Tamara Adlin uses the power of user personas to align teams and help them develop better products. Tamara literally co-wrote the first book on how to develop and use personas. She has subsequently developed several practices that help teams align executives and other stakeholders on how to build genuinely customer-focused products and services. Tamara and […]
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Brittney Urich: Connecting Content and Design – Episode 57
Brittney Urich has been connecting content strategy to UX design from the very start of her career. As a senior user experience designer at Ogilvy’s Denver office, Brittney educates both her clients and her colleagues about how content and design support each other. Brittney and I talked about: her background in professional writing, content strategy, […]
Jenn Marie: Brand Copywriting & UX – Episode 36
Jenn Marie helps small businesses share their authentic selves online. She focuses on personality-driven content marketing that helps her clients start conversations with their customers and prospects. Jenn and I talked about: how her diverse business background prepared her for internet marketing work how her work in experiential marketing informs her branding expertise the confluence […]
Andrea Zoellner: UX Copywriting – Episode 34
Andrea Zoellner is passionate about making the web more accessible and usable. With clear UX copywriting and a single-minded focus on the user, she helps people succeed online. Andrea and I talked about: her passion for making the web more accessible her path to UX copywriting via communications and journalism her definition of UX copywriting: […]
David Dylan Thomas: Cognitive Bias & Content Strategy – Episode 27
David Dylan Thomas studies human behavior to develop better content strategies. His cognitive-bias hacks help you tame counter-productive thought processes to create less biased content experiences. David and I talked about: his evolution from filmmaker to content strategist the introduction of content strategy as a discipline at Think Company how awareness and knowledge of cognitive […]
Joe Welinske: Crafted Communication – Episode 26
Joe Welinske creates content strategies and other crafted communication as a UX practitioner, teacher, and event organizer. Joe is super-thoughtful about the role of content in helping people use technology. We had a great conversation about his journey from old-school technical communicator to leading-edge UX practitioner. We talked about: Joe’s journey from industrial engineering to technical communication […]
Jared Spool: UX Content Strategy – Episode 25
For nearly 40 years, Jared Spool has been helping publishers and software developers create better experiences for their users. Along the way, he has also helped companies apply UX design principles to the process of creating content for their customers. Jared is one of the best-known and most widely cited practitioners and educators in the […]