies could include things such as:
- table covers to prevent mess
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- placemats
- water/ water cups

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The aim of running this activity is to educate children of the Sudanese culture in a socially welcoming environment that promotes creative thinking. This will bring the community closer together and promote social interactions whilst also being educational.

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Discipline: The Role of Arts in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Primary Education
Role: creating and running an art based activity targeted at primary school children

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1. The library will display books on and about South Sudanese art and dance to encourage interest in the art exhibition Leanne is curating.

2. The library will display books on and about South Sudanese cuisine to create interest in the activities Katherine is providing for the festival.

3. The library will actively promote the festival within the library, displaying flyers, brochures and posters for those members of community who don’t use social media or have access to computers, this will ensure more members of the community are reached, are aware of the festival and will attend.

4. Providing pre and primary school aged children with story times and fun activities could tie in with Olivia’s focus of cultural art based activities.

5. Melissa will create a link from the festival website to the Library homepage.

6. The library homepage will have a link to the festival website.

7. Renaye and Amy will provide information about the library services and resources in social media and media posts and advertising.

8. The Library homepage will have links to the festival social media pages and media posts.

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I have used PowerPoint to demonstrate how I would structure the layout of the site's content. The two slides represent one continuous page of web content.
I have chosen to keep the layout simple and clean by using one colour theme and keeping white space which makes images stand out. Each of the six boxes will have an image or live video related content.

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Date 25 March 2018
10am to 7pm

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I would engage directly with the SSCAV to get an understanding of what their community's needs are when accessing digital information

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South Sudanese Community Association In Victoria | Projects

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We the members of the South Sudanese Community Association in Victoria, who believe in a unified and peaceful community that promotes mutual respect for our diversity, building trust and supporting resettlement initiative, do reaffirm our strong commitment to endorse this constitution for the South Sudanese community in Victoria.

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Even for marketers, design standards aren't something you think about a lot. But for web designers, they're critical.

"Standard web conventions" are web design standards and best practices. They're a set of rules that web designers follow, knowing that they align with visitors' expectations. They are guidelines for clarity and usability.

But what is standard, really?

To answer this question, we created a checklist of 10 web design standards, then looked at the top 50 marketing websites to see how standard these standards really are. Using guidelines from an earlier NN Group article, we use the following thresholds:

Standard: 80% or more of websites use the same design approach

Convention: 50 - 79% of websites use the same design approach

Confusion: 49% or fewer websites conform, no single design approach dominates

Note: The sites included in this research are the top marketing websites in the "business > marketing & advertising" category on Alexa . After excluding news, media and publication sites, which do not have conventional lead generation or ecommerce goals, we ended up with the top 50 marketing websites.
1. Logo in the top left

100% of the websites researched had a clickable logo in the upper left corner of every page on the site. That's a standard!

2. Contact in top right

44% have the contact button or link in the top right corner of every page. Although this placement is very common and considered best practices, it cannot be considered standard.

3. Main navigation across the top

88% of the websites had the main navigation located in the header at the top of every page, making horizontal top-level navigation a web design standard.

4. Home page slideshow

32% of the websites have a home page slideshow (also known as a carousel) with a rotating series of images and messages.

This is one that Orbit designers are watching carefully, as more sites seem to be favoring a static featured image, rather than a rotating series of images.

Research on the effectiveness of each option. Results vary! Choose the best option for your site, your message and your visitors.

5. Value proposition high up on the home page

80% of marketing websites have an explicit value proposition located high on the home page. So the majority of websites explain their value to visitors "above the fold." The remaining didn't have an clear value proposition at all.

Any web designer will tell you that there is no standard pixel height for browsers. Therefore, there is no fold. But of course, some design elements appear high on pages and are generally visible to the majority of visitors without scrolling.

6. Call to Action high up on the home page

78% of the websites had visually prominent calls to action. The percentage fell below our threshold for standard, it's certainly a convention.

7. Search feature in the header

54% of websites have a search feature in the header. About half of all marketing sites do not have a search feature that appears "globally" on every page either as a link, icon or search box.

This isn't surprising to us. Search tools aren't necessary unless the website contains a large amount of content. A search tool is often a "crutch" for a poorly organized website.

8. Signup box in the footer

24% of websites allow visitors to sign up and subscribe to email updates in the footer. So this is a common place to gather email addresses, but not a convention or a standard.

The most common content for footers is copyright, privacy, legal, sitemap and contact links. Visitors expect to find contact information in the bottom right or bottom center of websites.

Want to a better footer? Here are our Footer Design Best Practices, and 27 things you can add to the bottom of your pages.

9. Social media icons in the footer

72% of the websites include icons for social media websites in the footer. This almost makes these a standard design element.

26% of the websites included social media icons prominently in the header.

As in the footer, clicking any of these icons takes the visitor to the social media site. For this reason, this is a design element that can cost you traffic , increasing bounce rates and hurt results.

We recommend adding social media icons in the footer. To further reduce visual prominence, the full-color version can appear only after the visitor moves the mouse cursor over the icon.

10. Responsive design

68% of websites are mobile-friendly using responsive web design . This gives visitors a great experience regardless of the device - phone, tablet or desktop.
Note about the data: The sites included in this research were big, famous brands. They have lots of pages and diverse businesses. Some design aspects of large sites (search tools, generic navigation labels) may not be relevant to smaller marketing websites.
It's a combination of design and programming that is difficult to add after a site is built. More often, it's part of a redesign, which may explain why it's a convention, but not a standard.

Responsive design has been best practices for years. We're glad to see this become more common and we expect this feature to be standard eventually.

Let's review...

Custom Design is Dominant

Obviously, not all design standards are standard after all. Except for the placement of the logo, the main navigation and the value proposition, there aren't standards for web design.

The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. - Andy S. Tanenbaum, Computer Scientist

Web design conventions include a prominent call to action, search tool in the header, social media icons in the footer and responsive web design.

Other common design features may still be considered best practices, but may not be used by the majority of websites. Custom web design, specific to the business and its audience, rules the day.

Practical Insights for Web Designers

Conforming to standards are an easy way to meet the expectations of your audience. Your visitors are not blank slates. Your website is the millionth website they've visited, so they come with strong ideas about what they'll find and where they'll find it. And the website is key to your digital marketing basics.

Why make your site different?

If a design element is expected in a certain place, then that's where it should go.

Beyond design elements, there are types of web design standards that all good designers understand:

Brand Standards
Colors, type and tone are specific to every business. You should have a style guide for your website and stick to it.

Accessibility Standards
Access to information is a basic human right. This has been recognized by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Follow these standards to make your site accessible to everyone.

Standard web conventions are shorthand for good design. If you break any of these rules , you should do so intentionally and with a very good reason. And you should plan on measuring the impact of being unexpected.

Does your site follow best practices? Or do you break the rules?

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Web Design Standards: 10 Best Practices on the Top 50 Websites | Orbit Media Studios

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Even for marketers, design standards aren't something you think about a lot. But for web designers, they're critical. "Standard web conventions" are web design standards and best practices. They're a set of rules that web designers follow, knowing that they align with visitors' expectations. They are guidelines for clarity and usability.

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My role as librarian & role of the library during the festival

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During the festival:

1.      Have a booth within the festival, with flyers, bookmarks and brochures to hand out to further promote library services available to the South Sudanese community, such as:

Storytimes

Collections available, including DVD’s, CD’s, Magazines and print

Free computer use, including internet access and wifi

Research and information services

Summer reading book clubs for children

Local community organisations, meetings and events

Book clubs

School readiness programs

Language classes

Job readiness and going back to work classes

Child and adult learning classes on computers, art, science, etc.

2.      Provide an opportunity for the South Sudanese community to communicate their needs.

3.      Set up a temporary borrowing station, for the community to join the library and start borrowing the collection and using resources straight away.
4.      Provide fun activities, such as face painting and story times, aimed at pre-school and primary school aged children, to tie into Olivia’s focus and to encourage awareness of the library as a friendly and welcoming place.

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Before the final go live date which I  anticipate will be 2 months ahead of the festival I would undertake the following checks;
1) Content and search engine check
This will ensure that the information is accurate and that the site is searchable.
2) Web browser check
Ensure the site is viewable on all browsers and commonly used devices.
3) Engage sponsors and key stakeholders
Let them know when the site is ready and work with them to distribute
4) Work with Renaye to distribute though social channels and Amy to ensure the site is live prior to media release

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It's a lot of little things. That's what web design is all about. There is a staggering number of ways to screw up.

So quality is all about details. To make sure nothing is missed, professionals use checklists. We have a ton of these checklists here at Orbit.

Here is our website launch checklist. Actually, this is a combination of several checklists related to launching websites. We've removed some of the internal communication items and added a few items related to marketing.

This checklist includes items from years of hard-earned experiences, mistakes and lessons learned.

We hope this will save you some of that pain. If you know someone working on a web design project, you can probably save them some grief by sharing this with them.

Content and Search Engine Optimization Checklist

Let's start with the content itself. These steps will make sure that you follow on-page SEO best practices and that top content is all carefully migrated over.

You don't necessarily need to move every page. But you need to find and move the top performing content based on traffic, rankings and link popularity.

1. Log into Google Analytics and export a list (CSV file) of high traffic pages.

2. Log into Google Search Console and download a list (CSV file) of "your most linked content."

3. Use SEMrush (or a similar tool) to export a list of high ranking pages. Often, the high ranking pages are often the high traffic pages so this may not be necessary.
Caution! If the current site ranks well and gets a lot of traffic from search engines, be sure to follow each step in this post before going live with a new site: How to Relaunch a High Ranking Website. Your traffic depends on it!
4. Combine these three lists into a spreadsheet. Check the new site to make sure that these pages will still exist or that there is a closely related page for each.

5. Make a list of URLs for all the top pages on the old site and keep track of which URLs will be changed during the launch. Create 301 redirects from the old site pages to the new ones.

6. If the existing site has a WordPress blog, export the database and import it to the new site.

7. Title tags for all pages should meet the following criteria:

8. Meta descriptions should meet the following criteria:

9. Formating: Check that each page includes headers and subheaders (H1 and H2 tags). H1 tags should include the target keyphrase for the page.

10. Links: There should be internal links between pages throughout the site. When relevant, these links should include the target keyphrase of the page it's linking to. Here's a post with best practices for internal linking.

11. Body text should include the target keyphrase where relevant.

12. Calls-to-Action: Pages should have calls-to-action that guide the visitor toward the desired actions.

13. Images: Images should include alt tags. These should contain simple descriptions of the image and include a target keyphrase when relevant. Note: this is not the most important aspect to implement. Prioritize other content first.

Design Review Checklist

Time to make sure that the final design is faithful to the original plan. It's common for formatting and images to be inconsistent with the approved designs, which can ruin a lot of effort from the web design process.

14. Compare the approved designs with the final website, reviewing each template for inconsistencies in layout, header style, fonts, formatting and content.

15. Check that all images are compressed for web, image quality and image size consistency. Here's a post on how to save images for the web.

16. Are there any stock photos on the website? If so, check to make sure licenses have been purchased for each.

17. Check font styles, line height, spacing, leading, imagery, navigation and colors for consistency. If new elements were added during content entry or development, make sure they match the site design style.

Analytics Checklist

Here's another area that requires special attention. Miss one thing and you won't get all of your data. You can fix it later, but you won't get historical reports, so do it right the first time.

If you need help properly setting up Analytics, here are five short videos that show how to setup Google Analytics. Set it and forget it!

18. Ensure that you have access to Analytics and have been added to the account in Admin > User Management with full access (Manage Users, Edit, Collaborate, Read & Analyze). If you don't have full access, request that you be added at this level.

19. Add the Google Analytics code to the website's config record. Note: the method of adding Analytics code to the website may vary depending on the content management system.

20. Set up filters to exclude traffic from the IP(s) of your office. Find your IP address by typing "what is my IP" into Google.

Create filter:

21. Set up goals for each type of conversion (i.e, /contact-thank-you or /careers-thank-you or /checkout-receipt). It is recommended that you configure a Funnel as well.

22. Enable site search (if applicable). The "query parameter" for site search features will vary depending on the content management system. It should be visible in the URL when testing your site search tool. In this example, the query parameter is "s."

23. Enable e-commerce (if applicable).

24. Link Google Analytics to Google Search Console. In Google Analytics go to Admin > Property Settings and link to your accounts. Need help? There's a video here that shows you how.

25. If the site has an SSL, make sure that "https" is selected for BOTH the Property and View areas in the account.

Website Browser Testing

26. Verify that each form on the website is functioning properly. Each form should do the following when submitted:

Submitter gets an auto-response email, which sets expectations about when you'll be in touch.

Submitter arrives at a thank-you page, which includes an additional marketing message or links to relevant content.

The website stores the submission to a database, in case the email doesn't get through.

Analytics records the submission as a conversion.

27. Test file upload feature within the CMS to ensure there are no permission errors.

28. Test pages for HTML/CSS errors and compatibility in all major, current browsers on all devices.

29. Test all programmed features, ensuring all functions are user-friendly across all devices.

30. Test performance grades on Google PageSpeed and Pingdom Tools and correct any relevant technical recommendations.

Final Pre-Launch Checklist

It's time for the final testing checklist. These are technical items that have a huge impact on the ROI of the total effort. Missing even one of these could be a very expensive mistake.

31: Check that all third-party items are connected to the proper accounts. Newsletter signup, Flickr galleries, Social Media, etc.

32. Plan Phase II: Create a list of items not completed at the time of launch. Schedule a meeting to review and prioritize.

33. Download the current site using WebZip or a similar tool. Note: this step allows you to go back to the old site and recover things after you launch. This is often your last chance!

34. Confirm the list of domains. Are there other domains that need to point to the new site? If so, confirm that you have access to all domain registrars.

35. Confirm the technical/IT contact who can assist with the launch. They should have access to the domain registrar and can point the A record for the domain to the new IP address.

36. Find current registrar information with a WHOIS look up.

37. Find current DNS information by opening Terminal and dig www.domain.com.

LAUNCH!

If you've checked every box on this list so far, you're set for a successful launch. As you go through this next checklist for the final countdown, be sure NOT to launch on a Friday ...

38. If the website is secure and includes an SSL certificate, migrate to the new server (or purchase, set up and apply a new SSL).

39. Change your local DNS to simulate a full live test. This ensures the webserver, CMS, and any third-party plugins are correctly configured for the website domains. This simple test prevents almost all the surprises that could occur post-launch.

40. LAUNCH! Update the DNS record or send the launch IP address to the administrative contact for the domain with a request to update the DNS record or add an A record to the domain.

Post-Launch Checklist

Once the DNS changes or A record setup is complete, the new site should become live within a few hours. But it can take up to 48 hours. This "propagation period" is inconsistent because the routers around the internet don't update themselves at the same time.

During this time, you may see the new site on your phone but the old site from your desk. This is because your office network and your phone connect to the web through different routers.

Strange, right? That's the internet!

Once it's live, you have some more work to do.

41. Verify that Google Analytics is collecting data.

42. Configure Search Console. Note: configure for https:// if the website has a security certificate.

43. Once in the Search Console account for setup for the domain, submit a new sitemap.xml. Ensure that the new sitemap passes with no errors.

44. After the sitemap passes, select Crawl > Fetch as Google, then enter the domain and click " Fetch and Render."

45. In Search Console, select Search Appearance > Sitelinks, then "demote" the URLs for any pages that you do not wish to appear in search results pages in searches for your brand.

46. Check the site's pages to make sure they are NOT set to noindex, nofollow.

47. Check robots.txt file to make sure it is NOT set to noindex, nofollow.

48. Check that any login areas ARE set to noindex, nofollow and set to "disallow" in the sitemap.xml.

Announcement and Marketing

Congratulations! Your site is live and functioning properly. Among other things, websites are part of your marketing and need to be marketed. Here's a quick marketing launch checklist.

49. Announce the launch of the website in your next newsletter. Note: In our experience, "Check out our new website" is actually a successful subject line!

50. Write a post about the process and thinking behind the redesign. Mention the challenges and thank the team members who contributed.

51. Schedule more announcements on social media. Typically, one to three shares per network over the space of a week.

52. Update the feature images on your social networks with an image that includes a note about the new website launch.

53. Add a "check out our new website" link to your email signature for the next two weeks.

54. Update the outgoing message on your main phone line to inform callers about the new website.

55. Press release? I'd probably leave the press release off the list. Unless there's something really unusual about the new site, a website launch is almost never newsworthy.

Congratulations

You just had a low-stress, high-confidence website launch. Well done. Give your team a pat on the back and celebrate. Here's a little video that shows how we launch 'em at Orbit...

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I will create a test plan to test the website before launch. The attached website give a guide to develop actions for a test plan.

I would use the IT team in the council to assist with testing and a select group of internal and external stakeholders.

I'll also engage the support of the project team to test and provide feedback.

Stakeholders will test for useability, east of access to information and report and broken links to problems.

This will be done by giving the testers simple scenarios such as find a print a program, apply for a stall or access social media.

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Web Testing Complete Guide (Web Application Testing Tips and Scenarios)

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A complete guide to web application testing. Web testing test cases, scenarios and, checklist. We have outlined points to be considered while testing web applications.

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The food and wine festival is supported by the Maribyrnong Council and listed on their Festival City page on the councils website.

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One of the world's top food and wine events, taking place across Victoria Australia in March each year.

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The council has a festival program and landing page which is where we will have a snapshot of the SSCF and a link to our festival site.

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Council’s Festival City Program promotes and cultivates the City of Maribyrnong as a vibrant, cosmopolitan City. The Program brings together and celebrates local cultures that enhance our reputation as a vibrant and creative city celebrating both the diversity and shared experiences of our communities.

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The group doesn't have a designer to develop a logo or printed material so I will be highlighting where the visual elements will be but I won't be designing any.

I've chosen to use an orange base colour for the site as the padlet 'red dirt' background was a good choice for the project and one I felt would suit the website.

I will keep the layout clean and clutter free with plenty of white space so the user isn't visually overwhelmed.

The top right corner will have clickable logos.

Each of the six boxes will have an image or live video related content.

I will be using Tw Cen MT font as this is a clean and condensed font that is easy to read in digital mediums

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The scope of my deliverable for the project is to plan the layout, content structure and basic design of the website ensuring the communicated content needs of other group contributors are met.

Printed material, logo's and other visual elements are not in scope. linking content such as media reselases or social media apps is also not in scope.

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I have used the groups PowerPoint presentations, padlet content and blackboard discussions to map content headings. I have then used some one the festival website examples to develop a structure for our festival website. I have put this into a sitemap and validated it with the group. Feedback received through the discussion thread has been incorporated and the attached site map is the result. If this site were to go live, each link would be a page or a link to another site.

Amy - will provide all news and media written content including content for social media posts
Renaye - will provide links to all social sites and will manage engagement in this space
Maryka - will supply library content and supply information on activities that will need to go into the program
Leanne - will provide sponsor details which will be displayed on the site as well as artist
Olivia - will provide details for kids activities on the day for the site and program
Katherine -  will supply information on food stalls and health and fitness events on the day to be added to the site and program

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2016 Census data recorded 7,689 South Sudanese living in Australia and 2011 Census recorded 1118 South Sudanese in Melbourne. These are very small numbers and utilising groups such as the South Sudanese Community Assoc. as a possible event partner will help us target the community directly and understand what their community needs from a website.

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The Music Tastes Good festival website is a good example of a liner approach to content display and the approach I've chosen to take. This approach sees content arranged down the page with anchors to take the user back to the top of the page. The festival website will require a quick set up and maintenance for a short period post event and this design method will be the best way to display information to meet both the aim of the site and needs of the users.

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Music Tastes Good is two days of amazing music and food, featuring Ween, Sleater-Kinney and so much more + incredible chefs from Long Beach & New Orleans.

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The attached community profile highlights approx. 50% of the council area are aged between 25 and 49 with young families and would be a primary target group for the website. Printed flyers and other means of advertising would be best to serve the older members of the community but this  is not in scope for the website

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The cost can be anywhere between $5 and $15

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The motivation for our Community Arts project was to showcase the South Sudanese culture through food, art, dance and learning programs, to counteract the negative sentiment surrounding the South Sudanese community in the media, which undoubtedly affects the community's ability and want to integrate into the community network of their new home.
Therefore, following the event, I would take the opportunity to discuss what we have found out about the journey from South Sudan to Australia, and communicate the stories behind these wonderful people and their decision to come to Australia and start a new life.
The aim of this piece would be to encourage a deeper understanding of the trials of the South Sudanese community before and after settling in Australia, and hopefully shattering some of the misconceptions surrounding their beautiful culture. Leveraging the success of the Community Festival, I would also lift up the piece by discussing the incredible cultural offerings made available to the public during the festivals, and encourage people to challenge their assumptions, and develop a new appreciation for South Sudanese culture.

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Time Out Melbourne article - for print and online channels

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Time Out Melbourne article - for print and online channels

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Similar to the Leader article, this would target tourists and Melbourne locals who are already looking for something to do in the area.

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This article would advertise the event in targeted areas - namely North, North West, West & City Fringe Leader newspapers.

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Advertisement showcasing local Library and LOTE services presented at the festival by Maryka Brown.

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Advertisement showcasing our Art collaborative curated by Leanne Austin.

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Advertisement showcasing our Health & Fitness stand managed by Katherine Chiu .

NB: Images accompanying these pieces are examples I have developed using design software, however  would be developed/ coordinated by the social media & design team. I am using these images to complement my examples of copy content. Images are uncredited free content via Canva website unless referenced in my list.

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Some stalls
Lentils as anything
Hare Krishna
Konjo
And other community food stalls
North Melbourne residents club has got it well for them

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Sudanese love dancing and here are some lessons that could be offered
There could be some latin dancing as well as dancing around a fire at nighttime

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Partnerships with NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) and/or its sponsors like Creative Victoria is an avenue.

Approaching the AFL is a possibility with Buku Khamis being approached as the ambassador of the festival. The AFL is a strong supporter of multiculturalism, with their strong stance on eliminating racism from the sport and having a Multicultural Round in the AFL season.

Victoria University just a stone's throw from the park could also contribute sponsorship or volunteers to the festival.

Admission fees and gold coin donations on the day are not out of place and common practice by councils and event organisors.
While cultural food is being provided, licences/permits can be allocated for non-competing food and beverage stalls to take part in the festival.

Another source of funding will be the auctioning of artworks donated by exhibiting artists.

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Interactive activities for adults as well as children would be provided.  I think Katherine has the children angle covered.
For the adults, stalls will be set up to encourage people to take part in the following activities:
Sculpture - red earth clay based sculpting following traditional South Sudanese designs.  For a fee the sculpture can be fired and picked up or delivered.
Bead and Jewellery Making - in the same vein as sculpting, this would educate participants in the fashion and designs of South Sudan.

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Gabriel Akon is an Adelaide based South Sudanese rapper and Hip Hop artist who moved to Australia 13 years ago via a refugee camp in Kenya. Akon is a survivor whose story through his music would resinate with the South Sudanese community in Melbourne.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-01/adelaide-hip-hop-artist-dreams-becoming-influential-in-australia/8142200
http://music.theaureview.com/interviews/interview-gabriel-akon-on-his-journey-to-dyspora-growing-a-hip-hop-empire-in-adelaide-with-playback808/
Another musical artists is Ajak Chol who goes by the stage name of Bangs (picture below).  He is actually a local living in Footscray after emigrating vi Egypt in 2003.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangs_(hip_hop_artist)
http://ahalf-warmedfish.blogspot.com.au/2010/06/interview-w-bangs.html

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I envisage the exhibition to contain a number of themes and I would organise the collections of art into the these categories:
Photography - In most exhibitions you will find that photography is in a separate section.
War-torn South Sudan - collection of paintings showing the conditions in South Sudan
Cultural Identity - showcasing artworks dealing with uniquely South Sudanese cultural subject matter that is away from the history of war and conflict.  It includes paintings, clothing, jewellery etc
Sculpture - will not be in a separate section but distributed in areas where their presence is topically relevant, physically imposing or thought provoking.
Fusion - artworks by South Sudanese artists (living here or abroad) on Australian topics, or using a blend of the two cultures
Next Generation - a section of artworks that have been developed by students in schools around Melbourne on multiculturalism (of course with a South Sudanese topic) using their perspectives from special projects conducted by the schools in educating them on social acceptance and harmony.

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Inviting guest speakers to talk about their experiences allows audiences to gain an insight into the difficulties South Sudanese artists and people in general face in acclimatising to the Australian lifestyle.  This can be compared to the hardships they faces in their war torn country and how they were able to flee from that.
Two likely candidates I've found in this SBS article from May last year are emerging filmmaker Ez Eldin Dang (http://footscrayarts.com/profile/ez-eldin-deng/) who arrived in 2004, had to learn English and now tells his story through rhymes, theatre and film.
Another potential guest speaker is artist Marin Manyung who does pencil and charcoal sketches of life in South Sudan to highlight the contrasts between the two countries.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/i-found-myself-the-power-of-art-in-melbourne-s-south-sudanese-community
For another angle, 17 year old AFL newcomer Buku Khamis (picture below) could be the inspirational voice of the younger generation.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/from-south-sudanese-refugee-to-the-2018-afl-draft-buku-khamis-is-making-his-mark

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The interior of the marquee will require lots of free standing walls or partitions on which the artworks will hang.
I wanted the partitions to be off the ground to highlight the artworks instead of grounding them.  This would be offset by the earthy tones of the walls.
Example:
http://www.archiexpo.com/prod/staba-arte/product-124949-1435245.html

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The site selected for the festival is the Footscray Park near the Maribyrnong river.  Flemington racecourse is just on the other side of the river, however that is too far removed from the main park to be considered as a venue even though it would have many suitable marquees and covered areas (assuming they would be willing to rent the space).
It would be better if the gallery space was in the park itself.
There are plenty of suppliers who would be able to erect the suitable marquee that would be environmentally friendly et sturdy enough: this being one I am particularly excited about
http://www.fletchermarquees.co.uk/show-events-marquees/solid-glass-walled-marquees-dog-and-agricultural-shows

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Discipline
Fine Art and Visual Culture

Project Role
Art Exhibition Curator

Deliverable
Plans for hosting an indigenous art exhibition, social interaction and activities, cultural dance or music, guest speakers and venue

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Discipline:
Professional Writing & Publishing

Project Role:
Media & Advertising

Deliverable:
Portfolio of publications in the lead-up and post-event.

Lead-up
Short advertisement blurbs to be posted on our various social media platforms
Advertisement pieces in Time Out Melbourne magazine & Leader newspapers in the North, North West and City Fringe areas

Post event
Editorial in The Age Good Weekend, highlighting the event's success and the motivation behind hosting the event

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There is a market nearby which has bulk food for cheap.
Before the festival we could buy some fresh fruit and veg and then let people sample some

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https://blog.bufferapp.com/social-media-event-marketing
How to share an event through social media BEFORE: https://blog.bufferapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Social-media-event-marketing-before-the-event.png
1. reveal lineups/special guests/activities in a creative way
2. point out regularly registration/tickets and countdown to the date
4. share behind the scenes pictures/videos leading up to the event
How to share an event through social media DURING: https://blog.bufferapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Social-media-event-marketing-during-the-event.png
1. have a photobooth!
2. share content from speakers/activities
3. live behind the scenes photos and videos
4. use questions and polls
5.  hashtags
How to share an event through social media AFTER: https://blog.bufferapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Social-media-event-marketing-after-the-event.png
1. press coverage if available
2. ask for feedback
3. give thanks
-Renaye

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Examples of library stalls at festivals:

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Examples of library stalls at festivals:

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Includes books written by South Sudanese authors, travel guides and history books.

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South Sudanese art is filled with a sense of hope and strength.  The images are very much political and generally a narrative of current conditions and history of the people.  An exhibition that showcases these artworks along with a conference of artists who talk about the art scene and their experiences would create a wonderful contrast between their view of their world and the message of their art.
It would be beneficial if the exhibition could combine South Sudanese artists as well as local artists in a merging of cultures.  Grouped by theme, we could create a storyline of the journey of South Sudanese emigrants from the beginnings of their rich heritage, through political turmoil, self determination and displacement to a new land where cultural bias and friction has created new challenges for them to overcome.
Such an exhibition, if combined with local artists and speakers could break down barriers and show an environment of acceptance and welcome. It would also give those not familiar with the South Sudanese culture to be educated on their resilience and social value.

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BEFORE festival
-build anticipation/excitement
-share event details (time, location etc.)
-spread the word!
DURING festival
-live happenings of the event being shared to the public via council as well as festival attendees
AFTER festival
- reflection
-thanks to all that made festival a success
-thanks to community for sharing and learning about a beautiful culture
-Renaye

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Platforms I will use:

-FACEBOOK

-YOUTUBE

-INSTAGRAM

-SNAPCHAT
Why?
Most Popularly used social media Mobile Apps - i can reach a diverse age range across all platforms
-Renaye

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Footscray park is the primary location and local libraries will also be participating

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I would encourage people to be active and promote walking and running as one way of being active. Being a marathoner I know how much time and effort are being put into these things.
Melbourne has the Premier's Active April every year and its a great way to get people to be out there and active.
I know that the Sudanese community does not have a lot of money and will want something for free
As for food I can take them to some different places in Melbourne.

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Links for learning English websites and other resources

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Links for learning English websites and other resources

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For members of the community who require assistance with learning English, the following resources are available from the library:

Audio books

Language reference books, for example bilingual dictionaries

Access to online English learning resources via the library computers, such as:

Transparent language for libraries https://www.transparent.com/libraries/language-learning-online.html

Languagenut http://www.languagenut.com/en-au/

Road to IELTS  https://www.roadtoielts.com/index.php
AMES Australia   https://www.ames.net.au/

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My role as librarian & role of the library in the South Sudanese Cultural Festival

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My role as librarian & role of the library in the South Sudanese Cultural Festival

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Aim:  To promote and support cultural diversity and awareness and encourage and promote literacy.

Libraries are able to provide access to resources and information to people from all cultures, that address the needs of their particular community. Libraries are a venue for different cultures to share and voice their unique culture including their art, music and history. Libraries are free and the resources are available for every member of the community, from every walk of life.

Objective: From a library perspective I will be looking at encouraging inter-cultural communication and literacy,  promoting the festival to the general public, create interest in the South Sudanese culture and events to be held at the festival and promote services and resources the library can provide the South Sudanese community.

Leading up to the festival:
1. Cross promote and advertise by displaying posters, flyers and images that are being created for the festival.
2. Have a link on the festival web page, created by Mel, to the library home page so the community can access information regarding services the library provides, as well as accessing the catalogue for the LOTE collection.
3. Ensure the library homepage has a banner for the festival and a link to the festival web page to access further information regarding the program of events etc. including link to social media pages created by Renaye as well as the online media posts created by Amy.
4. Leading up to the festival, have a display in the library showcasing books, DVDs and music CDs;
• By South Sudanese authors, musicians, actors and directors
• About South Sudan, including history, travel books, biographies
• Art books featuring artists to connect to Leanne's art exhibition and
• Culinary books, to link with Katherine's focus
This will create interest and encourage the general public and community at large to attend the South Sudanese festival.
5. Promote and encourage further literacy by developing the LOTE collection (for both adults and children) this will provide reading resources for the South Sudanese community.

*This will create interest in South Sudan and its culture and encourage the general public and community at large to attend the South Sudanese festival.

*This then leads to the role of the library during the festival...

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Links to foreign language/LOTE bookshops:

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Links to foreign language/LOTE bookshops:

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Language, is an important part of a person’s culture, heritage and identity...
The LOTE Bookshop
https://www.lote.com.au/
Foreign Language Bookshop https://www.foreignlanguagebookshop.com.au/
Abby's Language Book Centre
https://www.languagebooks.com.au/language-book-centre/news-headlines.do?newsId=1508

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https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Languages_of_South_Sudan.html

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"A working philosophy of harmony and social and cultural
cohesion underpins the public library service ethic, and
the role libraries play in supporting Australia’s cultural
diversity is highly valued by community members.
Significant numbers of respondents registered their belief that multicultural societies flourish when cultural events are shared." (State Library of Victoria 2014, 14)

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Cultural benefits of Victorian public libraries

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Cultural benefits of Victorian public libraries

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Creative Communities: The Cultural benefit of Victoria’s Public Libraries

This 2014 report from the State Library of Victoria discusses the (often unrecognised) activities and cultural benefits that public libraries provide and bring to communities in Victoria. It discusses cultural activities that are happening within Victorian libraries. It also discusses how Victorian public libraries are “significant ‘culture-making social entities’” (State Library of Victoria 2014, 8).

Particularly relevant excerpts from page 14 of the report are below:

Libraries as cultural connectors

Linking up; sharing resources; seeding community-driven cultural activities; undertaking various forms of outreach.

Libraries connect people with each other; they connect people with art, literature, ideas and many forms of creativity. They forge cultural links across precincts, communities and regions, and with other culture-making organisations and individuals. They induct new people into communities and help them navigate the social and cultural networks that promise a sense of belonging.

Libraries supporting Australia’s complex cultural mosaic

Interweaving different cultural groups; celebrating and nurturing diversity; stimulating cross-cultural conversation and understanding.

Victoria’s public libraries have responded in imaginative and innovative ways to maintain and nurture Australia’s diverse, multicultural society.

Libraries:

• promote and support diverse narratives, identities and heritage for a variety of new and established community groups

• curate Indigenous collections and host Indigenous storytelling

• welcome new arrivals, providing orientation information in English and an evolving range of other languages

• curate and disseminate LOTE (Languages other than English) collections, take part in multicultural festivals, and provide meeting spaces for community, local history and heritage groups.

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Discipline:

Librarianship.

Project Role:

To provide public library involvement in the festival.

Deliverable:

Cultural benefits of public libraries and role the library can play both leading up to the festival and during the festival.

Reference list:

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Example Live Event Countdown to build excitement and anticipation.
-Renaye

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Discipline: Internet Communications
Project Role: Social Media Marketing/Manager
Deliverable: I have sampled and done research on some social media campaigns such as a facebook page, live event countdowns and snapchat geofilters in attempt to create a wide range of contact to a broad audience. I want to create tools for the festival attendees to share their experience with their social media following in a positive way.
-Renaye

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Discipline: Internet Communications and Health
Project role: Food and health educator
Deliverable: Posts about South Sudanese food and healthy living. I also helped with the background

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The South Sudanese people love simple food that they can use with their hands
-Katherine

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The Adelaide Fringe Festival is another good example of a festival website. There is plenty of white space to the events stand out. They have followed a branding approach to have their logo in the top right corner of the site which is consistent with best practice

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Adelaide Fringe - 17 February - 19 March 2023

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We are Adelaide Fringe, the Biggest Arts Festival in Australia! We were born 60 years ago (although we don't look a day over 25) and for 31 magical days and nights each year we completely take over the beautiful city of Adelaide, South Australia.

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Indigenous art will be a focus with a curated art exhibition, and children’s art activity(s) as well as the local library providing other language other than English (LOTE) resources and/or activities.
The local library is in Footscray and Sunshine

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To promote social cohesion and the South Sudanese culture in a positive way and give the South Sudanese an opportunity to celebrate their culture and educate the broader communuty.

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Local community with a focus on the South Sudanese members of the community.

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The festival organiser is the Maribyrnong Council

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I will develop a plan following these steps to develop the festival website.
1.Alanyse target audience

2. Scope website

3.Gather content

4.Research layout

5.Visual  Elements

6.Test

7.Go Live!

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To provide the community with access to information about the festival.

Connect the community

Promote the festival

Provide the community with resources

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Discipline: Internet Communications
Project Role: Project Chair and Digital Designer
Deliverable: Festival Website

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cultural art based activity for primary school aged children

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cultural art based activity for primary school aged children

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Sundanese art is majorly influenced by the 600 tribes that inhabit the continent.
Here are some examples of Sundanese art that could inspire ideas for primary school children to incorporate into their own art. As you'll observe, the art is very colourful and consists mainly of the natives dressed in traditional clothing. Children could create their own interpretations of this through painting or possibly create collages with different coloured and patterned paper.
- Olivia

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Some Victorian Public Library Statistics

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Some Victorian Public Library Statistics

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Source: 2016-17 PLVN Annual Statistical Survey :‘Top 10’ Library Performance Indicators Summary Report / Public Libraries Victoria Network pg. 2.

1.              Active library members

In 2016-17, 2.17 million people were members of Victorian public libraries. This represents 36% of the Victorian population. Of these, 0.99 million, or 16% of the Victorian population, borrowed a library collection item during 2016-17. This figure is lower than what has been previously reported for active library membership (1.03 million people and 17% in 2015-16). Many people who are library members do not borrow collection items (e.g. a family member may borrow for them), and many people who are not library members use the library to attend programs, use the computers and wifi, or use library spaces for work, study or relaxation.

2.              Attendance at library programs per ‘000 capita

In 2016-17, an average of 325 people out of every thousand attended a cultural, literacy or skill development program at a Victorian public library. This is 3% higher than the 2015-16 result and continues a steady upward trend – up 32% on the 247 per thousand reported statewide in 2011-12. Library programs cater to the needs and interests of different population cohorts and include Story Time and Rhyme Time for children, school holiday programs for young readers, author talks and book clubs, digital literacy training, youth activities and cultural events.
Further resources from PLVN: https://www.publiclibrariesvictoria.net.au/resources