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Coaching and Co-Development
Setting internal development teams up for success through customized CMS coaching and co-development.
Taylor Lopour
Taylor Lopour is Blend's Sales and Marketing Manager, and is responsible for letting everyone know just who Blend is, from initial contact through to project success.
Corey Vilhauer
Corey Vilhauer, Director of Strategy at Blend Interactive, is a content strategist, information architect, and secret professional wrestling historian. He is co-author of The Web Project Guide.
Bob Davidson
Bob is Director of Development, and is responsible for leading front- and back-end development for all Blend projects, as well as developing improvements to better streamline and standardize Blend’s development process.
Chris Wahl
Chris Wahl is one of Blend Interactive's Lead Developers, mentoring and leading .NET projects for our Optimizely projects.
Sam Otis
Sam Otis is Lead UI Developer / Designer at Blend Interactive, where he leads all design efforts for client and internal projects.
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.