Content Design Podcast

Are you inundated with emails requesting content? Do you spend ages going through different data sources? Do you find yourself doing the same tasks again and again?

Danny shares his tips and tricks for speeding up your content delivery so you spend less time on admin and repetitive tasks. From interactive dashboards and live data alerts to automation using tools like Zapier, Danny shares how to make your content life easier.

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on. 
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“You’re a member of the design team. As part of that team, advocate for words.”

Are you the only writer in a team of visual designers? Scott Kubie, author of Writing for Designers, shares some of his techniques for collaborating with designers. As well as ways to make the most of your time, he shares ideas on how to proactively demonstrate the value of content and get stakeholders on board with your content strategy. 
Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on. 

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Need to create great content fast? Find out how Olivia Sperring-Jones, Content Lead at NHSX, rapidly created content in response to Covid-19. 
Olivia demonstrates how you can turn a service around in just a few weeks while still including essentials like show-and-tell reviews and user research. She shares how her team worked so effectively remotely, including how they utilised Zoom and Miro to share user journeys.
Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on. 
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Want to introduce content design to your organisation? Jack Garfinkel chats about how he did just that at Scope. From introducing crits and journey mapping, to writing user needs and user research, Jack shares how he started a major content project. He also shares some great tips and insights into how you can involve subject matter experts and other key people in the content process. 
Here are some of the tools Jack mentions:
Hotjar for heatmaps
Trello kanban board for prioritising work and tracking progress
Miro for shared mapping and diagrams
Airtable for storing data and insights
Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on. 
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We chat to Kezia Newson, co-founder of The Time Ladies and contributor to Doctor Who Magazine about how she balances her passion projects with her commercial writing. Juggling blogging and vloggling with her content roles for organisations like Penguin, Random House and WaterAid, Kezia has some great insight into how writing about what you love can make your commercial content even better.

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on. 
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