Managing web teams & content owners

Good websites are a team effort. But how do you manage the skills, interests and needs of people across an organisation? The articles in this section explore this challenge.

It’s good to talk… web

By liamking | Published: July 19, 2009
When I was in the UK Foreign Office web team, Stephen Hale (now Head of Digital Diplomacy) introduced an informal weekly workshop for the team to get together and mull over all things web. The regular slot was an open invite and members of the team were encouraged to take turns leading the session with a [...]
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Improving your web content owners: good cop, bad cop

By liamking | Published: May 10, 2009
This post looks at ways to change your relationship with under-performing content owners and devolved editors to end the days of outdated, poor quality web content that does more harm than good. Shifting the balance of power back to the web team Web teams are commonly seen as little more than publishing teams, a role many web [...]
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Improving your devolved editors – where to begin?

By liamking | Published: May 2, 2009
I’ve worked on several websites that have devolved editors (contributors who aren’t part of the central web team). In my experience this can be a mixed blessing. What you gain in extra content from subject experts around the organisation you can lose in quality. Maybe you know the feeling. So many devolved editors, such little time When I [...]
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They’re under starter’s orders… and they’re off

By liamking | Published: March 29, 2009
Hello. After months of threatening to launch our own blog, we’re finally up and running. We’re a bunch of web professionals [squad list coming soon] who know a thing or two about running websites. And we think it’s time to share some of our experiences and insights with a wider audience. “Another blog – just what the [...]
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