Information Architecture and Content Strategy Vancouver

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These are meant to be working definitions to help us keep the meetup group on track.

Information Architecture
From the IAInstitute (http://iainstitute.org/en/learn/resources/w...)

Information architecture is defined as:

The structural design of shared information environments.
The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability.
An emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape.

As information proliferates exponentially, usability is becoming the critical success factor for websites and software applications. Good IA lays the necessary groundwork for an information system that makes sense to users.

Content Strategy

Content Strategy is a way to ensure that an organization's content (or web content) meets both business and user needs. It looks at how content is designed, structured, developed, maintained, and evaluated. It includes content usability, process and governance, how content needs to be prepared to support associated strategies such as x-channel, accessibility, social, etc.

This Group Brings CS and IA Togther

Collaboration between CS and IA is super valuable, so we're hoping to get some good conversations started.

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May 27 · 6:00 PM
May Meetup - Year End Wrap Up
20 Members | 5.003

Join us for the last meetup of the season! This meetup will include chit-chat and asking any important and burning questions. Plus we'd like your ideas for speakers and... Learn more
April 22 · 6:00 PM
April Meetup - IA research using TreeJack and Twitter
37 Members | 5.006

Note: the date has changed from April 29 to April 22. For a site that has thousands of topics and millions of visitors, we used Optimal Workshop's TreeJack and Twitter... Learn more
March 25 · 6:00 PM
March Meetup - Ask Your Burning Question
25 Members | 4.506

Come out for some socializing and ask a burning question. Do you have something you've always wanted to know about? Do you have a problem and are wondering how other... Learn more
February 25 · 6:00 PM
IA For Mobile: Squeezing Lots of Content into a Tiny Space
43 Members | 5.008

For this event, we will have one speaker, Krispian. The format is 20 minutes of speaking with questions afterward. Bring your IA and CS questions, learn something, teach... Learn more
January 28 · 6:00 PM
January Table Topics
34 Members | 4.507

For the IA/CS meetup in January, we'll be having table topics. We plan on having a few "experts" on hand, one at each table, who will talk on a specific subject and take... Learn more
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shannon emmerson joined
6 days ago

"I've been involved in digital media and publishing for about 15 years, working on the content side as well as with business and product development. I now run Forge & Spark Media, a digital content consultancy."
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Adrian Jones RSVPed Yes for Content Strategy Topic
June 11

Sep 23

Content Strategy Topic
Monday 6:00 PM at The Railway Club, in the back bar room

4 attending
New Member

Michael Zepf joined
June 10

"A Ux friend of mine first pointed me towards content strategy, now I am applying for a training grant with Employment Insurance towards becoming a content strategist."
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Mark F RSVPed Yes for Content Strategy Topic
June 10

Sep 23

Content Strategy Topic
Monday 6:00 PM at The Railway Club, in the back bar room

4 attending
New RSVP

Dave Marchuk RSVPed Yes for Content Strategy Topic
June 7

Sep 23

Content Strategy Topic
Monday 6:00 PM at The Railway Club, in the back bar room

4 attending
New Member

Juliette Link joined
June 3

"Hi! I'm a grad student and research assistant in Human-Computer Interaction at UBC."
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Jack Stockholm RSVPed Yes for May Meetup - Year End Wrap Up
May 26

May 27

May Meetup - Year End Wrap Up
Monday 6:00 PM at Railway Club
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Jack Stockholm RSVPed Yes for May Meetup - Year End Wrap Up
May 26

May 27

May Meetup - Year End Wrap Up
Monday 6:00 PM at Railway Club
New Member

Nina joined
May 24

"I'm a designer, web developer and PM"
New Member

Samira Manfrinato joined
May 24

"Hello, I'm from Brazil and I'm studying English in Vancouver. I'm journalist and I working with information, Internet, especially in politics campaign"