Eric Lanke

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Is Your Content Generalizable?

Eric Lanke

Whenever this happens, I usually find myself asking if the speaker in question really understands her own content, or the audience she is speaking to. Even though you've told them Y is impractical in your space, it's so practical in theirs that they won't be able to abandon it.

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I Want the Right Pageviews

Eric Lanke

There's a lot of good content up there, most of it intended for our members. Why do you care if you can, for more money, reach more people? Why wouldn’t it make more sense to reach the right people instead? I agree entirely. Here's a specific case in point. My association has a website. Those pages aren't really for our members.

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Learn the Language of Your Members

Eric Lanke

In this mindset the staff often loses track of the thing that matters most within those services--the content and its relevance to the member. What they care about is the content that those vehicles are delivering--a commodity that is very difficult for a staff that has developed a non-intersecting culture to define and deliver.

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Eight Is Enough

Eric Lanke

That, increasingly, is where my creative spirit wants to go, and, lately, it feels like I've been battling my own obligation to provide relevant Monday content. If you've been a loyal reader of this blog, what can I say, other than 'thank you'?

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Give Me Free Afternoons

Eric Lanke

The point is, if the objective is to give people more "work-life balance," there are more ways to do that than cramming the content of a three-day meeting into one. Or (depending on the weather) sit in the sun with a good book. Very occasionally, I'll even take a nap.

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Why the Wild West Isn't All Bad

Eric Lanke

The result is bits and pieces of information are stored in a range of places without a good way to find content after a project is complete. stored in a range of places without a good way to find content" is a real problem. Additionally, because tools are not standardized, staff have no where to turn when they run into issues.

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Podcasting Creates Interest and Excitement

Eric Lanke

As an avid podcast listener, I already had some ideas about how such a "show" could be packaged and delivered, but still what followed the initial idea was about six months of planning, developing, branding, rehearsing, recording, and packaging.