Workshop: Building a solid foundation: Introduction to content strategy workshop

Date: Thursday, July 12, 2018
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 pm (CDT) (UTC-05:00)
Location: Simon Hall 110
Format: Hands-on Workshop

Session description

If you’re in higher education, you need a content strategy. Period.

Your organization is much more than lecture halls and a beautiful campus. It’s all that, plus online learning, remote students, social media engagement, competition with for-profits and MOCC (massively open online courses), and an audience that is beginning to question the value of a higher education at all. Your target audience varies from curious high school students to overwhelmed faculty to busy alumni.

Colleges and universities produce a ton of content, and it’s never-ending. At its best, content is political, time-consuming and difficult. At its worst, content is disorganized, neglected and inaccessible. Are you ensuring your content is on-brand, using the right tone and written for the correct audience?

In this workshop, we will create a framework for implementing content strategy in your organization, with tips for managing content more efficiently. We will explore ideas and tools that can really make a difference in how you create, manage and organize content within your organization. And you will leave with a plan to get you started on your own content strategy.

Presenter

Jamie Schmid

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Community Evangelist, SiteLock

Jamie Schmid has a particular passion for creating excellent content experiences. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she has been working as a WordPress freelancer and consultant since 2012, regularly taking sites from conception through a well-managed build process that encourages communication, planning and smart use of content. She has a background in information architecture and content strategy, enthusiasm for all things WordPress and a whole lot of cats back home in Portland, Oregon. In her role as SiteLock WordPress evangelist Jamie helps build awareness of website security best practices and solutions.

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  • Workshop: Building a solid foundation: Introduction to content strategy workshop