Waving not drowning: or how I gave in and learned to love the content strategy flood.

Here's a sobering admission. If the body of knowledge of content strategy is an ocean, I'm currently about ten foot out from the shore - probably with … [Continue reading]

Diary of a conference talk: the wrap-up.

Yesterday I gave the talk I'd been planning for the last few months. So, on reflection, how did it go? The slides weren't finished until super late … [Continue reading]

Diary of a conference talk pt6: Into the home stretch.

I have been an unspeakably cruel, nay wicked, wife. I have dumped about 150 slides on my poor husband and sodded off to a hotel in London. They are … [Continue reading]

Diary of a conference talk: pt.5. The long slow death of creativity.

Today The Husband and I went through what my slides would be. I think there will be 150 of them and some are quite complex. He has been working on … [Continue reading]

Diary of a conference talk: pt.4 Now it’s a something.

Today I think I finally got it all down. I don't usually write the entire talk down but in this case there are so many names, dates and locations I … [Continue reading]

Diary of a conference talk, pt.3: here comes the Fear!

And so, I find myself mere minutes before midnight, on the day that really I like to have committed to a 'storyline' so I can make my slides, writing … [Continue reading]