Articles

CMS and Change: Between Optimism and Pessimism is Realism

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Emma Hamer of eHamer Associates provides a brief and informative article on change and content management in the April issue of the Content Management Professionals newsletter. Hamer identifies the importance of training, workshops, peer mentoring, one-on-one coaching, ...

Filed under: Content Management : Change Management

Reading List: The Laws of Simplicity

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Here at TheContentWrangler.com, we read. We read a lot! And every once in a while we stumble on a useful book that just resonates. Such is the case with The Laws of Simplicity, by John Maeda (The MIT Press). In this 176-page effort, as one would expect from the title, ...

Filed under: Content Management : Change Management : Experience Design : Usability

On-Demand - CMS and Change: Love it. Hate it. Master it.

Friday, February 02, 2007

The folks at X-Pubs have made available an on-demand version of our recent interview with Emma Hamer on content management and change (CMS and Change: Love it. Hate it. Master it.). Listen and let us know what you think.

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Filed under: Content Management : Change Management

Dispelling Collaboration Myths: Is Your “Team” An Impediment To Content Management Success?

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

By Emma Hamer, eHamerAssociates, Ltd., special to TheContentWrangler.com

In conversations I’ve had recently with TechComm Managers and Content Management Consultants, as well as with individual technical communicators and instructional designers, one question keeps ...

Filed under: Content Management : Change Management : Technical Writing

Managing The Change Most Forget

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

By Emma Hamer, eHamerAssociates, Ltd, special to TheContentWrangler.com

Change management is a well-used (but poorly understood) term, bandied about whenever a new system is about to be introduced. “You need to sharpen your change management skills” managers are ...

Filed under: Content Management : Change Management