What's your story? Designing a holistic customer experience

What’s your story? Designing a holistic customer experience Joyce Hostyn Director Customer Experience, Open Text twitter: @joyce_hostyn blog: www.joycehostyn.com

the problem with content and those of us who work with content

squidgy

boring

bloated fdecomite, Flickr

afterthought

me me me me me me

Hostyn’s Hoist Edmonton 1908

Recently I picked up numerous travel guides in the United Kingdom and Germany about Alberta and Canada's West; I was shocked by the continual down play of the Edmonton regions… What is Edmonton doing to portray itself as a holiday destination or destination of business? Being originally from Metro Edmonton, I am proud of the city. However when I come back (I am based in Colorado) I see the lacking spirit or since or direction. What is Edmonton about? Are we a city of the next generation? Edmonton ... who are you? To many of us you are still the mysterious post in the West that seems to grow without tremendous direction or drive. Oil has provided a target, but what are your ambitions? - Brentk

What's the most boring place on Earth? BBC news A British correspondent at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton has found himself in the news after describing the host city as a Deadmonton

…the Edmonton experience IS what people look for and value in a place to live or visit. Our city is ranked high in terms of the key attributes people look for when considering the ideal place to live or visit. Moreover, awareness of Edmonton is low in national markets, but the experience of Edmonton is highly valued by the people who live here. In short, we have an awareness problem.

The Edmonton Message Map is a compilation of the highlights of the Edmonton story

content is only a tool for conversation

…traditional circus had no shortage of content greeblie Flickr

Tim Farris Flickr

Tim Farris Flickr …but lacked conversation

…then along came Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil

Animals didn’t make for compelling content. Animal Kingdom. CEO Michael Eisner questioned the idea that looking at animals would get people excited. "they're just animals," he wondered aloud. "so what?" "I thought you might say that, " Joe Rohde said, smiling. Rohde got up from his chair and walked over to the door of Eisner's office. He opened it to reveal a 400 pound Bengal tiger. "I see your point.” – Wired to Care

Journey off the beaten path an create networking events that foc exotic surroundings and adventurous ende at Disney's Animal Kingdom® Park. From backdrops, colorful costumes and unique architectural accents to lush surroundings majestic animals both real and imagined, adds up to a unique experien that will add fascination and excitement t event while enchanting your guests. Follow are just a few of the wild event possibilit that await your group: •Happily Everest After •Kilimanjaro Safaris® area •Festival of the Lion King Gala www.disney.com

A product or service is merely a means to an end. The deeper value lies in the story - Arne van Oosterom

holism (from ὅλος holos, a Greek word meaning all, entire, total) is the idea that all the properties of a given system (physical, biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic, etc.) cannot be determined or explained by its component parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts behave. Michael Hodge, flickr

emmett.hume, flickr

…the structure is the message not the content – Clotaire Rapaille

…the experience is the message not the content

first ask what experience?

experiences are all about people vali… almost black, flickr

experiences are emotional

experiences interactions touchpoints processes misery inside out systems moments

experiences interactions touchpoints processes magic outside in systems moments

experiences interactions magic

an experience is a memorable event

an experience is a magic moment

Magic only happens in a spectator’s mind. Everything else is a distraction… Methods for their own sake are a distraction. You cannot cross over into the world of magic until you put everything else aside and behind you – including your own desires and needs – and focus on bringing an experience to the audience. This is magic. Nothing else. – Jamy Ian Swiss sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/zenad.html

We cannot create experiences directly. All we can do is create artifacts… that are likely to create certain kinds of experience when a player interacts with them… and cross our fingers that the experience that takes place during that interaction is something they will enjoy. – Jesse Schell Valeriana Solaris’, flickr

interface ...that strange new zone between medium and message. That zone is what we call the interface. -Steven Johnson line of interaction magic moments Design for Service, www.designforservice.com

content inventory content audit metadata strategy SEO information architecture interactions/system response processes content management style guide governance templates

It's like a marionette theater, you want to look at the puppets.You don't want to look at the strings. My kids ask me, 'What'd you do today, Dad?' I designed a toilet! Lighting, props, sets and costumes all contribute to the look of a movie — the planned visual narrative . – J. Michael Riva Jon’s pics, flickr

interface line of interaction magic moments are you listening for the backstory?

misery moment misery moment misery moment misery moment

misery moments are unthought

magic moment

magic moments have structure

beginning middle end http://www.undertheinfluenceofdesign.com/2009/06/19/the-art-of-storytelling/

think of the memories you want to evoke, then design for those memories NOT what messages to communicate or what media should carry them

great experiences have memorable events

The Art of Game Design: A Deck of Lenses, Jesse Schell

All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. - Shakespeare

people buy stories, not stuff, and it’s stories that spread, not stuff – Seth Godin

good design tells a story

good content strategy tells a story

by providing structure from which. the story can emerge http://www.molecularstation.com/molecular-biology-images/data/502/dna.jpg

Valeriana Solaris’, flickr

need to design for emergence because the experience is fragmenting – it doesn’t just happen using a product or website http://nform.ca/blog/2010/02/experience-maps-cross-channel-experiences-deliverable-for-gamers

content becomes invisible

the experience is designed for every stage of the customer lifecycle, from initial roll-out to ongoing support

The Experience Cycle, Hugh Dubberly and Shelley Evenson

The Journey Mapping Guidance Cabinet Office, Gerald Power

journey magic theme listening moment designed blueprint experience Customer Experience Grid, Brandon Schauer http://www.brandonschauer.com/blog/?p=175

Dev resolution & Discover & User acceptance Production Plan & prep integration Go live Soak Advocate decide validation deployment testing

key journey step a step along the journey place where you interact with or touch the main character - website, phone, product interface, help, touchpoint face-to-face, newsletter, demo, social media, advertisement, event, magazine, reception, parking lot… experience positive (thoughts, feelings, actions) neutral negative moment of truth what’s the importance of this touchpoint? opportunities ideas for being proactive, great recovery, to combine or eliminate – possible to find a purple cow for wow or breakthrough experience? levers how to move them along to the next step (actions, emotions, touchpoints, other factors) metrics time, volume, action, satisfaction… emotions to evoke how do you want customers to feel?

Training webinar series Champion Toolkit Yahoo Release Notes CS Admin Manual KC Install Guide Dev resolution User Production Learn Evaluate Plan & integration acceptance Go live Soak Advocate deployment testing validation online help user guide

Decision makers Peter ECM Champion what’s new? why upgrade? req’s (arch) benefits req’s case studies concept diagrams adoption best practices Adam Administrator what’s new? why upgrade? req’s forum post upgrade upgrade case benefits benefits checklist troubleshooting checklist study req’s case studies test use cases concept diagrams planning guide Dev resolution User Production Learn Evaluate Plan & integration acceptance Go live Soak Advocate deployment testing validation Dario Trainer what’s new? best practices eLearning benefits checklists quick references what’s new videos how to videos knowledge champion training Doris Knowledge Worker what’s new? eLearning benefits quick reference how to (videos)

<physical evidence> <customer action> line of interaction <onstage actions> line of visibility <backstage actions> line of internal interaction <supporting processes & procedures>

visualizing experiences bridges silos

Triggering the hive mind

everyone is The idea that a marketer is still hard for a surprisingly large number of organizations… But it’s so clearly true, I don’t even have to outline here how the product is the marketing, how the service is the marketing, how every human being who touches something is doing marketing. – Seth Godin

good stories have a theme

A true theme is not a word but a sentence---one clear, coherent sentence that expresses astory’s irreducible meaning. – Robert McKee, STORY

Creation of a powerful theme statement is critical, for it will be the central mechanism for focusing discussion and inspiring participation. The theme statement, however, cannot be a lengthy, dry, recitation must have the of goals and objectives. It capacity to inspire participation by being specific enough to indicate the direction, while possessing sufficient openness to allow for the imagination of the group to take over. One way of thinking about the theme statement is as opening paragraph of a the truly exciting story The reader should have enough detail to know where the tale is headed and what some of the possible adventures are likely to be.

sparks imagination puts focuses experience dialogue front & center shapes a theme unifies decisions inspires structures for participation emergence

content strategy needs heart porcherie, flickr

emotion is the energy required to learn clotaire rapaille, the culture code

when we make a decision, we choose betweenmemories of the experience of the story – Daniel Kahneman

The content is the heart of the website. I can’t build you a body until you give me a heart… If we want to get back on track – to allow writers to write wonderful user experiences – we have to change our expectations and our rules… Content… establishes emotional connections between people. The writing has heart and spirit; it has something to say and the wherewithal to stand up and say it. – Amber Simmons qthomasbower, flickr

Theme, when manifest in a product [content], can induce… pleasure emotion meaning - Cindy Chastain

As experiences now span multiple media, channels & formats, we need to look to narrative and emotional elements to sustain interaction in a world of complex technology where websites, software, and interactive multimedia have become part of the same beast. – Cindy Chastain digitalART2, flickr

tangible intangible function beauty performance emotion ease of use meaning strategy experience theme (story) Cindy Chastain, Experience Themes

coordinated in service of a story words/lines actors locations/sets image/cinematography lighting music/sound editing Cindy Chastain, Experience Themes

not coordinated creative visual design copy/text marketing business information/content navigation information layout/content presentation architecture/ interactions/system response interaction design processes outside resource animations music/sound engineering error messages product VP’s help assistant Cindy Chastain, Experience Themes

story frame visual design copy/text information/content navigation layout/content presentation interactions/system response processes animations music/sound error messages help Cindy Chastain, Experience Themes

Cindy Chastain, Experience Themes

better user experience with storytelling, Francisco Inchauste, Smashing Magazine

This means that in order to develop a B2B content strateg [content strategist] the marketer also becomes coach and counselor – Valeria Moltoni

a theme triggers emotion

a theme bridges silos

to deliver a holistic customer experience, we need to embrace the dark side

design for emotion jim thompson awakening galactic culture

stage experiences http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/

using story

to create a platform

for magic

Ask “what experiences should I be staging?”

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What's your story? Designing a holistic customer experience

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