AGENDA
6:30 - Doors Open
6:45 - Announcements & Introductions
WE ARE OFF NEXT MONTH, AUGUST!
7:00 - Main Presentation
Voice and Design In The Age of AI: Showing and Telling A Compelling Story That Doesn't Feel Computational
I won't bury the the lede -- there is no AI easy button or prompt to generate a design or write copy from start-to-finish that generates results that look authentic and artisan.
AI has unleashed a new era of creativity in communication. But also a tidal wave of slop. And consumers are overwhelmed, increasingly attuned to signals that feel sloppy and questioning everything they come across.
So how do you cut through the noise when everyone has a technicolor, automated printing press and megaphone? How do you feel on-trend or timeless without feeling trendy or past-time? How do you use AI to elevate your design game and content development without it feeling canned? How do you make your use of AI less-visible to your audience?
These actually aren't new problems for WordPress -- we've always had tells a site was built with WordPress, common plugins, Bootstrap or other tools over the years! But we all exist in the context, we all need to stand out and we all need to compromise with progress not perfection.
This is a hard time for lovers of the emdash, the serif font and the use of color-highlighting parts of sentences to pop-out key ideas. We'll commiserate together on what AI has robbed us of and talk about design and communication techniques, the current tells of AI generation and creative ways to press words and pixels (even using AI!) without the output looking sloppy.
We will wrap up between 8:00-8:30 PM, perhaps heading to a nearby restaurant.
