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Elements of ContentOps
Examples, advice and principles to help teams
produce effective content.
Robert Mills
#ContentEd19@RobertMills
We’ll be covering…
Defining
ContentOps
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Three pillars of
ContentOps
2
Defining ContentOps1
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Elements of ContentOps3
Three pillars of ContentOps2
Defining ContentOps1
We’ll be covering…
Why having efficient
ContentOps matters
4
Three pillars of ContentOps2
Defining ContentOps1
Elements of ContentOps3
We’ll be covering…
Examples of ContentOps
from universities
5
Three pillars of ContentOps2
Defining ContentOps1
Elements of ContentOps3
4 Why having efficient ContentOps matters
Defining ContentOps1
Defining content operations
Deane Barker
Chief Strategy Officer, Blend Interactive
Content operations is concerned with everything between
content strategy and content management, and therefore is 

the “glue” between the plan for content, and the content
management system in which it’s managed and delivered.
#ContentEd19@RobertMills
Defining content operations
Colleen Jones
Author of The Content Advantage
Content operations is the behind-the-scenes work for
managing content activities as effectively and efficiently as
possible. Today, content operations often require a mix of
elements related to people, process, and technology.
#ContentEd19@RobertMills
Defining content operations
Richard Prowse
Deputy Director, Service Design - University of Bath
ContentOps is the practice of effectively managing people,
processes, systems and technology so that an organisation
can plan and produce useful, usable content.
#ContentEd19@RobertMills
Three pillars of
ContentOps
2
Three pillars of ContentOps
People Process Technology
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Strategy, operations
and delivery
Strategy Delivery
CONTENT

OPERATIONS
PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
PEOPLE
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Elements of ContentOps3
Elements of ContentOps
Clearly
defined
roles
Production
workflow
Content types
and templates
Content
style
guides
#ContentEd19@RobertMills
Why having
efficient
ContentOps
matters
4
Who here is dealing with …
Multi-source

Everyone is now a
content producer

Multi-channel

Everyone is now a
multi-channel
publisher

Speed of delivery

The need to reactively
create content at
speed
Scale

The need to systemise
content in order to
automate and scale

Content governance

Regulations and
compliance workflows

Quality & consistency

High audience
expectations in a
competitive world
#ContentEd19@RobertMills
Audiences expect content
84% of people expect
brands to create content
Havas Group’s 2017
Meaningful Brands study84%
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Consuming content
The average person
consumes 11.4 pieces of
content before making
a purchase decision
Forrester
11.4
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Annual content budget
53% of organisations
don’t know their annual
budget for content
Content Science Review:
Content Operations
Benchmark Study
53%
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This puts pressure on
production.
Preach 🙌
@RobertMills #ContentEd19
The challenge is operational.
Keele University
Email campaigns
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#ContentEd19
Keele University
Email campaigns
1
11
5
13
23
Article: Visualising
content operations in
Higher Ed:
http://bit.ly/31WfTwz
@RobertMills
#ContentEd19#ContentEd19
http://bit.ly/31WfTwz
@RobertMills
#ContentEd19#ContentEd19http://bit.ly/31WfTwz @RobertMills
Examples of
ContentOps
from
universities
5
Clearly defined roles
Learning from Illinois State University
A central web and interactive
communications team
Departments were seen as clients and
worked with on individual projects
Defined roles and responsibilities
across, comms/content, design, dev
and SMEs
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Learning from Illinois State University
Designers understood context and
purpose of the content
Business-wide goal to give content the
attention it deserves
Clear roles kept people focused on
specific tasks
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Learning from Illinois State University
Improved collaboration between
content, design and development
Faster review and approval of content
Overall a quicker turnaround for
projects
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Clearly defined roles
Identify gaps and overlaps
No longer a swim lane mentality
Can’t afford to waste time or effort
Remove ambiguity, increase accountability
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Production workflow
Learning from Cornell University
Redesign of alumni.cornell.edu and
giving.cornell.edu
Successful cross-department
collaboration via a bespoke workflow
All content production and approval
achieved in 3 - 4 weeks
30 - 40 people involved in producing
and approving content
3000 pages to 200
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Learning from Cornell University
Five workflow stages:
Draft
Approval
Review
Publish
Push to CMS
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Learning from Cornell University
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Production workflow
Connects silos and disciplines
Facilitates scalable and repeatable processes
Keeps content moving
Helps identify bottlenecks, who is overloaded
and where more resource is needed
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Content types and
templates
Learning from University of Leicester
Connected two processes to go digital
first
Streamlined workflow
Structured content allowed for
consistent content to be produced on
time
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Learning from University of Leicester
Started small with a pilot project and
then rolled out further
Pilot for undergraduate prospectus
involved 10 departments
Created page templates and then
invited people
Postgraduate prospectus involved 24
departments
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Learning from University of Leicester
Five workflow stages:
Content added
Sent to department
Amends made
Ready for design
Website updated
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Learning from University of Leicester
Reduced email traffic between marketing
team and academic departments
Content delivered and approved on time
Content consistent in format and style
across all departments
Clear guidelines and structure for
contributors
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Content types and templates
Brings together content, design and development
Consideration given to the content experience
Technology decisions pro-active, not last minute
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Content style guides
Catalyst: silos, different
styles, inconsistency
Negative impact on the
University’s brand!
Organisational restructure
and brand refresh were
opportunities for change
Informed by research, but not
dictated by it
Statement of intent and
vision for the future
Considers non-linear user
journeys, multi-device
behaviours and expectations
of immediacy
Improvement in content
quality
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University of Dundee’s content style guide
@RobertMills
Content style guides
Provide a shared understanding of
language, style and rules
Empowers content creators
Facilitates successful cross-discipline
collaboration
Helps achieve consistency in content
quality, style, and format (so also saves
time!)
#ContentEd19@RobertMillshttp://bit.ly/2FAk4EX
Why having efficient
ContentOps matters
The need to deliver effective
content isn’t going to go away.
It’s probably going to get more
challenging and complicated.
The focus must be on
establishing efficient
operational processes, roles,
and technology required to
deliver effective content.
Any questions?
(And how did I do?)
http://bit.ly/CE19RobertMills
rob@gathercontent.com

@RobertMills
#ContentEd19

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Elements of Content Operations