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Tanzen’s Carrie Hane aims to demystify content strategy! We dive into how fundamental content strategy is to the success of a digital project — and ultimately, its organization! Carrie explains what to expect with content strategy, where it fits in a project life cycle, plus the value this strategy brings to designers, developers, and clients. < Download MP3 > < Listen on ctrlclickcast.com > Show Notes: Tanzen Blog Tanzen Newsletter Designing Connected Content by Mike Atherton & Carrie Hane Get Your Content Ready BEFORE the Redesign How I Use the Core Model to Create Better Web Content So You're Ready For a Content-First Design Process Content First – Design Last Smashing Magazine Content Strategy category UX Booth Content Strategy category NPR Donation Page Brain Traffic Blog Gather Content Blog Gadgetopia (focus on content management) Content Design by Sarah Richards The Content Strategy Toolkit by Meghan Casey Letting Go of the Words by Janice (Ginny) Redish Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Review our show on Stitcher

We close 2018 with our annual Year in Review! What have we learned in tech, business and life this past year? We also share some fun faves to add to your watch, listen, read and play lists. Plus, special guest Erin Lewis is back to give a rundown on this year’s Rapidfire Questions. Spoiler: people have opinions about karaoke. < Download MP3 > < Listen on ctrlclickcast.com > Show Notes: Craft Coding Challenge Twig Premiere Pro Premiere Gal Going Offline Street Smarts by Norm Brodsky Black Violin Marie Kondo Ellen Degeneres (Public Bathrooms bit) To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Crazy Rich Asians Simon’s Cat Simon’s Cat Pop Time Lupe Fiasco’s Drogas Wave Show Your Work Lainey Gossip The Good Doctor Doogie Howser, MD The Power by Naomi Alderman Less by Andrew Sean Greer “The Heart” produced by Radiotopia The Heart “No” Series Anna Faris is Unqualified Ask a Manager Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman Haunting of Hill House After Effects Adobe XD Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes Rainbow Brite @ErnLew CTRL+CLICK CAST Instagram Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Review our show on Stitcher Sponsored By

If you want to solve a problem, you need to first understand the problem. That’s why data is core to Black Tech Mecca’s City Assessment Framework, which is helping increase Black participation in Chicago’s tech industry. CEO Fabian Elliott joins the show to explain BTM’s mission and how they use data as the foundation for change. He details their holistic approach, focusing on education, corporate and entrepreneurship. He also shares how BTM’s framework and model can help other cities and communities, including the annual State of the Black Tech Ecosystem conference. < Download MP3 > < Listen on ctrlclickcast.com > Show Notes: Black Tech Mecca (BTM) Black Tech Ecosystem DECA Inc The Mis-Education of the Negro State of the Black Tech Ecosystem Careless Whisper Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Review our show on Stitcher Sponsored By

Business development is the key to business success, but where to begin? Alex Mejias, Foster Made’s Director of Strategy and Business Development, joins to the show to explain the fundamentals of business development. We discuss the mindset required for business growth, the basic sales process plus how to qualify leads. We share both the small and larger agency perspective about growth and business dev, the challenges we face and the nuances to consider when filling your agency pipeline. < Download MP3 > < Listen on ctrlclickcast.com > Show Notes: Owner Summit Blair Enns Win Without Pitching The Business Coalition for Justice Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Review our show on Stitcher Sponsored By

The grand finale! Emily and Lea discuss the technical execution of ctrlclickcast.com’s mobile-friendly refresh. We chat about what it took to translate the design into a more modular, modern front-end as well as the challenges and process to upgrade the site to the latest version of ExpressionEngine. Tune in to find out more—plus a major announcement! < Download MP3 > < Listen on ctrlclickcast.com > Show Notes: Fitts's Law ARIA roles AblePlayer Starter Files Cloudflare Podtrac UTM tags ExpressionEngine native template partials DataGrab Assets Tagger Bloqs Stash Font Awesome Font Awesme The complete guide to SVG: the power of sprites Rick Springfield Andy Gibb Special Olympics Animal Humane New Mexico Joseph Oliveros Transcription Our sound editor Goran Krznaric's Email Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Review our show on Stitcher Sponsored By