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A Little More Conversation

By Georgy Cohen on May 10, 2012

Last week, I saw this great tweet by the University of Kentucky’s Jeana Clark:

@markgr IA = the building/rooms/floorplan. UX = Hospitality in the building.

— jeana (@jeana_with_a_j) May 2, 2012

So, if UX is hospitality, how do we express that hospitality? In a hotel, hospitality may be conveyed in part through tone of voice, manner, the questions we ask and answer—in short, content.

Ginny Redish, author of the essential “Letting Go of the Words,” [affiliate link] recently wrote about how, for a visitor, using a website is like starting a conversation. If that’s the case, how will we respond? What tone will we use? How hospitable will we make the experience? She goes on to offer several guidelines for planning successful conversations, guided by goals, audience and user needs.

IA, search, design, and technology are all there to support the content that people come for: the words and images that make up the conversations between your visitors and your site or app.

Source: Content as Conversation by Ginny Redish, UX Magazine, May 4, 2012

Filed Under: Archive, On topic Tagged With: content strategy, user experience

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About Georgy Cohen

Georgy Cohen is associate creative director, content strategy, at OHO Interactive in Cambridge, Mass.. Prior to OHO, she worked with a range of higher ed institutions, including stints at Tufts University and Suffolk University and as an independent consultant, on content strategy and digital communication initiatives.

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