# One day of free website usability services in prize draw for charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/11/12/one-day-free-website-usability-services-prize-draw-charities/
- Published: 2009-11-12T09:03:25+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Cogapp, the user experience and digital media company, is marking World Usability
Day (12 November 2009) with a competition for UK charities and environmental organisations
to win one day of the company’s website user-testing and usability consultancy.

 

Entrants simply have to write a summary in 100 words or less of how their organisation
would benefit from a “website usability MOT”. Entries should be sent to Niki Strange
on UX****@****pp.com.

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The competition opens on 12 November and closes 26 November. The winner will be 
notified by 10 December.

 

The testing is intended to take place at Cogapp’s two-room observation lab in Brighton
although Cogapp “will take a flexible approach” depending on the chosen organisation’s
location.

 

Pete Gale, head of user experience at Cogapp said: “Cogapp’s competition on [World Usability Day](http://www.worldusabilityday.org)
has been set up to showcase how good usability can help charities and environmental
groups improve their website’s effectiveness in engaging target audiences”.

 

www.cogapp.com

 

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## Comments

### By: admin

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/11/12/one-day-free-website-usability-services-prize-draw-charities/#comment-3805
- Published: 2009-11-24T10:17:45+00:00

Cogapp say that they have had a very good response but are keen for as many charities
as possible to be in with a chance of winning. The closing date is now two days 
away.

### By: admin

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/11/12/one-day-free-website-usability-services-prize-draw-charities/#comment-3806
- Published: 2009-12-14T11:20:33+00:00

Norwood, the charity that supports people with learning disabilities and children
and families in need, is the winner of the Cogapp Website MOT competition.

Pete Gale, head of user experience at Cogapp said: “It was a tough decision, but
we ultimately selected Norwood because they made the strongest case for our usability
consultancy.

“They have some incredible content and stories to tell, but they also need to reach
a wide group of people and families with different needs. Making this information
easier to access and navigate will make a big difference to their fundraising and
communication efforts”.

Norwood wins a website usability MOT from Cogapp which includes four one-on-one 
in-depth user testing sessions followed by a usability workshop and the development
of a usability action plan on how to improve their website’s effectiveness.