Countdown to Confab 2011

12 March 2011

The past day I’ve been watching (via Twitter) the parties, presentations, and panels of SXSW. Normally I’d get a slight pang of jealousy, wishing I was there too. But not this year. Because I’ve started the countdown to Confab. In only eight weeks, I’ll be boarding a plane in Brisbane bound for Minneapolis. To say [...]

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Now is the time to write your 2011 editorial calendar

17 January 2011

I have been trying to finish this post for the past week, but with the natural disaster my home town faced (and is still facing), it’s been slow going. So pardon the delay. This time of year brings all sorts of posts about New Year’s Resolutions. It’s true; the beginning of January does feel like [...]

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Content strategy week at Johnny Holland

13 October 2010

Leading interaction design site www.johnnyholland.org is focusing on content strategy this week, with a series of articles from content strategists around the world. I am super-proud that my article Producing quality content with multiple contributors has just been published. Go check it out, and please join in the comments. I am also looking forward to reading [...]

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Web content strategy seminar

7 October 2010

(Apologies for the cross-posting if you read my Snappy Sentences blog too.) If you are in Brisbane, I’ll be speaking at the next International Association of Business Communicators Queensland (IABC QLD) event on 20 October 2010 at the Melbourne Hotel in West End. The topic is: Web content strategy – Regaining control of your web assets [...]

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Content strategy Google group

14 September 2010

As content strategy is still a relatively new discipline, it’s nice to find other like-minded individuals on the internet to swap ideas, get support, and most of all confirm that everyone out there is facing similar challenges. If  you are in the content strategy field (or are interested to see what we all talk about), [...]

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Five ways to use a blog as part of your content strategy

7 August 2010

On Tuesday I flew to Melbourne to attend the first ProBlogger event. The room was filled with 150 aspiring bloggers – some more successful than others, but all with a keen interest in how to write and maintain an engaging blog. We listened to a stellar line up of speakers including Darren Rowse, Chris Garrett, [...]

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