Archive for 'Rhetoric'
Chronos vs Kairos: Do We Plan for the Right Concept of Time?

Chronos vs Kairos: Do We Plan for the Right Concept of Time?

Posted February 28th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Essays, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Rhetoric, Writing | 3 Comments

The ancient Greeks got some things very right. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, reintroduced the Greek muse into our modern concept of creativity during a brilliant TED talk. [...]

How We Decide

How We Decide

Posted December 1st, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Psychology, Research, Rhetoric | No Comments

If you like to keep insightful nonfiction on your reading list, consider adding How We Decide. It’s the best explanation of making decisions that I’ve ever read. Weaving together rhetorical [...]

Rhetoric and the New Literacy

Rhetoric and the New Literacy

Posted August 27th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Rhetoric, Writing | 1 Comment

Finally, someone studies literacy in our information age from a rhetorical perspective!
Andrea Lunsford analyzed thousands of student writing samples as part of the Stanford Study of Writing. Turns out all [...]

“You Cannot Not Influence”

Posted July 6th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric, User / Customer Experience | No Comments

Lots of gems in this rich pressie for reboot 11…enjoy!
Persuasive Design or The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Bad Behaviours – Online
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Handy List of Influential Content Resources

Posted April 12th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric, User / Customer Experience | 3 Comments

As promised, here is the annotated list of resources from my presentation at IA Summit 2009: Usable, INFLUENTIAL Content: We Can Have It All. Enjoy!
Rhetoric & Persuasion
Rhetoric is the study [...]

Slides & Key Books from Usable, INFLUENTIAL Content

Posted March 23rd, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Research, Rhetoric, User / Customer Experience | No Comments

A major theme of IA Summit 2009 was content. From the Content Strategy Consortium coordinated by Kristina Halvorson of Brain Traffic and Karen McGrane of Bond Art+Science to the presentations [...]

For Persuasive Design, Keep Rhetoric in the Mix

For Persuasive Design, Keep Rhetoric in the Mix

Posted February 25th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric, Writing | 1 Comment

I recently read the book Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click. Useful? Yes. Clear explanation of psychology in persuasive websites? Yes. All you need to know about persuasive websites? [...]

Don’t Miss Usable, INFLUENTIAL Content at IA Summit

Posted February 19th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Interaction Design, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Rhetoric | No Comments

The schedule for IA Summit is available! The line up is packed. I’m excited to give a presentation about influential content on March 21.
Usable, INFLUENTIAL Content: We Can Have It [...]