Questions to focus on: Brandywine Church Site

These questions can be used at different levels. You can take 30 seconds to think about one or two. You can discuss them in a team or group of like-minded Christians. Or they can be used in a college class, including assignments and research projects, and answered in writing at any depth. They may be freely reproduced for this purpose. Please email us additional questions that could be added to this page.
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  1. What is the target audience of the Brandywine site?
  2. List several user-friendly strategies on the site.
  3. Place yourself in the mind of a non-Christian who finds this site for the first time. What is your reaction? Now conduct the same exercise for a typical church site.
  4. Would the site make you feel more able to 'cold-call' the church - i.e. to take the big of attending a church meeting on your own?
  5. Do you receive the impression this is a friendly relaxed place which would welcome you if you did visit?
  6. Does it explain clearly how to find the church building? By road, public transport, routes from out of town?
  7. Does the site navigation system tell you 'where you are, where you have been, and where you can go'?
  8. Is it easy to find out what activities there are - for men, women, teens, children, mums and toddlers.
  9. Is there an email newsletter which would be appropriate for outsiders or inquirers, to give news of activities from time to time?
  10. Are there photos and bios of any key church members or leaders? Or testimonies?
  11. Is there any use of humor? Cartoons? Jokes?
  12. Is the site kept up-to-date? Is it obvious that there are new and current events being highlighted?
  13. Do you like the offer of RealPlayer streamed messages?
  14. There's a lot of stuff on the front page, and it's 'below the fold'. Could it be organized more logically and coherently?
  15. Compare this church site with the others showcased in this section. Although each is outstanding in many ways, and how could they each learn from each other and improve further?