Institutional Web Management Workshop 2008:
Mind Mapping for Effective Content Management

Mind Mapping for Effective Content Management

Title:

Mind Mapping for Effective Content Management

Facilitator:

Stephen Evans, Information Architect and Web Manager, and Gareth Saunders, Assistant Information Architect and Web Manager, University of St Andrews

Abstract:

In 2007 the University of St Andrews Web Team (of two) was faced with the daunting task of managing the migration of 4,000+ web pages from 35 individual websites into one new Web site within a content management system. Having explored various methods we settled on using mind maps to successfully the complete the task within 4 months.
In this workshop we will begin with an overview of mind mapping before sharing what we did and looking at how you can use this tool to efficiently organise and manage your own content.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the session attendees should have an understanding of what mind-mapping is and how it can be used to:

1. Optimise the information architecture of Web sites
2. Manage Web site content

Room Requirements:

PC and data projector provided as standard.

Venue:

Taylor A26

Time:

Tuesday 22^nd July 2008 from 15:30-17:00

Contact Details

Dr Stephen Evans Information Architect and Web Manager University of St Andrews Email: stephen.evans@st-andrews.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)1334 462540

Gareth Saunders Assistant Information Architect and Web Manager University of St Andrews Email: gareth.saunders@st-andrews.ac.uk Phone: (0)1334 462783

Materials