A common perception in higher ed is that the role of content owners is to simply publish information. If it's on the website, they’ve done their job. How many times have you been told, "Well, did you look on our website? It's there"? As part of a collection of humorous cartoons on content challenges, Bruce Ryan of 4 Syllables highlights the importance of content … [Read more...] about Information Is Not Inherently Useful or Usable
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Higher Ed Takeaways From Confab 2011: The Content Strategy Conference
Last week Meet Content attended Confab: The Content Strategy Conference. We joined web content professionals from around the world to talk content and eat cake. (Seriously, our host Brain Traffic was not kidding when they said the days of content and cake were coming — the subsequent sugar highs were not just metaphorical.) To our delight, higher ed was well … [Read more...] about Higher Ed Takeaways From Confab 2011: The Content Strategy Conference
Success with Student-Generated Content
Student-generated content sounds like a great idea–it’ll be authentic, passionate and uniquely voiced. However, making it happen—and happen well—is easier said than done. Communications consultant Liz Allen recently kicked off a series of blog posts on how to integrate student-generated content into our web communications, particularly social media. In her most recent post, … [Read more...] about Success with Student-Generated Content
How to Hire Your Content All-Star
Are the budget purse strings loosening at your institution? Have you lobbied to get some of those newly available dollars thrown in the direction of improving content on your university’s website? Yes? Excellent! Now, who to hire? This decision is made more challenging by the always-evolving nature of the web and the many hats we in the content world are often forced (or … [Read more...] about How to Hire Your Content All-Star
Campaign or Commitment: What’s Your Content Culture?
Are you one of those people who only cleans the house when you’re expecting company? No? Am I the only one? Well, similarly, for some organizations, content is something that only gets significant attention during a major campaign. In higher ed, this may take the shape of the resources poured into a viewbook that is expected to hold up for multiple years, or a website for a … [Read more...] about Campaign or Commitment: What’s Your Content Culture?