The document discusses the process of planning the website LobbyingMissouri.org. It focused on identifying the target audience and their needs in order to determine what information to include and how to present it. Specifically, they identified voters and political junkies as the key audiences and crafted the site to provide useful lobbying data to help those groups understand the political process in a clear, straightforward manner.

1. What We Can Learn
From
‘LobbyingMissouri.org’

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3. Our conversation topics today
 The process of planning that went into
LobbyingMissouri.org
 Importance of planning audience first
 Tips for working with government data
 Lots of time for questions
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4. Chris McDaniel
St. Louis Public Radio Reporter
@csmcdaniel
Matt Stiles
NPR Data Journalist
@stiles
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9. Challenge:
Government Data is
Often Incomplete
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10. Courtesy Flickr/CC/ emilydickinsonridesabmx
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11. Challenge:
How can this project be the
most useful for the audience
with our available resources
and time?
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13. User Story:
As a ___, I need/want to ___,
so that I can _____.
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14. Lobbying in Missouri’s Users:
1. Voters
2. Political Junkies
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16. Keep it Simple
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19. http://bit.ly/lobbyingonsource
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20. Questions?
#PubTraining
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