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	<title>Mark A Powell.com &#187; portfolio</title>
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		<title>Office of Workplace Inclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Business purpose: Communicate activities of the Office of Workplace Inclusion;  Provide publishing platform for Employee Resource Groups
Audience: Internal employees
Services provided: Information Architecture; Visual design; XHTML Coding; Usability Testing; Accessibility Considerations; Publishing Model
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<strong>Business purpose:</strong> Communicate activities of the Office of Workplace Inclusion;  Provide publishing platform for Employee Resource Groups<br />
<strong>Audience:</strong> Internal employees<br />
<strong>Services provided:</strong> Information Architecture; Visual design; XHTML Coding; Usability Testing; Accessibility Considerations; Publishing Model</p>
<p>For the Office of Workplace Inclusion I worked closely with the administrator of the site to create a site that can be used for communication both by the office and the Employee Resource Groups. This provided a unique challenge in that the site needed to provide a consistent platform visually and navigationally. In order to accomplish this I used a tab-based navigation for the majority of the site and a left nav for the ERG sites. This way the tabs remained visible and provide an indicator of location, and allowed the ERGs to have a longer navigation scheme.</p>
<p>Because one of the ERGs is a group for disabled employees I worked to create an accessible site. I used high-contrast navigation colors with large target areas. I also employed a text-size switcher that increases type-face size by 50%. Lastly, I employed semantic mark-up with all text-based navigation.</p>
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		<title>Talent Management</title>
		<link>http://markapowell.com/2007/09/25/talent-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ohaiyoo</dc:creator>
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Business purpose: Communicate value and services of the Talent Management department
Audience: Internal employees
Services provided: Visual design
This mock-up was created for the Talent Management group within Medtronic for their intranet site. The design was based on the central element of a tree growing. The tree symbolized the growth of the employee through the organization and their [...]]]></description>
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<strong>Audience:</strong> Internal employees<br />
<strong>Services provided:</strong> Visual design</p>
<p>This mock-up was created for the Talent Management group within Medtronic for their intranet site. The design was based on the central element of a tree growing. The tree symbolized the growth of the employee through the organization and their career. Reflecting this theme I created a site using a subtle nature inspired palette. I also used glass buttons and an open content area to keep the site looking clean and professional.</p>
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