Who Cares about Content Development

By Dr. Joel Gendelman
All too often organizations believe that having a technical writer jot down a few notes or asking a product manager to create a PowerPoint presentations is what content development is all about.

I see content development as a far larger piece of the pie. It is analyzing a business problem, determining the behavior an organization wishes to change and how they wish to change it. Content development is arranging time with the right people and ferreting out information from business partners and subject matter experts. And of course, content development includes designing impactful instructional experiences, crafting tools to guide those experiences, and measuring the results.

In this column, I hope to address issues related to the full spectrum of content development and hope to provoke meaningful discussions.

Kindly feel free to enhance and even challenge my blogs. I am certainly not the only smart one in the room. My wife and children can attest to that.

I would also enjoy hearing from you. Please contact me using the “Contact Us” tab of my website Future Technologies (with a link to http://www.fttraining.com/).

About the Author

Joel Gendelman

Dr. Joel Gendelman has over 25 years of experience developing activity-rich communications and training for the finest organizations in the world (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Nissan, Hewlett-Packard, Amgen, and Genentech. He serves on editorial boards of major professional publications and holds positions on the boards of prestigious professional societies. Joel is the recipient of numerous industry and professional awards, is a sought after speaker at international conferences and corporate events, and has published over 50 articles three books distributed worldwide by respected publishing houses.

Joel provides curriculum development, consulting services, and workshops. He can contacted at Future Technologies. To see more about his books "Virtual Presentations that Work" and "Consulting Basics",  please view his Amazon.com Author Page. Follow me on Twitter @JGend.

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