Webinar Recap: Content Pros as GenAI Pioneers
In the realm of GenAI projects, the leadership and implementation are often spearheaded by IT teams. However, there is a growing recognition that content professionals should play a significant role in these initiatives. Unlike traditional IT-centric projects, GenAI projects heavily rely on the expertise of content professionals. When organizations involve the right people in these projects, they can propel these initiatives, transforming content into dynamic, user-centric solutions.
Breaking Barriers: Content Pros as GenAI Pioneers
On January 17th, I participated in a panel discussion with Lief Erickson and Fabrice Lacroix. Having spent the last year or so integrating generative AI into our content work, we thought it was time to share our experiences.
Content Components Podcast: Everything Information Architecture Part 3
What’s the difference between platform dependent and platform independent deliverables? And why should we care? In this episode, Patrick Bosek and I talk troubleshooting and the difficulties of validating information architectural design and implementation.
Content Components Podcast: Everything Information Architecture Part 2
The global volume of content is growing at exponential rates. We need more and more Information Architects to structure and direct that content to the appropriate people and places. In this podcast, Patrick Bosek and I discuss possible career entryways for aspiring Information Architects.
Content Components Podcast: Everything Information Architecture Part 1
Patrick Bosek and Amber Swope discuss the history of Information Architecture, the value of DITA, and the art of harmonizing content collections.
Insights with Experts: Information Architecture Evolves
In this video, we discuss how information architecture can evolve over time, share strategies for aligning information architecture with business goals, and explore differences in IA maturity models.
Information Architecture Migration Readiness Assessment
Is your information architecture ready for a CCMS? Here are 23 things you need to do before your implementation.
Uncompromise your content: Maximize your CCMS investment with information architecture
If you want to fully leverage your CCMS features, it’s time to update your IA. Learn how to evaluate your map structures, topic structures, metadata, and content reuse strategies.
How to Build a Successful Business Operating Model with Content Governance
In this on-demand IXIATalks webinar, Amber Swope and Rob Kimm discuss how business requirements dictate the appropriate governance for information architecture, technology, and process.
Sample Job Description: Management Information Architect
Every working Information Architect has a unique job description, list of responsibilities, and set of skills. Regardless of how broad and amorphous this role is, most Information Architects agree on one thing—this job is all about structuring and maintaining information so that it is findable and useable.
Boston DITA User’s Group: Developing a DITA Content Model
Join Amber Swope as she walks through her methodology for analyzing deliverables and content to inform the content model.
Coffee and Content: Developing Information Architecture in an Agile Environment
Patrick Bosek and special guest Amber Swope of DITA Strategies talk about developing information architecture in an Agile environment.
Scriptorium Podcast: Understanding Information Architecture
Alan Pringle and special guest Amber Swope of DITA Strategies talk about information architecture.
IXIAtalks: Episode 17 - How to Power Up Your Content With Taxonomy
In an increasingly digitized world, users flood content stores with billions and billions of bits of information. Finding the right result can be like finding a needle in an acre-sized haystack. The solution is taxonomy. In this webinar, Amber Swope and Boris Roberto Aguilar define taxonomy, demonstrate best practices, and caution pitfalls to avoid.
Content Strategy + Information Architecture = Customer Success
Information architect Amber Swope and Content Strategist Chris Hibbard share some methodologies and processes, best practices, and insights on how content strategy and information architecture work together to help make client projects succeed.
Can You Afford to Do It Twice? Know When to Use Experts to Help With Your DITA Implementation
Moving to a new source format, such as DITA, is a major project and one to not be undertaken lightly. When companies that are fiscally constrained approach a move to XML, their teams should understand when to utilize expert assistance.
Introduction to DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture)
What is DITA? The Darwin Information Typing Architecture is an open-sourced, structured information architecture. It provides a neutral, modular content source for almost any type of content.
Information Architecture Resources
There are many resources for learning about information architecture (IA) and the role of Information Architect. Here are Amber Swope's recommendations.
Becoming an Information Architect: Episode 2, Part 3
Amber Swope addresses the overarching question: how can you become an IA, and what does it take to get there?
Information Architects: What They Do and How to Become One
Although most content creators do not think of themselves as information architects, many of them perform tasks that are information architecture responsibilities. If you decide what information gets created and delivered, identify keywords to support findability, or organize the hierarchy for a table of contents, you are performing IA tasks.