Ramblings of a Designer E.91
** Unfortunately the audio cuts off at the at the last 30 seconds **
Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a weekly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Adan Zepeda (twit: @adanzepeda, insta: @adanz.designs) and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send us feedback! ramblingsofadesignerpod@gmail.com, Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/ramblingsofadesigner
Natalie Dunbar is a user experience content strategist, freelance writer, occasional speaker, and builder of engaging content experiences for enterprises that include Anthem, Inc., Kaiser Permanente and YP.com. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams of UX designers, developers, product and project managers, Natalie helps balance meeting user needs with a framework for creating and maintaining strategic content that also supports business goals. As a solopreneur, Natalie teaches private yoga and focuses on sharing its benefits as a peaceful yet powerful way to reconnect mind, body, and spirit. Whether teaching one-on-one private sessions, group classes or via online content created exclusively for the Curvy Yoga Online Studio, Natalie’s approach to teaching is body positive and all-inclusive, and her sequences are designed to be accessible to students all shapes, sizes, and abilities. In addition to helping to bring balance to those dealing with the stressors of everyday life, Natalie is also passionate about sharing the benefits of engaging in a regular asana practice with trauma survivors, using yoga as a vehicle on the road to healing.
World IA Day Presentation
Information Architecture and Content Strategy: The Experience-Making Magic of Tidying Stuff: https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://dd61xuwxz3nvb.cloudfront.net/portfolios/usr_PiLN4YeMdStDWMaZ/content_pieces/documents/1582912471034-InformationArchitectureandContentStrategy_FINAL1.pdf
Content Strategy Books
Content Strategy for the Web (2nd Edition) - Kristina Halvorson
The Web Content Strategists' Bibe - Richard Sheffield
Technically Wrong - Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Writing is Designing: Words and the User Experience - Michael Metts & Andy Welfle
Writing Books for Designers
Writing for Designers - Scott Kubie
Also this list of recommended books on FastCompany: https://www.fastcompany.com/3068939/a-reading-guide-for-designers-who-want-to-write
(the first book listed, "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott, is my all-time favorite book on writing of ANY kind)
Web resource for UX writing course (15-day challenge)
Shameless Plug(s)
Article - SWOT Analysis for your Business and Content Marketing: https://www.clearvoice.com/blog/swot-analysis/
Article - Personalization and Content Strategy: Making the Case for Empathy: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/personalization-content-strategy-making-case-empathy-natalie-dunbar/
Social Media
Twitter and IG: @theliterati