About us
CSDC is for anyone who wants to learn more about content strategy. We meet virtually and in person to stay abreast of developments in the field, learn new skills, and have fun.
New to the world of online content? We’re all here to learn!
Experienced in content strategy? We hope you'll share with us!
CSDC takes a broad view of content strategy. We are interested in a variety of topics:
- Discussing how to define the field of content strategy
- Sharing resources, tools, methods, and best practices
- Developing standards and workflows for the full content lifecycle
- Aligning content with business needs and measuring success
- Advocating for all users through UX, design, and accessibility
Upcoming events
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Job Hunting in the Age of AI: How to Beat the Dreaded ATS
·OnlineOnlineHave you been applying for jobs via company websites, but not getting interviews? Chances are you are being weeded out (incorrectly!) by the company’s applicant tracking system.
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is a web-based job application
platform that uses artificial intelligence to rank how well it
thinks you match the job for which you are applying. Make just
one tiny mistake in your resume and boom!—you are disqualified.In this session, professional recruiter Jack Molisani offers valuable advice for beating (and avoiding) applicant tracking systems.
Want to get more interviews? Don’t miss this meeting!
About the guest speaker
Jack Molisani is the president of ProSpring Technical Staffing, an
employment agency specializing in content professionals (both
contract and permanent), and author of Be The Captain of Your
Career: A New Approach to Career Planning and Advancement,
which hit #5 on Amazon's Career and Resume Best Seller list.Jack also produces The LavaCon Conference on Content
Strategy, which will be in Charlotte, NC this October.Jack has donated a free entrance to LavaCon as a door prize, so stay until the end of the session
Helpful links
https://ProspringStaffing.com
https://LavaCon.org50 attendees
The History of the Semantic Web & the Future of Content
·OnlineOnlineTwenty-five years ago, Scientific American magazine published an article entitled "The Semantic Web," introducing to the world the idea of a meaningful web of data that computers as well as humans could navigate. That article was both a punctuation mark in the history of technology — built on decades of AI research and development — and the beginning of a new era for enterprise technology and the World Wide Web. I think the content profession is at a similar juncture now. I don't know what we'd call the magazine article that would herald the future of content, but it would build on decades of insights about structured content, composable architectures, metadata strategy, and human-centered design, and it would set a vision for content in the age of AI and beyond. I'm not a futurist, so I'll focus this talk on the history of semantic tech and content, with just a little speculation at the end about what might lie ahead.
About Larry Swanson
Larry Swanson is a long-time content architect and since 2020 a semantic technology ambassador. He hosts the Knowledge Graph Insights and Content Strategy Insights podcasts and co-organizes the Dataworthy Collective, a weekly gathering of semantics, ontology, and data professionals. Alongside his content strategy and information architecture work, he has organized a number of professional communities and events: the Knowledge Graph Conference, Connected Data London, Decoupled Days, the Future of Content meetup in Amsterdam, the Seattle Content Strategy meetup, and World Information Architecture Day. He is also a founding member of the Kinetic Council, an association-formation committee that aims to connect professionals across the data, knowledge, semantics, and content industries.45 attendees
Past events
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