The Smart Ass™ Fan is the latest ceiling fan from Big Ass Fans®. Smart products are everywhere now, and they’re connected. Imagine a family of smart products and how much content could be/should be shared. These products can include mechanical, electrical and software parts AND content.
How will you deal with this explosive content requirement? This presentation takes a tour of the problem and explains what content engineering is …and how it can be used to create a sustainable content life cycle. Smart products need smart content.
This presentation was given at Information Development World on October 2, 2015.
InnoTrends is a semantic analysis on specific trends shared on We Are Innovation networks. As Millennials enter both labor and consumption markets, analysts and experts investigate the behaviors and expectations of Generation Y. By doing so, they describe a generation eager to give and challenge the world we live in.
General Motors and Lyft; Target and Walmart; Netflix and Amazon - we call these “frenemies”. A strange trend is emerging as unlikely partner companies join forces, and they’re transforming industries around the world. Understanding what's driving the frenemies trend, knowing what options best fit your needs, and making yourself an effective partner are all critical to success.
A Web based Co-creation and Open Innovation platform for businessErik Micheelsen
Updated 30 Nov 2012! 2nd generation platform - now you can design your own Real-Time Collaborative web based platform.
The Idea is simply to combine new web based technologies with well proven innovation methods, mixed with exciting graphics, movies and dynamic tools, into the worlds first Co-Creation platform
We overestimate changes in the short run and underestimate them in the long runHelge Tennø
A short introduction to two critical points for understanding the current changes and how they affect companies' customer and business value. The goal of the presentation is to inspire a discussion to develop a shared language and understanding.
DAN Brand Accelerator: Client Pitch KeynoteJason Newport
Here is the Brand Accelerator pitch deck I began using to pitch current clients more than two years ago. I refined as we advanced through each phase once clients had signed on and we adjusted as necessary. I pitched this to more than twenty clients, all household brand names -- an converted each of them. Not a single brand declined to move forward.
InnoTrends is a semantic analysis on specific trends shared on We Are Innovation networks. As Millennials enter both labor and consumption markets, analysts and experts investigate the behaviors and expectations of Generation Y. By doing so, they describe a generation eager to give and challenge the world we live in.
General Motors and Lyft; Target and Walmart; Netflix and Amazon - we call these “frenemies”. A strange trend is emerging as unlikely partner companies join forces, and they’re transforming industries around the world. Understanding what's driving the frenemies trend, knowing what options best fit your needs, and making yourself an effective partner are all critical to success.
A Web based Co-creation and Open Innovation platform for businessErik Micheelsen
Updated 30 Nov 2012! 2nd generation platform - now you can design your own Real-Time Collaborative web based platform.
The Idea is simply to combine new web based technologies with well proven innovation methods, mixed with exciting graphics, movies and dynamic tools, into the worlds first Co-Creation platform
We overestimate changes in the short run and underestimate them in the long runHelge Tennø
A short introduction to two critical points for understanding the current changes and how they affect companies' customer and business value. The goal of the presentation is to inspire a discussion to develop a shared language and understanding.
DAN Brand Accelerator: Client Pitch KeynoteJason Newport
Here is the Brand Accelerator pitch deck I began using to pitch current clients more than two years ago. I refined as we advanced through each phase once clients had signed on and we adjusted as necessary. I pitched this to more than twenty clients, all household brand names -- an converted each of them. Not a single brand declined to move forward.
The Innovation Game: Why & How Businesses are Investing in Innovation CentersCapgemini
With tech startups rapidly eating into traditional sectors, large organizations face an increased pressure to innovate. The challenge is that traditional innovation approaches are broken. A recent study revealed that only 5% of R&D staff feel highly motivated to innovate. In certain sectors, more than 85% of new products fail and an overwhelming 90% of companies consider they are too slow in launching new products and services.
The weaknesses of traditional innovation approaches have led some organizations to explore different avenues and seek new inspiration. These organizations have launched innovation centers in major technology hubs with the explicit mandate to accelerate digital innovations. These innovation centers, comprising teams of people and often physical sites, are established in a global tech hub. The goal is to leverage the ecosystem of startups, venture capitalists, accelerators, vendors, and academic institutions that these hubs provide.
Major global technology hubs are the preferred destinations for setting up innovation centers. 60% of companies that have set up these centers have a presence in the Silicon Valley but many more hubs are emerging – the top 10 cities in our analysis represent only 33% of total innovation centers. The US and Europe have the largest share with 29% of total innovation centers closely respectively, followed by Asia at 25%. Penetration varies significantly between sectors; manufacturing is a clear leader at 58%, but despite facing increasing pressures from digital disruptions, Financial Services lags at only 28%.
It is extremely challenging to make a success of innovation centers. Success factors include clarity on the role of the innovation center, governance for innovation implementation, and a strong connection with the rest of the business.
The times they are a-changin’…
And so you have learned about new business models.
Now, be ready for the next 10 disruptive waves.
10 Markets
10 Business Models
50 Examples
100+ Slides
Disruptive Education Model
Disruptive Banking Model
Disruptive Technology Model
Disruptive Media Model
Disruptive Cable & Telco Model
Disruptive Medical Model
Disruptive Travel Model
Disruptive Government Model
Disruptive Consumer Goods Model
Disruptive Retail Model
Produced by Thaesis
Supported by Trendwatching.com
That is a PPT presentation used for a lesson about the Business Model Innovation.
The class was held in December 2014 as a part of the larger course "General Management" at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Main contents are: business modeling, business model innovation, blue ocean strategy, BMI as a set od key decision.
Which is the right method for open innovation?
Which are the criteria to plan an open innovation project?
Which intermediary or service provider has specific knowledge and expertise in, e.g., crowdsourcing, the lead user method, Netnography, idea contests, technology scouting, or broadcast search?
Weigh the pros and cons of turning to a technology provider to help solve your OI needs
Understand the landscape of open innovation intermediaries and platforms
Make the most of your investment in an OI platform
Making the Shift to the Next-Generation EnterpriseCognizant
It's crucial for organizations to assess their next-generation strengths and weaknesses in light of their strategic priorities and then focus on the enablers that will prepare them for the future of work.
Atlanta's BridgeCommunity commercialization program is in its 3rd year. Get an overview of how startups and corporations are working together to extend their capabilities.
Developing and managing a multi-channel approach has been
a key issue in retail banking.
But what about Corporate & Investment Banks (CIBs)? Where do they stand in terms of multichannel for corporate clients?
Especially, what are the trends and opportunities in digital channels for them and what are the implications?
Born in London in the 1960s, planning has struggled to keep pace with the significant changes in consumer behaviors. Here we’ll explore how planning can evolve to make advertising more effective, both now, and into the future.
The Innovation Game: Why & How Businesses are Investing in Innovation CentersCapgemini
With tech startups rapidly eating into traditional sectors, large organizations face an increased pressure to innovate. The challenge is that traditional innovation approaches are broken. A recent study revealed that only 5% of R&D staff feel highly motivated to innovate. In certain sectors, more than 85% of new products fail and an overwhelming 90% of companies consider they are too slow in launching new products and services.
The weaknesses of traditional innovation approaches have led some organizations to explore different avenues and seek new inspiration. These organizations have launched innovation centers in major technology hubs with the explicit mandate to accelerate digital innovations. These innovation centers, comprising teams of people and often physical sites, are established in a global tech hub. The goal is to leverage the ecosystem of startups, venture capitalists, accelerators, vendors, and academic institutions that these hubs provide.
Major global technology hubs are the preferred destinations for setting up innovation centers. 60% of companies that have set up these centers have a presence in the Silicon Valley but many more hubs are emerging – the top 10 cities in our analysis represent only 33% of total innovation centers. The US and Europe have the largest share with 29% of total innovation centers closely respectively, followed by Asia at 25%. Penetration varies significantly between sectors; manufacturing is a clear leader at 58%, but despite facing increasing pressures from digital disruptions, Financial Services lags at only 28%.
It is extremely challenging to make a success of innovation centers. Success factors include clarity on the role of the innovation center, governance for innovation implementation, and a strong connection with the rest of the business.
The times they are a-changin’…
And so you have learned about new business models.
Now, be ready for the next 10 disruptive waves.
10 Markets
10 Business Models
50 Examples
100+ Slides
Disruptive Education Model
Disruptive Banking Model
Disruptive Technology Model
Disruptive Media Model
Disruptive Cable & Telco Model
Disruptive Medical Model
Disruptive Travel Model
Disruptive Government Model
Disruptive Consumer Goods Model
Disruptive Retail Model
Produced by Thaesis
Supported by Trendwatching.com
That is a PPT presentation used for a lesson about the Business Model Innovation.
The class was held in December 2014 as a part of the larger course "General Management" at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Main contents are: business modeling, business model innovation, blue ocean strategy, BMI as a set od key decision.
Which is the right method for open innovation?
Which are the criteria to plan an open innovation project?
Which intermediary or service provider has specific knowledge and expertise in, e.g., crowdsourcing, the lead user method, Netnography, idea contests, technology scouting, or broadcast search?
Weigh the pros and cons of turning to a technology provider to help solve your OI needs
Understand the landscape of open innovation intermediaries and platforms
Make the most of your investment in an OI platform
Making the Shift to the Next-Generation EnterpriseCognizant
It's crucial for organizations to assess their next-generation strengths and weaknesses in light of their strategic priorities and then focus on the enablers that will prepare them for the future of work.
Atlanta's BridgeCommunity commercialization program is in its 3rd year. Get an overview of how startups and corporations are working together to extend their capabilities.
Developing and managing a multi-channel approach has been
a key issue in retail banking.
But what about Corporate & Investment Banks (CIBs)? Where do they stand in terms of multichannel for corporate clients?
Especially, what are the trends and opportunities in digital channels for them and what are the implications?
Born in London in the 1960s, planning has struggled to keep pace with the significant changes in consumer behaviors. Here we’ll explore how planning can evolve to make advertising more effective, both now, and into the future.
How IoT is changing the agribusiness landscapeSjaak Wolfert
Smart Farming involves many sensing and monitoring devices, intelligent software for analysis & planning and mechatronics/robots closing the cyber-physical farm management cycle. Big Data on prices, markets, consumer behavior, etc. increasingly affect the whole agribusiness providing predictive insights in farming operations, drive real-time operational decisions and redesign business processes for game-changing business models. Major shifts in roles and power relations among different players in food supply chain networks can be expected. This presentation will briefly describe the IoT developments in agri-food business and present the changing business landscape with special attention to the role of software ecosystems in this development.
As every digital advancement creates a new vector for risk, trust becomes the cornerstone of the digital economy. Without trust, digital businesses cannot use and share the data that underpins their operations. To gain the trust of individuals, ecosystems, and regulators in the digital economy, businesses must possess strong security and ethics at each stage of the customer journey.
Being a consultant and also teacher, I noticed gaps between what is being taught and what is being practised. These slides are my attempts to close the gaps.
Part 1 is more on the overview and processes while Part 2 will place more emphasis on Consultant's competencies.
Since many have requested for the copy, I have made this presentation downloadable. Thank you for your visits and comments.
A Modern Platform Approach for Creating Smart Connected ProductsMark Benson
Presented at Sensors Expo 2016 in San Jose by Mark Benson on June 13th, 2016.
ABSTRACT: A recent report by Forrester says more than 4 in 5 manufacturers say IoT will be the most strategic and important technology initiative this decade. With the emergence of smart connected products, it is becoming even more important to integrate the data from those products with enterprise IT. Because the IoT is an emerging digital ecosystem, it requires a integrative platform approach that meets near term needs yet is flexible enough to meet the long-term demands of the future. This presentation examines leading trends in modern IoT platform design and recommendations for building a lasting connected product foundation.
Smart Farming is a management style that uses technology to reduce environmental impact of agricultural practices. Satellite Navigation is a major enabler for smart farming. The slides supported a presentation given at the Space Solutions conference in Munich, November 2013.
Smart services and Smart Products Heidelberg, Honeywell & Eaton Corp Case S...prashanthc85
Case study on How Hiedelberg, Honeywell and Eaton Corp used their Smart products and Smart Services to gain a competitive advantage. What are the business benefits and Disadvantages of smart products and smart services.
Content Engineering and The Internet of “Smart” Thingsdclsocialmedia
The Smart Ass™ Fan is the latest ceiling fan from Big Ass Fans®. Smart products are everywhere now, and they’re connected. Imagine a family of smart products and how much content could be/should be shared. These products can include mechanical, electrical and software parts AND content.
How will you deal with this explosive content requirement? This webinar takes a tour of the problem and explains what content engineering is …and how it can be used to create a sustainable content life cycle. Smart products need smart content.
Not Your Father's Platform - How to Connect the Internet of ThingsLaurie Lamberth
Based on my February/March column in Connected World Magazine, this presentation:
1. provides an overview of the Internet of Things (definition, market size and growth rate, supporting technologies) and
2. digs into four "new school" platforms supporting the IoT that use tools and techniques more common in smartphone apps and websites than most of today's "Industrial Internet" platforms
Platforms profiled are machineshop.io, Xively, Kii and ThingWorx.
Presentation made to Women Who Code, Denver/Boulder chapter, on February 3, 2015. Joint presenter Allison Jones from machineshop.io. (Unfortunately, Allison's demonstration was live and so there are no slides for this part of the presentation.)
IBM's Watson is a machine-learning platform that’s been built to mirror the same learning process that humans have: Observe, Interpret, Evaluate and Decide. Through the use of this cognitive framework, Watson can search through a database of information and pull out key insights to bridge gaps in human knowledge. It’s expertise scaling for enterprise.
Watson has already helped businesses across a variety of industries increase their customer engagement, data discovery and informed decision making abilities. Is your business next?
Generative AI: A Comprehensive Tech Stack BreakdownBenjaminlapid1
Build a reliable and effective generative AI system with the right generative AI tech stack that helps create smarter solutions and drive growth.
Click here for more information: https://www.leewayhertz.com/generative-ai-tech-stack/
How to Profit from IoT (Internet of Things)
Is there profit to be made from IoT? Is it right for your business? Join us for an accessible overview of IoT in manufacturing environments.
Find out if you should be looking more closely at IoT for your company, what it costs, and how to get started.
Targeted to senior-level managers, whether you know a little or a lot about IoT -- or even nothing at all -- this presentation will get you smart, fast.
You’ll get answers to these questions and more:
1. What is IoT?
2. Should I consider IoT for my business?
3. What is an example of an IoT manufacturing solution and how does it work?
4. Can I afford it, can I do it internally, and where do I start?
Takeaways:
You’ll come away from this webinar with a better awareness and understanding of how IoT initiatives can drive profit for your manufacturing company. You’ll receive expert tips and tricks gleaned from experts in the software and IoT industry that will help you avoid making big mistakes. And you’ll learn how to select the IoT initiatives that are most likely to make a difference, and a profit, for your company.
InfoRepos Academy Introduction v1.1 - IIOT Experiential Learning ProgramInfoRepos Technologies
Introduction to IIOT Course & Benefits:
This is an Experiential Learning Program in the Industrial Internet of Things Area. This course covers below topics:
- Fundamentals of Electronics for IOT Engineering
- Using Arduino & RaspberryPi_Programming for IOT
- Manufacturing PCB & Component Assembly of IOT Devices
- Embedded Systems Coding & Firmware Injection
- Fundamentals of Python Programming
- Fundamentals of SQLite & MySQL
- Advances IIOT Programming using Python
- Data Storage & Accessing Mechanism Using MySQL & Cloud
- Data Sciences - Deep Learning with TensorFlow for IIOT
- Data Sciences - Machine Learning using IBM Watson for IIOT
- Data Visualization - Tableau for IOT
Agile Data Science is a lean methodology that is adopted from Agile Software Development. At the core it centers around people, interactions, and building minimally viable products to ship fast and often to solicit customer feedback. In this presentation, I describe how this work was done in the past with examples. Get started today with our help by visiting http://www.alpinenow.com
We aim to create high-quality content. We really do. But, more-often-than-not, we fail. We understand that high-quality content must be clear, concise, and consistent in voice, tone, and terminology. We also know that it’s supposed to be easily findable, accessible, retrievable, and relevant those who need it—delivered when, where, and how they prefer it.
Crafting content that follows the rules (grammar, punctuation, linguistics) isn’t good enough. Our content also has to be helpful.
In this fast-paced talk, Scott Abel describes what it means to be helpful. You’ll discover how understanding the power of explanation
Presented November 27, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Reimagining and reinventing customer support is expensive and hard. We hear that all the time. But it doesn’t have to be. In fact, if you do it “right” it can be fairly cheap and fun. In this session, we will look at using a Design Thinking approach to imagine new realities, create prototypes quickly and cheaply, and iterate on this to create a roadmap to your transformation.
Perhaps most important is that we will discuss some of the freely available tools that will help and guide you through the Design Thinking landscape. Unlike most speeches, we will give you specific, tangible baby steps to take once you get back to your own work lives.
Three Takeaways
1) Understand the power of Design Thinking
2) Imagine what Design Thinking can do for you
3) Know what tools are available and where to find them
Presented November 27, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Part 1: Assessing the Current State: Needs Analysis and Information Gathering
Learn how to assess the current state of your technical support content by looking through the lens of content strategy and content engineering.
Traditionally, technical details about products and services were considered to be post-purchase content. Technical information — the stuff contained in owner’s manuals, user guides, and other instructional materials — was provided to consumers only after they purchased a product or service. However, that’s changing as companies recognize that prospects often search the web for technical content to make purchasing decisions.
Think of a technical resource center as an online, one-stop shop for information about your products and services. Over time, and done well, a technical resource center can help you grow your business by attracting prospects, while simultaneously working to support and build loyalty and trust with existing customers.
Presented November 27, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Part 1: Assessing the Current State: Needs Analysis and Information Gathering
Learn how to assess the current state of your technical support content by looking through the lens of content strategy and content engineering.
Traditionally, technical details about products and services were considered to be post-purchase content. Technical information — the stuff contained in owner’s manuals, user guides, and other instructional materials — was provided to consumers only after they purchased a product or service. However, that’s changing as companies recognize that prospects often search the web for technical content to make purchasing decisions.
Think of a technical resource center as an online, one-stop shop for information about your products and services. Over time, and done well, a technical resource center can help you grow your business by attracting prospects, while simultaneously working to support and build loyalty and trust with existing customers.
Presented November 27, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Moderated by Paul Perrotta with Panelists: Michael Rosinski of Astoria Software, Julie Newcome of Ultimate Software, Joe Gelb of Zoomin Software, Ray Gallon of The Transformation Society, Alex Masycheff of Intuillion, Ltd., and Anna N. Schlegel of Net App.
Budgets are tight. Times are lean. But you know you need to improve your Technical Resource Center. You could just hope it happens. Or, you could learn from the lessons of those who have gone before you. In this fast-paced panel discussion, Paul Perrotta will ask a panel of seasoned professionals for advice on how to pitch your ideas and secure funding. The panelists discuss the pitfalls to avoid, and they’ll share approaches, pro-tips, and advice to help you get what you need.
Ryan MacCarrigan’s keynote covers the growing role of Agile Development and Lean in the context of content development and delivery—where complex content is the “product” and the end goal is to shorten cycle times, eliminate waste, or improve measured business outcomes without sacrificing quality or accuracy.
The audience will learn:
How to structure strategic content development in a similar fashion to the Agile product development lifecycle
How the “Build-Measure-Learn” framework of Lean Startup fame can be applied to rapid content testing and delivery
How developing a Lean mindset can help content-driven organizations break down silos and “Fail Fast,” improving overall institutional knowledge.
Presented November 28, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
My colleague and I managed a team of 5 to 7 writers, using Agile processes to successfully overhaul a Help system for complex genetic sequencing software in just over six months. The approach uses 3 weekly sprints that gets each writer 1) analyzing and identifying gaps in existing content 2) writing and updating content, and then 3) peer editing and revising content. The sprints overlap so that every week each writer is actively writing, peer reviewing and editing content.
Facing deadlines for frequent quarterly releases, we used Excel spreadsheets and OneNote notebooks to record meeting notes, topic TOCs and assignments, rather than a more administrative intensive ticket-based system (such as JIRA). Writers, whose skill levels ranged from junior to senior, learned how to use the software through hour-long question-and-answer group sessions with SMEs.
Attend this session to learn how an agile writing process can help boost collaboration and increase comradeship amongst information developers; decrease the time spent with subject matter experts, and optimize content development.
Presented November 28, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Designing the content experience revolves around the quality and the quantity of content. Answering questions like what kind of content, how much of it, and where should it be located are prime in a content professional’s mind. In her talk, Eeshita will discuss and share the pillars of content user experience — both quality and quantity. The attendees will learn techniques and processes to enable quality and monitor quantity of valuable content.
Presented November 28, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Effective page design is often overlooked in the development of technical information. Studies have shown that the visual design of information has an immediate and lasting visceral impact on both credibility and usability. Good page design ensures that information is easy to find, read, understand, and remember. The science of human visual perception and attention provides a foundation for understanding traditional design elements and principles, and how they can be combined to ensure high-quality, effective information development.
Presented November 28, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Before you’re ready to answer your customers’ questions, you need to ask some of your own: Where is the information leaking out of my content? How can I capture the human intelligence that went into writing the information in the first place? Where does my information development process have too much friction?
Find out how asking and answering these questions can help support your information developers as they create understandable information and actionable intelligence for both humans and bots. Identify your information leaks and learn how to stop them. Learn how to remove friction to stop wasting people’s time and to transform your information development and delivery process. Create the future by leveraging your intellectual property.
Presented November 28, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Translation Commons is a nonprofit aiming to be an online one-stop community for all information relating to translation and localization. How do you organize content for an entire industry? How do you create a website structure that allows users to find the information they need, even when it’s a needle in a haystack?
Content planning or Information Architecture determines how information is displayed or accessed. For Translation Commons, planning took much longer than development and it was worth every second of it.
The audience will learn of various techniques and methodologies which will help them organize large sets of information.
Presented November 28, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Workshop Part 2: Creating the Future State: Enterprise Content Creation, Structure and Distribution
Learn how to plan and implement a future state of enterprise content creation, structure, management, and delivery for a modern technical resource center.
Traditionally, technical details about products and services were considered to be post-purchase content. Technical information — the stuff contained in owner’s manuals, user guides, and other instructional materials — was provided to consumers only after they purchased a product or service. However, that’s changing as companies recognize that prospects often search the web for technical content to make purchasing decisions.
Think of a technical resource center as an online, one-stop shop for information about your products and services. Over time, and done well, a technical resource center can help you grow your business by attracting prospects, while simultaneously working to support and build loyalty and trust with existing customers.
Presented November 27-28, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
The NetApp content strategy team is driving a wide-reaching effort to simplify content creation, sharing, delivery, and content management systems reduction. Anna Schlegel will share how her team is leading an enterprise-wide effort to build a more connected content experience at NetApp with sponsorship at the CEO and SVP level across the entire organization.
In this presentation, attendees learn how to design a corporate content strategy, streamline the content ecosystem, obsolete unnecessary content, and formalize content governance. The key to this effort is selling the value proposition such as reduced cost, reduced complexity, and a better customer experience.
Anna will help you understand how to identify key players, navigate internal politics, and set the stage for content strategy success company-wide. You’ll leave knowing how to set the right goals, create teams, develop leaders, and utilize tracking methodologies.
Takeaways:
1) Setting the stage across the whole company for success
2) Identifying key players and navigating internal politics
3) Identifying the right goals, teams, leaders and tracking methodologies
Presented November 29, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
More and more we’re seeing data that indicates we need increased focus on improving our clients’ experience with technical content. But, how do you know what to focus on and where to target first? Introducing a content analytics toolbox that we rolled out to our IBM Cloud content contributors. The toolbox includes a variety of tools that authors can use to identify what content to work on and how to measure content improvements.
This case study shows how we gained adoption of the use of the toolbox, as well as some concrete examples of the tooling and data.
Takeaways:
1) How do I know what to prioritize?
2) How can I prove my content is impacting the business?
3) What are others doing?
Presented November 29, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Your customers demand reliable customer service and don’t have time to waste with poor self-serve support portals that contain less helpful content than they should. Many customer service agents suffer from a lack of good warrantied product information and spend a lot of time copying and pasting information from PDFs, emails, and websites. The technology they use seems to be in constant flux yet access to the information they need doesn’t seem to get that much better. There has got to be a better way.
What if there was a better medium for finding, using, and exchanging the highest value content in your organization? Microcontent is a basic building block of good product documentation. When it can be broken out of that content, it can be used in many ways to feed other documents, FAQs, emails, knowledge bases, and even chatbots. Microcontent is also an ideal level of granularity to contribute and curate new source information to be used across the enterprise. So what is it and how does it work to provide a better customer service experience? Attend this session to gain more insight into microcontent and how it can help.
Presented November 29, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Mayo Clinic’s mobile app serves as both a resource for patients who depend on it for tasks like viewing lab results and making appointments and as a health engagement tool to keep the brand top-of-mind for anyone who might need Mayo Clinic services someday.
In this case study, find out how a Mayo Clinic team converted a huge library of health information to an engaging, mobile-friendly content experience. Learn how core content has been enhanced with hundreds of original visual and editorial pieces – built using a repeatable process geared for high-volume production. Explore how new features like mobile notifications and content search have addressed user needs while driving to new app downloads, now 1 million+ and counting.
Three Takeaways
1) How content can serve as an engagement tool while facilitating transactional tasks and resources
2) Simple curation and metadata strategies for delivering a seamless experience using multiple content sources
3) Tips on creating mobile-first content for short attention spans
Presented November 29, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Do you see a problem that is so obvious that everyone should see it, but they don’t? Do you have great data about a pain point for your customers, but don’t know where to go with it? In this session, we’ll talk about project briefs — what they are, and how they can be an invaluable tool for building consensus and getting your stakeholders and teams on board.
In this session, you will learn:
1) How to pull together various data points into a cohesive project brief; 2) How to use a project brief to effectively present the problem/issue; 3) And, most importantly, why a project brief isn’t the right platform for solutioning.
Presented November 29, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Building a conversational interface that people actually want to use can be tough a process. From understanding what users enter to providing logical responses, there’s a lot to create a successful experience. This presentation provides tips for designing conversational interfaces and the content that powers them. If you’re considering adding chatbots or voice-activated devices to your content delivery strategy, this session is right for you.
Takeaways
1) Tips for designing conversational interface
2) Tips for writing conversational content
Presented November 29, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
Most chatbots are rule-based. A rule defines that if certain keywords occur in the user’s question, a certain piece of content should be displayed. For example, “if the question includes words ‘replace’ and ‘battery,’ show the topic about replacing a battery.”
While this method is easy and relatively cheap to implement, it covers only simple use cases. It may work perfectly well if the amount of content is small and it’s not frequently updated. But what about a case when the procedure of replacing a battery is different for different product models? Or what if it’s different depending on the user’s role, and there are multiple possible roles and their combinations? You’d have to explicitly add rules for each variation and instruct the chatbot about the questions the user should be asked when information required for a precise and relevant answer is missing in the user’s question.
On top of that, every time you add new content, you have to manually add new rules. In the long run, rule-based chatbots are expensive and difficult to maintain, if the amount of content is significant and it’s frequently updated.
Another approach is to build a knowledge map of the subject domain which would automatically guide the chatbot about the questions the user should be asked, automatically identify semantic metadata of the content, and map the metadata to the knowledge map. This approach would make the chatbot smarter while reducing the maintenance efforts and costs.
In this session, Alex talks about both approaches and sees which approach works better in different use cases.
Presented November 29, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
It can be difficult to onboard users to new and complex interfaces and workflows. New research shows that images and video enhance understanding and retention of complex information and tasks and can even increase productivity, but software often changes quickly and requires regular updates and localization.
How can we leverage the power of visual communication without having to constantly localize new visual content? Simplified User Interface (SUI) helps you create powerful and useful images to help your users better understand your content while extending its shelf life and often eliminating the need for localization.
Presented November 29, 2018, at Quadrus Conference Center for Information Development World 2018.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Content Engineering and The Internet of “Smart” Things with Mark Lewis
1. Content Engineering & the
Internet of Smart Things
Mark Lewis
Content Engineer
@LewisDITAMetric
2. Automate every stage of the
content process from creation
to consumption
Dynamically assemble your
business-critical content
Deliver in any format to any
channel — web, tablet,
mobile, print and more
Reduce the content lifecycle
by up to 85%
Quark Software Inc.
Developer of Content Automation solutions for
large organizations:
4. Visit the Quark Booth
Receive your FREE copy!
Inside you’ll find:
• If content automation
is for you
• How to conduct a
content audit
• How to select a
content automation
platform
• Real-life success
stories
5. Raise awareness a big challenge /
opportunity that IoST brings…
Define the Problem
Definitions
Examples of (smart) things
Consider a Solution
Proposal
Homework
Goal / Agenda
7. Whatis.techtarget.com says…
“The Internet of Things (IoT) is an environment in
which objects, animals or people are provided with
unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over
a network without requiring human-to-human or
human-to-computer interaction. IoT has evolved from
the convergence of wireless technologies, micro-
electromechanical systems (MEMS) and the Internet.”
Definitions
8. Definitions
Gartner IT Glossary says…
“The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of
physical objects that contain embedded technology to
communicate and sense or interact with their internal
states or the external environment.”
Jim Tully of Gartner “not just things. IoT includes a
stack of technologies”. Communication, Data Storage,
Analyzing. Remote operation of a device.
9. Definitions
Technopedia says…
Similar to the Gartner definition, but adds…
“The IoT is significant because an object that can
represent itself digitally becomes something greater
than the object by itself. No longer does the object
relate just to you, but is now connected to
surrounding objects and database data. When many
objects act in unison, they are known as having
‘ambient intelligence’ ”.
20. Systems of Smart Products
Smart Farms
Smart Mines
Michael E. Porter and James Heppelmann. How Smart, Connected
Products are Transforming Competition. Web. Jan. 21, 2015
21. Systems of Smart Products
Smart Mines – Joy Global
Michael E. Porter and James Heppelmann. How Smart, Connected
Products are Transforming Competition. Web. Jan. 21, 2015
30. The Problem recap
IoT
API / SDK content
Smart Products
More features – More content
IoST
Systems of connected Things – More content
about systems
Systems of connected Smart Things / Products
New Requirements, New Requirement Types
What’s next?
31. The Solution
In the Product Dev Lifecycle,
Documentation
and Content are typical the lowest
priority
Content as an afterthought…will fail
No more
32. The Solution
Why Content Engineering?
Content is becoming more and more
complicated.
We must apply engineering principles in
order to satisfy all the new content
requirements.
Other engineering disciplines have long ago
had success with modularity and reuse.
41. Aligning the Lifecycles
Smart products are made of smart parts.
Smart parts may have software,
mechanical, electrical components …and
content. Content is another component.
We’ll need to use Smart Content /
Intelligent Content to help create smart
products. Defining content requirements
and design in parallel with the other
components to make sure they are
included in the overall definition of the part
or product.
Aligning Strategies
50. Systems of Smart Products
Smart Farms
Smart Mines
Michael E. Porter and James Heppelmann. How Smart, Connected
Products are Transforming Competition. Web. Jan. 21, 2015
51. Systems of Smart Products
Smart Mines
Michael E. Porter and James Heppelmann. How Smart, Connected
Products are Transforming Competition. Web. Jan. 21, 2015
55. Who’s talking about it…
Creating Smart Documentation and the Future of
Technical Writing (BrightTalk)
By Alexander Hoffman
56. Working with other disciplines
and lifecycles
Get involved in phases of other lifecycles
API/SDK
Using these skills to improve
Executives
Get comfortable
60. Visit the Quark Booth
Receive your FREE copy!
Inside you’ll find:
• If content automation
is for you
• How to conduct a
content audit
• How to select a
content automation
platform
• Real-life success
stories
Digital publishing solutions that cover the entire content lifecycle. XML authoring in Word in a browser. The Quark Platform CMS. High fidelity multi-channel publishing to PDF, the web, mobile devices. The entire content lifecycle. Stop by the Quark booth to get a free copy of Dummies book.
Quark develops content automation software for large global organizations.
There’s a huge volume of business-critical content in the world
Organizations still typically create ALL content manually
This is extremely difficult to manage, expensive and very slow
The processes have remained largely unchanged for decades
Quark provides software to automate the content process from creation to consumption
How do we do this?
Rather than creating documents, our customers create reusable Smart Content components
These reusable Smart Content components only have to get created once, reviewed and approved once, and then they are dynamically assembled into different documents for the Web, PDFs, even to mobile apps
Because our content automation software is tracking all of these content components, if a change is made to any of the content, it can automatically update every document and occurrence where that content is used
We sell to organizations across a range of industries including finance, government, industrial and life sciences. This is just a sampling of customers but hopefully gives you some sense of the size and complexity of clients that we work with.
If you have time, you can use one or more of the following brief examples to illustrate what we do:
HSBC
HSBC uses our content automation platform across a large number of projects including investment research reporting, their global standards manual and call center customer service procedures
They have a return on investment in the range of millions of dollars/euros/pounds through efficiency savings, reduced time to market and improved compliance
UNICEF
UNICEF runs their entire donor information system using our content automation platform
They reduced the time it takes to create personalized donor communications from weeks to seconds and directly attribute an increase in their donations of half a billion dollars annually to their new donor system
Emirates Airlines
Emirates uses our content automation platform to deliver information to their cabin crew and ground staff
They have been able to minimize the downtime of their aircraft, improve the training of 4,000 staff per year, enable a mobile workforce of 17,000 and improve customer service
Goal is to raise awareness about a big challenge / opportunity
I’ve found many definitions for IoT and what I don’t want to do is have a heated debate about the what is the most accurate def.
Hold that thought. Apparently so.
I’ve found many definitions for IoT and what I don’t want to do is have a heated debate about the what is the most accurate def.
For this discussion, things equals products.
Caterpillar 30%
Relate this to a SYSTEM…Star system…an increase in complexity and volume of content……
I think
Add individual Content Sphere TODO
Star system…an increase in complexity and volume of content…….System
It’s getting better, but you know what I am talking about.
This track is called content engineering…let’s take a look
Software is one component of a smart product.
An interesting …I’ve simplified this a bit for this conversation
I’ve always thought this was an interesting parallelism and part of the solution to “the problem”.
Aligning lifecycles. Aligning processes. No more Content as an afterthought
How do we do this? If you are not comfortable working with reqs documentation and design documentation, I encourage you to gain these skills.
In my blog, CLEAR UNAMBIUOUS. You may think you know to write reqs, but I seen them written as a combo of reqs and design, so I recommend you take a class or a workshop on writing requirements. It’s been many years since I did this so I don’t know who to recommend. If you do please add it in a comment to the blog.
Similarly, I’ve posted my STC presentation. It will help you break down systems into sub-systems and components.
BODY. I use this skill to understanding technology……This is why I’ve shared my presentation on learning OOD. As a content strategist, I use the Rockley Methodology. Understanding OOD really helped me learn and use this methodology.
This will help you if you are writing API / SDK content.
Most of the presentation is based on this book.
Relate this to a SYSTEM…Star system…an increase in complexity and volume of functionality …and content……
Relate this to a SYSTEM…Star system…an increase in complexity and volume of content……
Relate this to a SYSTEM…Star system…an increase in complexity and volume of content……
If you haven’t read the definition of IC. Part of the solution is learning and using this methodology.
I am I thinking about this correctly?
As you become comfortable with requirements documents and design documents, you can help and collaborate with the documents of the other disciplines.