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Digital content teams: 6 ways to confidence and empowerment

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 3 February 2015 - Categories: Content
6 head and shoulder photos of members of the Department of Health content team

The content team at the Department of Health is confident and empowered – and it shows in their high quality content. I reckon they've always been good at what they do, but they've become more confident and more empowered over …

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Explaining accessibility through a jam jar

Posted by: Annelise Jespersen, Posted on: 26 November 2012 - Categories: Content

When I mention accessibility in relation to digital communications, most people ask “what does that mean?” or “what do I need to do?” I explain that we need to make a product or a service available to the widest audience …

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My dad, a denki puzzle, and my hopes for the GOV.UK publishing tool

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 11 October 2012 - Categories: Content, Services and products

My dad runs the website for the DH Lawrence Society. It's a wordpress.com site, so I gave him some instructions that he could refer to when adding new content. They read like this: Go to www.wordpress.com/wp-admin Click on "Add post" …

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But what about the people who can't use the internet?

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 8 September 2011 - Categories: Capability

At some point in just about every presentation I give about digital communication, and our efforts to do it better at the Department of Health, I get asked a version of this question: "That's all very well, but what about all the …

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The zero cost CMS

Posted by: Stephen Hale, Posted on: 6 March 2011 - Categories: Content

I've always been a bit intolerant of content management systems. It's a problem, and I'm trying to address it. Photo credit: mindweb from morguefile.com The source of my problem is a feeling I have that content management systems are often …

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