Tweets I posted and shared during my time at the conference.
Made it to New Orleans. Now it is time to register and then stop by Mother's for some real Louisiana style jambalaya. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 4, 2015
I am in my 30s and I am still confused. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
"Front End Developer" sounds better than my normal title "Code Lackey" #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
@channingsherman Yeah but your normal title fits better on a name tag and sounds a little like a Star Wars character.
— CP James (@authorcpjames) November 5, 2015
People are trying to put everything online (even stuff that shouldn't be) and making a mess in the process. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
So true. https://t.co/82d3QUlr6M
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
"You need standards to avoid the chaos pit." Our issue is enforcing those standards. Leadership needs to be on board. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Raise your hand if you have dealt with a faculty member who thinks they know more about your website than you do. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
In love with you @lwelchman! Your girl scout "create-a-badge" is the BEST. #ConfabEDU kicks off another yr w/ the best keynote!
— Cassandra Bizzaro (@CassCakey) November 5, 2015
You can't avoid disruption but you can (and should) prepare for it. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Things take time. Try not to be impatient. Took 25 years to desegregate higher ed in the South. #ConfabEDU
— TimNekritz (@TimNekritz) November 5, 2015
Fear of standards is one of our biggest issues w/ our redesign. People think the web governance part will hinder them. #ConfabEDU #wrong
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Keep it about the work; nobody *owns* anything. Check the blame & shame at the door. #confabedu @lwelchman
— Courtney Raybould (@courtraybould) November 5, 2015
Sad but true #ConfabEDU https://t.co/y9znuotATZ
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Move from hierarchy (org. charts) to object orientation with matrix-managed teams. This would freak higher ed folks out! #ConfabEDU
— De'Awn N. Bunch (@DeAwnB) November 5, 2015
Getting the right info in the right place at the right time-we already know how to do this via trad supply chain management #ConfabEDU
— Stephanie Echeveste (@stephanieetxe) November 5, 2015
Role of content strategist is to create *information flow*. Info going beyond boundaries of page, person, site…. #ConfabEDU
— Anne Haines (@annehaines) November 5, 2015
Sketchnotes from @lwelchman's morning keynote. #confabEDU https://t.co/P2llFwqxNd
— Ma'ayan Plaut (@maayanplaut) November 5, 2015
Three parts of a measurement strategy: Plan. Collect. Present. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Good questions to start with from @mjpowers at #ConfabEdu. pic.twitter.com/AftCOJBGCu
— Sarah Maxell Crosby (@choiceofpies) November 5, 2015
@CassCakey @mjpowers I have worked IE enough to know that it can cause a desire to stab people.
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Use the data from your analytics to tell a story. Don't just give them numbers. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Rickey "The Dragon" Steamboat vs. Randy Savage at WrestleMania III shows that being small doesn't have to be a disadvantage. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
"Being small doesn’t have to be a disadvantage." As a member of the 5'6" and under club I agree. #ConfabEDU #smallcs
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
We tend to talk about “content strategy” as a singular thing w/ a beginning and an end. But there is no real instruction manual. #ConfabEDU
— Karmon (@karmon) November 5, 2015
"Content strategy is not a thing. It is a process." – Corey Vilhauer #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Also me. RT @channingsherman: "Being small doesn’t have to be a disadvantage." As a member of the 5'6" and under club I agree. #ConfabEDU
— Ma'ayan Plaut (@maayanplaut) November 5, 2015
Our old CMS was like someone who’s job desc is so out of date the only applicable part is “other duties as assigned.” @annehaines #ConfabEDU
— Amanda Costello (@amandaesque) November 5, 2015
"When we hear big budgets, remember: #contentstrategy isn't a thing. It's a process. Do it daily, a little at a time" @mrvilhauer #ConfabEDU
— Margot Bloomstein (@mbloomstein) November 5, 2015
"Working small means working with restrictions." – @MrVilhauer
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
@channingsherman @casscakey I'm not entirely sure that there is no causality here.
— Mike Powers (@mjpowers) November 5, 2015
Good design today is better than great design tomorrow. If you keep waiting for perfection you will never launch. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
I am putting this on a poster and hanging it above my desk. #ConfabEDU pic.twitter.com/HiPUD1GBOE
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
"I don't give a shit if you like something. I want to know if it works." – @MrVilhauer #ConfabEDU
— Jamie (@jlew8) November 5, 2015
Good businesses make minor course changes as needed since the path to their goal is not set in stone. Detours are ok. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Interns: Becuase there is no labor better than free labor. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
.@MrVilhauer is talking about Snapshot Serengeti at #ConfabEDU– one of my fav crowd-sourced science projects https://t.co/HDnLl5oS2N
— Courtni Kopietz (@CKopietz) November 5, 2015
— De'Awn N. Bunch (@DeAwnB) November 5, 2015
One of the most DELIGHTFUL stats in a redesign for me is how much crap you GOT RID OF. We had a 90% delete recently. So freeing. #ConfabEDU
— Amanda Costello (@amandaesque) November 5, 2015
For a great site that deals with mental health on campus, check out https://t.co/K6QyYdMSIM #ConfabEDU @TimNekritz
— Tricia Kenderdine (@tkenderdine) November 5, 2015
"Effective governance requires a democracy not a dictatorship" I am telling this all our users who are anti-web governance #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
"Ignore your weight class" Good advice for small departments like mine. #ConfabEDU pic.twitter.com/mKJE7FDQ16
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Use the same technique for your content strategy. #ConfabEDU #prioritize
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Apparently requesting they play Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" between sessions gets you labeled a "Bad Man" #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
My #ConfabEDU presentation is now live at https://t.co/nGLSUG0M2H Thanks to everybody who came and joined the discussion!
— TimNekritz (@TimNekritz) November 5, 2015
Lessons from @maayanplaut: be strategic in what you post on social; many don't read past that. Unless it's a student blog. #ConfabEDU
— Courtney Raybould (@courtraybould) November 5, 2015
Cupcakes in the break room! #ConfabEDU pic.twitter.com/uJZoo0x6ej
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Design is part of content strategy. Content is king but it is useless if users can't get to it or make sense of it. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Content Strategy's Arch Enemies:
– Bureaucracy
– Entrenched beliefs
– Siloes
– So. Much. Process— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Content is like water. #confab #responsive pic.twitter.com/5v3IQc10Dg
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Quick and dirty testing is better than none. #ConfabEDU @batusayici
— Allison Spoelhof (@allisonspoelhof) November 5, 2015
@zusnews, great job. Good luck in your battle against Internet cat videos. 🙂 #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Content strategists as MacGyver. Awesome. #ConfabEDU
— Anne Haines (@annehaines) November 5, 2015
@channingsherman The battle continues!!
— Arezu Sarvestani (@zusnews) November 5, 2015
Hey hey #ConfabEDU, our deck on user-centered thinking is on slideshare: https://t.co/YXdFzIlejW @batusayici
— Melissa Zuroff (@MelissaZuroff) November 5, 2015
The Nushell is Temple's student newsletter. Humorous, engaging. Don't link out much. Not about clickthrough. About reading. #ConfabEDU
— LoriPA (@LoriPA) November 5, 2015
One of the best quotes from the conference. #ConfabEDU https://t.co/NrpthzhwNk
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
I am adding "clean, easy to understand and responsive" to all my dating site profiles. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
@channingsherman You’re gonna get so many content strategists responding to you now
— Katie Santo (@heyjustkatie) November 5, 2015
@CassCakey, please tell me your Street Team has matching tattoos. Great talk, BTW #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
@heyjustkatie Great, no more dateless Friday nights. lol. As a added bonus I know I will have at least one thing in common with them,
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
@channingsherman First date idea: creating a content calendar!!
— Katie Santo (@heyjustkatie) November 5, 2015
@heyjustkatie I like it.
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
"In higher ed, silos are not just a bureaucratic inconvenience, but a closely protected way of life." @copydev #ConfabEDU
— LoriPA (@LoriPA) November 5, 2015
@channingsherman that should be a thing!!!
— Cassandra Bizzaro (@CassCakey) November 5, 2015
@CassCakey make it a requirement for all new members
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 5, 2015
Lol. Putting this up in the office tomorrow https://t.co/nEgvHgIDoO
— Zoe Barker Jacobs (@zoeibarker) November 6, 2015
Not many people at breakfast this morning. Lol #latenight #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
ICYMI: PDF of slides/notes from my talk on cleaning up after a messy site migration. https://t.co/GvhrdpHKZY #ConfabEDU
— Anne Haines (@annehaines) November 6, 2015
Props to @omniupdate for helping make #ConfabEDU possible (and for bringing nice notepads and pens). #swag
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
If I took a shot every time someone used one these words in meetings I'd be dead in 10 minutes #ConfabEDU pic.twitter.com/gn8dtgwKSz
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Narrative bias – helps us remember things. We remember stories better than lists. @berkun #ConfabEDU
— Karmon (@karmon) November 6, 2015
We have narrative bias. We love good archetypal stories, even if they’re not true. –@berkun #ConfabEDU
— TimNekritz (@TimNekritz) November 6, 2015
Innovation is significant positive change. It is the result of your work but doing your work is not innovation. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
"A fundamental skill in progress is how to convince your boss to try new things. The bottleneck is pitching.” @berkun #ConfabEDU
— Katie Santo (@heyjustkatie) November 6, 2015
"How to get your boss to try new things" https://t.co/ply6x7AIHC by @berkun #confabedu
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
YouTube was originally created as a competitor to "Hot or Not". Thankfully they saw a better use for it & changed direction #confabedu
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Innovation Myth: The best idea wins. #confabedu #sadbuttrue
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
When faced with a difficult decision, scouting is your advantage – it minimizes risk. Who's the scout on your team? @berkun #ConfabEDU
— Diana Lowry (@di_lowry) November 6, 2015
Scouts in red shirts are called "interns". #confabedu #notcomingbackhttps://t.co/wT7Vz4I8yO
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
There is only one thing you need to know about cake. It's delicious. #confabedu
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
@CassCakey Post-It Notes are easily the most stolen item in any office.
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
The #ConfabEDU cake is not a lie.
— Shelley Keith (@shelleyKeith) November 6, 2015
You have to stop saying "yes, and…" & start saying "no, but…" if you need to do "more with less." @meggo_costello #confabedu
— Anne Haines (@annehaines) November 6, 2015
Words you should stop saying, from @berkun. #ConfabEdu pic.twitter.com/y5mt9uUQyd
— Sarah Maxell Crosby (@choiceofpies) November 6, 2015
It shows initiative and makes sure $hit gets done. #confabeduhttps://t.co/i2BNKayAe7
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
@channingsherman post-it note trolls!
— Cassandra Bizzaro (@CassCakey) November 6, 2015
Maybe what we consider silos aren't defending castles but watchtowers to alert and communicate with others. –@kuratowa #ConfabEDU
— TimNekritz (@TimNekritz) November 6, 2015
Maybe what we consider silos aren't defending castles but watchtowers to alert and communicate with others. –@kuratowa #ConfabEDU
— TimNekritz (@TimNekritz) November 6, 2015
Sketchnotes from @lauracreekmore's Playing Well With Others talk. #confabEDU https://t.co/jXZVvL9zVA
— Ma'ayan Plaut (@maayanplaut) November 6, 2015
People are arriving to web sites via side doors so you have to look at middle pages of your site not just the top ones. #confabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Multiple faculty profile pages are a big problem. They have conflicting and often out of date info. You need a central source #confabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
You don’t need to launch w/ every feature. There is nothing wrong with a slow rollout. It gives you time to collect feedback #confabedu
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Lots of good questions at "Amplifying authentic voices across the institution" @dartmouth is doing some great stuff. #confabedu
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
My shirt made an appearance on Confab Events Flickr gallery
Meetings are terrible. So are emails, which then become meetings. @epersonae #ConfabEDU pic.twitter.com/GXVg3EXFQS
— Amanda Costello (@amandaesque) November 6, 2015
Our issue isn't that we don't want to talk to departments. It is that they don't want to talk to us. Afraid we will say no. #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Cake time! #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
I laughed when i saw what was written on it the cake. I hear that on a regular basis. #ConfabEDU https://t.co/x33bJXGtQc
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
This @xkcdComic comic should be in every #highered web team office #ConfabEDU https://t.co/KOxKQhByf6 pic.twitter.com/FtCTfLWZZ8
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Richard Ingram's "Approaches to web content strategy" https://t.co/VU4jAjlGwu #ConfabEDU pic.twitter.com/Tq8W8OIvOL
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/copydev/status/662741888085045249
#ConfabEDU is most over-don't worry we have 100+ pages of notes you can revisit when you are home + nostalgic! https://t.co/4XjXsz1fWg
— Stephanie Echeveste (@stephanieetxe) November 6, 2015
More info on the "chunking" learning method. https://t.co/eIqzF80h0L #ConfabEDU
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
I want to try this when i get back to the office. #confabedu
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
http://twitter.com/epersonae/status/662747337803079680
Well, this is snazzy. #ConfabEDU https://t.co/rlw4VNzpoY
— Ryan Pretzer (@ryanpretzer) November 6, 2015
I agree, good advice for personal and professional life. https://t.co/tdHy0gOMMb
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Now I just need a way to teach this senior leadership. #ConfabEDU https://t.co/cLWmfPYsaq
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
http://twitter.com/copydev/status/662751493368365056
Good advice #ConfabEDU https://t.co/2ZXIeuTtKO
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Sad I had to leave #ConfabEDU before the final keynote but I had a great time. Hope to see everyone next year.
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
RT @ryanpretzer: "Tools before strategy, heading for tragedy" @amandaesque #ConfabEDU
— Jeff Stevens (@kuratowa) November 6, 2015
"Start small, but remember to start." –@amandaesque's closing thought. And that wraps an awesome #ConfabEDU.
— TimNekritz (@TimNekritz) November 6, 2015
Lie 🙂 #ConfabEDU https://t.co/Vb1tLdqgUp
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
Sketchnotes from @amandaesque's closing keynote How Silos Learn: Working in the Idea Factory. #confabEDU https://t.co/G7yJAdVI1T
— Ma'ayan Plaut (@maayanplaut) November 6, 2015
@maayanplaut So mad I missed it
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 6, 2015
@channingsherman The livestream will be archived, I think! Don't snort water out your nose like I almost did. #confabEDU
— Ma'ayan Plaut (@maayanplaut) November 6, 2015
I didn’t post this one but that is my peanut head behind the mug so I m sharing it anyway. 🙂
https://t.co/pBwi95ugYx #ConfabEDU pic.twitter.com/XXnCZ0VhM2
— Channing Sherman (@channingsherman) November 8, 2015
Hi #ConfabEdu folks — as promised, here are our training handouts and my writing & editing for the web workshop. https://t.co/RecfQpaTeQ
— Sarah Maxell Crosby (@choiceofpies) November 16, 2015