better strategy through structure
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Better Strategy Through StructureCONTENTSTRATEGYSUMMIT| AUGUST24, 2016
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Big-time nerd-o.
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Yes, Im hinging this entire presentation on
1990s analog publishing,fight me.
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That is one weird memory palace, huh.
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Before the spread of printing, a highly developed Memory was needed by the
entertainer, the poet, the singer, the physician, the lawyer, and the priest.
D A N I E L J . B O O R S T I N
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The printed book would be a new warehouse of
Memory, superior in countless ways to the internal invisible warehouse in each person.
D A N I E L J . B O O R S T I N
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Structured information is useful information.
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Structure helps us:
Understand content
Organize content
Connect content
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Understanding content
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to make every subject easier to understand...
B A R B A R A A N N K I P F E R
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Plan your audit with purpose.
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Plan your audit with purpose. Quality
Data
Structure
Design
UX
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Plan your audit with purpose. Quality
Data
Structure
Design
UX
Message, voice & tone, audience, readability
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Plan your audit with purpose. Quality
Data
Structure
Design
UX
Volume, distribution, categorization, consistency
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Plan your audit with purpose. Quality
Data
Structure
Design
UX
Hierarchy, categorization, navigation, URLs, linking
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Plan your audit with purpose. Quality
Data
Structure
Design
UX
Modules, buttons, interactions, visual patterns
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Plan your audit with purpose. Quality
Data
Structure
Design
UX
A little of everything
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Track patterns and themes.
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Track patterns and themes. Keep separate notes for high-level observations
Group and regroup notes to find patterns
Try Boardthing or post-its
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Be particular about presentation.
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Be particular about presentation.
Visualize content distribution and other data points
Lead with themes, not spreadsheets
Share raw data as a reference
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Organizingcontent
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Ground your sitemap in your strategy.
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Ground your sitemap in your strategy.
Strategy statements
Concepts
Design principles
Audit insights
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Test and iterate for best results.
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Test and iterate for best results.
Revise with feedback
Test with users (Optimal Workshop)
Keep it flexible
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Build for next steps.
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Build for next steps.
Who needs to understand it? Approve it? Build from it?
What other work will it inform?
How much detail does it need? What other layers can it support?
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Connecting content
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Understanding structure comes from constantly
moving between macro and micro.
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Prepare stakeholders for content modeling.
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Prepare stakeholders for content modeling. Dont jump to technicalities too soon
Identify broader content needs and groupings
Lay groundwork for future structuring
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Build relationships,not just categories.
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Build relationships,not just categories. Taxonomies are your friend
Structure and design the connections
Create multiple paths through content
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Use structure as a collaboration point.
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Use structure as a collaboration point. Consider who else needs to use your documentation
Dont be afraid to make changes
Make sure your content is aligned
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And then what?
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Structure helps us:
Understand content
Organize content
Connect content
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Structure helps our strategy.
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Thank you.L I SA MAR IA MART IN
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Resources Content Analysis Tool, content-insight.com
Optimal Workshops Treejack, optimalworkshop.com
Boardthing, boardthing.com
Eileen Webbs taxonomy work on the-toast.net: http://responsivewebdesign.com/toast/taxonomy/
The Order of Things, Barbara Ann Kipfer
The Discoverers, Daniel J. Boorstin
Thanks to the clients whose work Ive shown here (Carnegie Mellon University and Seton Hill University), and the agencies Ive worked with (Brain Traffic, Seven Heads Design, and Happy Cog)
Photos sourced from Unsplash.com under a CC0 license