Taking structured content to the next level requires careful planning — and respect for users.

The power of cross-functional teams, and the challenges of bootstrapping a conference

Building a company's practice means selling both colleagues and clients on the value of content strategy.

Audits, inventories, and the fabulous world of content planning

Richard Wolffe on the difficulty of simplicity, writing process, scaling creative endeavors, live television, and creating the new MSNBC.com

John Vanderslice on moments of inspiration, triangulating objectivity, the dangers of editing, and the importance of fans in creativity

Josh Higgins on the Obama 2012 Campaign, managing creative teams, culture and more

Denise Jacobs on creativity, your inner critic and more

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with The Submarines male lead John Dragonetti about song writing, film scoring, simplicity, and the importance of panic in the creative process. Mentioned in this episode: iPhone Commercial The Submarines ToneTiger.com

Jeff Eaton and Jared Ponchot discuss the parallels between design systems and content models, the challenges of responsive design, and the importance of content hierarchy for designers. Mentioned in this episode: * [Converge Southeast](http://convergese.com/) * [Artifact Conference](http://artifactconf.com/) * [DrupalCon Portland](http://portland20…

Jeff Eaton and Daniel Jacobson discuss the history of NPR's COPE approach to content management, his work at Netflix, and the future of APIs for content-focused businesses. *(Now with extra bonus anecdote!)* Mentioned in this episode: - [Daniel Jacobson: 7 Ways to Improve Your API](http://www.danieljacobson.com/blog/231) - [NPR API Reference](http:…

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with toy designer, creator, innovator extraordinaire Wayne Losey about the nature of client services, the DNA that lies at the center of product, brand and narrative, and the tax exempt status of jedi's in some foreign countries. Wayne helped create a number of our favorite toys and action figures for some of the…

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins discuss public speaking, song writing, improvisation, fearlessness and creativity, peripheral creativity, creative pause and more. Mentioned in this episode: Insert Content Here Drupalize.Me Podcast Second City The Groundlings IA Writer Lullabot Jobs

Jeff Eaton, Marc Danziger, and Andrew Berry discuss NBC's Juno Project, a new take on the corporate knowledge base that combines sales and project management tools with long-term organizational history. Topics covered include workflow challenges, the importance of iterative prototyping when dealing with complex content, solving "findability" proble…

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with Aarron Walter about uncovering personality in the creative process, the secret to creative output, MyGov UX, whether all designers should write, the perfect espresso setup and more. Mentioned in this episode: AarronWalter.com MailChimp MyGov UX Design Personas…

Jeff Eaton and Karen McGrane discuss the rise of mobile; the challenges of transitioning to reusable content; and Karen's new book, Content Strategy for Mobile. Mentioned in this episode: Content Strategy for Mobile at A Book Apart Making the Most of Mobile from Web Content 2011 Uncle Sam Wants You to Optimize Your Content for Mobile…

Jared Ponchot and Josh Riggs chat with illustrator and designer Dave Mott about drawing, artists' versus designers' process, creative pause, how tools shape process, self-driven projects and more. Mentioned in this episode: DaveMottCreative.com Monkey Works (Dave's Blog) Dave Mott on Dribbble Dave Mott on twitter Duck Duck Moose…

Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins chat with author, designer, musician Alex Cornell about creative block and his new book Breakthrough! Overcome Creative Block & Spark Your Imagination. Mentioned in this episode: Breakthrough! Overcome Creative Block & Spark Your Imagination Alex's Music Firespotter Labs…

Jeff Eaton and Erin Kissane discuss the past and future of web standards, new experiments in web publishing, and the challenge of predicting the future. Mentioned in this episode: A List Apart Contents Magazine The Source Project Neuromancer

Jeff Eaton and Kristina Halvorson of Brain Traffic discuss content strategy trends, the art of stakeholder wrangling, and proper bourbon pairings for your content audit. Links mentioned in the show: Making The Most of Mobile The Confab Conference Bulleit Bourbon

In this innaugural episode of The Creative Process, Jared Ponchot and Jeff Robbins discuss the creative process behind creating ... this very podcast! They also discuss creative block, design, group dynamics, business, song writing, and a host of other related topics.

We've got rhythm! We've got music! In the innaugural episode of Insert Content Here, Jeff Eaton and Jeff Robbins discuss the meaning of Content Strategy, reminisce about the dark days of Dreamweaver, and introduce a dazzling new jingle.