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The Freedom to GrowHow Standards in

Communication Facilitate Our Industry

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Me (Noz Urbina)

Content strategistConsultant/trainerAuthor“Futurist”Newly independent!


WHERE WE ARE


The Right List

• Right content• Right format• Right language• Right time


Multichannel


Augmented reality

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Reality

Generate

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Gesture control


Tech support tele-presence

Content

Gesture

Speech

Video


SO WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?Standards, Consistency and Community


Standards help us share

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Standards enable efficiency

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Standards free creativity

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Standards speak fast

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How we create meaning

We compare each individual situation…… with personal past experience…… by matching [patterns]Mental models• Semi-consciously selected, incomplete

images• What (we think) we understand of the

world• How we face the world: Options?

Solutions? Confidence?Kai Weber, bit.ly/kai_meaning

http://bit.ly/kai_meaning

http://bit.ly/kai_meaning


Standards enable experience

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Standards lower risk

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Standards build community

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Standards layer

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Standards layer

StructuredContent

Mark Up Unicode

XMLInformation Mapping

Minimalism

DITA TIN CANTS

E

Agile

LEAN

RDF

HTML SVG eBook PDF

L+TSISD

C

JSON

XMP

TC

XLIFF

MI

RSS

Apps


WHAT’S STOPPING US?



Don Yang, 950s

Raphael, 1510


Customer experience is 4D

1. Length 2. Width3. Depth 4. Time

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We conceive content in 2D

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“I want an answer now, please!”

(Oct 3, 2013. 14:45 pm)

Today’s content needs database-like

agility



1. Length 2. Width3. Depth – “Drill down”– Progressive disclosure– Multi-asset relationships /

references– Search/Social

4. Time– Dynamic, real-time content– Audience/context-specific

content

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Twitter in a 4D paradigm

• More metadata = more perspectives

ILTMagazin

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Congility

2013

@tomspk

#elearning

@dfarb


Kindle adds social depth



The Right List

• Right content• Right format• Right language• Right time

A unified content strategy is key to achieving shared goals.

Business Goals

User NeedsCS


Take-Aways

• Don't think about your year at the expense of your career

• We are responsible for the whole customer experience

• We have to collaborate• Structuring content gives it agility • You’re not making “it”, you’re making “them”

You’re not just at the soap! conference, you ARE the soap! conference!


THANK YOU! Q&A?

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