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I always get such a buzz covering live events for a couple of reasons: firstly, no matter how much you plan in advance, something always changes at the last minute and you have to adapt accordingly. Of course, this doesn’t mean PANIC, it just means PROBLEM SOLVING AT A RATE OF KNOTS – and that’s half the fun! Secondly, with the kind of analytics tools we have at our disposal, we get such an insight into what the audience actually want to consume that you can publish with conf

What’s this? Two blog posts in one day? Well, on Wednesday night I attended the Radio Academy’s excellent event  ‘Who’s On Line 1? ‘ at London’s Gibson Rooms and I simply had to tell you about it. The event featured LBC’s  James O’Brien  and BBC Three Counties Radio breakfast presenter  Iain Lee  and offered a great insight into the popular phone-in format. Topics discussed included how they both started out in radio, what makes for a good radio conversation and why this form

Firstly, I just confess sincere apologies for not keeping my blog updated since taking up the role of Head of Editorial at Global Radio....

If you’ve ever wondered what a ‘Rock Box’ or ‘Squealer’ was, well, tonight was your night at the latest UXPA UK event hosted by Lisa Moore at City University campus. We heard from there great speakers on the topic of ‘Content, Context and Community’, presented to the mostly UX crowd but with a healthy contingent of content strategists now appearing in the ranks. Kudos to Lisa for getting more of us involved at these events. First up, Yelp London Director  Alex Shebar  on ‘Pu

After working over a year as an independent content strategy consultant an opportunity came along that was too good to miss – managing...

Gather Content organized a great webinar today with Clout author Colleen Jones . Here are my notes from the session: This webinar took from her forthcoming book ‘Does your Client’s Content Work’ due for release in 2014 It’s all about how to evaluate if your content is meeting your goals,  having the right impact and affecting operational efficiency. Doing all this in a systematic way. The book will be featuring a new tool called ‘Content Works’ which will help content strate

Good news folks. I’ve been invited back to this year’s Content Strategy Applied to run a content strategy workshop. Here’s what you can expect to learn if you are coming to the event. I’ve been involved in the music industry for most of my career so it may not come as a surprise that my workshop is called ‘What the music industry has taught me about content strategy’.  I’ll be talking about my approach to content strategy, the tools I use and what I’ve learnt over the last y

Last week I drunk more coffee than I ever need to know, completing a particularly tricky content audit. Fear not, because Gather Content...

Managing international teams remotely is harder than it seems. Oh yes. The industry might be celebrating the convenience of Skype,...

Karen McGrane at Dare Conference 2013 © Barbara Thompson Right now there’s a fantastic event happening in London called the Dare Conference  – and it’s ace. Organised by Together , it’s all about developing those soft skills, like interacting with people, which you would normally consider secondary in your drive for technical excellence and that sparkling CV. It’s about risking more of yourself with others in order to create an environment where ideas can be shared and change

The North Downs – my training ground. Although this blog is all about content strategy, I thought I’d share with you another of my...

The UXPA UK panel . Last night, I attended another fantastic UXPA UK event hosted at Sapient House, London, to discuss agile in the...