[Sigia-l] (Event) Taxonomy, Navigation, Social Media & User Interface - June Taxonomy Community of Practice Webinar

[Sachie Kelly Hayashi]

Please join us for our monthly Taxonomy Community of Practice webinar, presented by Earley & Associates. This month's topic is Taxonomy, Navigation, Social Media & User Interface

Date:  Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Time:  1:00 - 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost:  $50

When you sign up for June-Taxonomy CoP Call, you will receive a promotion code to download May-Taxonomy CoP recording on Cross-Channel Brand Management. 

To register, visit: http://www.earley.com/webinars/taxonomy/taxonomy-user-interface 

Taxonomy, Navigation, Social Media & User Interface - June Taxonomy Community of Practice Webinar

What is a good taxonomy?  It's more than a clever organization of concepts and terms.  A good taxonomy must make sense from a user-interface and usability perspective.  This month, our speakers will drill into key user-centric factors for creating high-impact taxonomies.

John Quarto-vonTivadar focus is on how our cognitive styles and temperaments radically influence the gathering and processing of information. This has implications for taxonomy and search, often in ways that are glossed over as "noise", "outliers", or "too complex to account for".  Paying attention to these factors can provide the special sauce necessary for users to get value from taxonomy.

Bob Goodman will map out best practices based on real-world case studies from his large-scale search and online community projects. Representative practices include how to integrate content-consumption with content-sharing, how to invite users to take action, and how to build on user-generated rankings. Taken together, these practices keep content dynamic and engaging.  

Taxonomy plays a variety of roles in today's information environments - enabling records management, search optimization, personalization and social media among other initiatives.  While the role of taxonomy continues to expand, it has always been a key enabler of good navigation and UI. Good navigation is critical for getting users to the content they need. 

Join us this month to hear lessons learned, best practices, and techniques for developing taxonomies with a navigational focus, as well as creative ways to integrate taxonomy into your overall UI.

To register, visit: http://www.earley.com/webinars/taxonomy/taxonomy-user-interface 

Thank you,

Best Regards- Sachie
 
Sachie Kelly Hayashi
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