We’re delighted to announce that the venerable Nick Clarkson will be speaking at the next Bristol BBMN event. If you missed his talk in Bath, make sure you come long to this one!
In a similar vein to his last talk , Nick will be talking to us about “Digital Ideation”. In order to give your digital concepts the best chance of success, you need to explore all of the existing and emerging frameworks and processes to make your campaign or concept truly stellar. If you want to tuck into some tasty solution design tips, sprinkled with a dash of digital do’s and don’ts then Nick’s talk is just for you!
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Context
Technical Director
Programmer since ‘00
http://netotaku.github.com
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Ideation
The creative process of generating,
developing, and communicating new ideas.
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Digital ideation
Web Sites
Web Apps
Marketing Campaigns
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Agenda
Ideation frameworks:
• Design thinking
• Impact mapping
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Agenda
Good and bad practice
Getting the best from your digital supplier
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Why?
Too many mediocre results
Too many devs tied up in whimsy
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“The internet has an amazing
ability to absorb bad ideas.”
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Complex inferiority
“Wouldn’t it be great if it did this?”
“I wish it did this ... ”
“I need it to do this ... ”
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Design Thinking
“A way of addressing
intractable human concerns
through design.”
Richard Buchanan 1992
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Design thinking cont.
EMPATHISE
DEFINE
IDEATE
PROTOTYPE
TEST
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Impact mapping
Why? Goal
Who? Actors
How? Impacts
What? Deliverables
Gojko Adžić http://impactmapping.org
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Why content is good
Content reaches out
Relevance for Apps and Sites
How you will be judged on the long term
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Why content is bad
Difficult
Time consuming and expensive
Has to deliver
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Content quick wins
Cookie cutter
• Listicles
• Curation
• Recipes
• Interviews
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“Good artists copy,
great artists steal.”
Picasso
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Build tools
“How do I make my life easier?”
“How do I make my life better?”
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PPC
You need a really strong case
to make this work
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Dealing with digital suppliers
Collaboration?
Get involved early
KPIs
We are experts, but not unicorns
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Can you pitch it in one sentence?
Keep it focused:
YouTube, video sharing
Flickr, image sharing
Google search, internet search
eBay, online auctions
Twitter, micro blogging
Soundcloud, music sharing
Basecamp, collaborative working
Facebook, social network