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From planning and strategy, to the deep nuts and bolts of integrating everything your organization needs for a new site, Blend provides a full spectrum of expertise to get you to your final goal.
Overcoming Challenges in Higher Education Content Management Projects
Higher education institutions are among the most challenging organizations when attempting to implement web content management. In this paper we outline some of those challenges, but most importantly offer solutions to get things moving forward.
Access Granted: Accessibility and Your Web Content
Web accessibility issues affect many more people than you may think—in ways you may not expect.
Optimizely Coaching and Co-Development
Blend offers clients the opportunity to grow their own development practice through Optimizely coaching and co-development. We're here to help develop, integrate, and accelerate your web team.
Coaching and Co-Development
Setting internal development teams up for success through customized CMS coaching and co-development.
Episode 1: Know the Scope of the Project (w/ Bill DeRouchey) Off-site link
Corey and Deane discuss the opening beats of a project. Then, we chat with Bill DeRouchey, former lead product designer for Zendesk, to discuss his history with vetting and researching a new project during the opening salvo, territorialism, and Mike Watt.
Chapter 7: Know Your Content Off-site link
One of the challenges in rebuilding any website is figuring out what to do with the existing content. But before you can make any decisions, you simply need to know what it all is. And once it’s unearthed and exposed, then you need to decide what information is relevant and worth recording, determine a method to store this information, and decide how (or if ) you want to keep it updated over time.
Chapter 1: Know the Scope of the Project Off-site link
So, we need a new website? The easy question is, “Now what?” The harder question is, “How did we get here?” Gain buy-in on the reasons behind a new project, define the problem in a way that gains traction, and avoid some early red flags along the way.
Chapter 2: Set Your Expectations Off-site link
What does it mean to get started on this project? Let’s set a scope for what this project will include, as well as give some thought to what “success” means – and your realistic chances of achieving it.
Chapter 6: Identify Outcomes and Expectations Off-site link
Your content and message – and your audiences – live on dozens of paths and hundreds of combinations. Understanding what they’re looking for when they access your project will have a large impact on the steps that follow.