date change: our next talk will now be on Tues 12 August. Topic: 'European Accessibility Act: red tape vs real world change'. Tickets are free, as always. Sign up here: www.content-folks.com

What do you know about the new European Accessibility Act? If you're not confident about what it means for your work as a content designer, get along to our next talk: 'European Accessibility Act: red tape vs real world change' on 29 July, 17:30 UTC+1 www.content-folks.com

Content Folks is proud to be an in-kind sponsor for this year’s #Button2025 virtual conference! Register before early-bird pricing ends on June 27 to save on your ticket. See you there: www.buttonevents.com/2025-confere...

Next talk: Content is smart now: why content designers need engineering skills too. 27 May 2025, online www.content-folks.com

Content designers! Complete this survey from UX Content Collective so we all have a clear picture of current salaries, problem areas and opportunities: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @pdstafford.bsky.social

happy valentine's day! You know what's sexy and romantic? Inclusivity! The recording of our latest talk is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTEG...

This is tomorrow! (Tues 11 Feb)

Calling all content designers based in Ireland! Rachel Edwards is speaking at the next 'Content Designers Ireland Meet-up' event on Wednesday 26 February. Details below ... www.meetup.com/content-desi...

Next talk: Practicing content design with inclusivity in mind. Tuesday 11 February 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm UTC www.content-folks.com

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Content Folks is back! The next talk is on Tuesday 28 Jan. Rachel Edwards and friends will be talking about their book 'Designed with Care: Creating trauma-informed content'. More info here: www.content-folks.com

If you wish to send a message to the friends and family of Vicky Teinaki, @vickytnz.bsky.social, about how much she meant to us and the community she was so much a part of, please add them here. I now have access to a compilation by a close friend of hers (not on BlueSky) and will add ours.

Anyone done a content design starter pack yet?

Tuesday 2 July is our next talk: Things move fast, and content can too, by Rachel Edwards and Sarah Winters from @contentdesignln.bsky.social. The talk will be recorded if you can't make it live www.content-folks.com

thanks to the 91 new people who have signed up to the mailing list this week. There's an automation error so you won't get an email until I sort that... and I've had surgery on my hand so am currently 1-handed and slow at everything! I'll get the email sorted before the next talk in July. Milly

Next talk on 2 July 2024: Things move fast, and content can too, by @rachelanne.bsky.social and @escmum.bsky.social from @contentdesignln.bsky.social. Join the mailing list to join us! www.content-folks.com

If you’ve ever heard someone say “If we automated X, it would free people up to do Y”, and thought 🤔, I just wrote a thing about that: www.timpaul.co.uk/posts/automation-and-the-jevons-paradox/

✨Looking for UK design and research mentors ✨ Are you interested in improving equity and diversity in design and research in the UK? Could you give a couple of hours a month to support someone from an underrepresented group in design and research to grow their career?

Thanks to Liberty Howard for her brilliant talk this week 'Content design: what they don't tell you in the books' www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiVT...

Next talk: Content Designer, party of one? How to find your people and grow your skill and confidence as a solo content designer. Tuesday 7 May 2024, 5:30pm to 6:30pm (UK time) www.content-folks.com

Next talk - Content design: What they don't tell you in the books. Tuesday 9 April 2024, 5:30pm to 6:30pm (UK time) Join the mailing list to get a link: www.content-folks.com

Full free scholarships available to attend Utterly Content 2024 (global, online event for UX and content professionals www.utterlycontent.com) - Inclusion scholarships - Conflict zone scholarships Deadline to apply: Monday 18 March: bit.ly/3wGtiNg

'Why you should just stop saying just' - @anniecrab.bsky.social's brilliant talk is now available to watch on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5JR...

Curious about doing a talk at Content Folks? Get in touch! www.content-folks.com/speak-at-con...

The recording of Katie Dickerson's brilliant talk on User Centred Design in the third sector is now up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8yt...

Reminder - this is next week. Book a (free) ticket if you want to come!

An interesting overview from @niacampbell.bsky.social on the Ministry of Justice Digital Team's approach to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Welsh language #Content and testing. “ … when the design work is done solely in English, the needs of Welsh speakers and the mechanics of the language itself are not always considered.”

Next talk: 'Doing more with less: user-centred design in the third sector' by Katie Dickerson from @TPXimpact Tues 6 Feb, 5:30pm to 6:30pm (UK time) events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a6f423...

Hello! This is the account for Content Folks, a monthly online meetup for people interested in content design and UX. We've been around since 2019, happily now migrating over to Bluesky for social media. Would love your help with signal boosts for events!