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Smithsonian Ignite Talk: The New White Space

The Impact of Digital Smithsonian Ignite Talk: The New White Space By Kevin Novak October 28, 2015 4 min read In the beginning: disruption, a new white space was created, the web came to life. The web, an immature space which offered great possibilities and opportunities to those that understood it. The newness created excitement, bandwagon rolling, one must be first out the gate, the trailblazer before everyone else jumps onto the new exciting wagon rolling into the future. The…

The Opportunity to Inspire

The Impact of Digital The Opportunity to Inspire By Kevin Novak October 26, 2015 8 min read Time flies faster than one realizes. I had the opportunity back in 2011 to be a speaker at the Smithsonianâs Ignite Conference. I had recently held the role as one of a handful of expert reviewers for the Smithsonianâs next generation digital strategy encompassing technology, education and the digitization of content. A true privilege and I was so honored to be asked. The…

The Mobile and App Debate: Where do you apply your strategic energy?

The Impact of Digital The Mobile and App Debate: Where do you apply your strategic energy? By Kevin Novak September 29, 2015 5 min read The chase for the shiny new thing…. Digital has continued to create great value and many new opportunities for organizations to consider as they embrace their customers and the use new ways to interact. Organizations want to create a loyal word of mouth constituency. Ultimately, every organization is in business to grow, represent and generate…

Association Benchmarking and Content Analytics

The Impact of Digital Association Benchmarking and Content Analytics By Kevin Novak September 17, 2015 3 min read Understand How to Benchmark Your Digital Performance Associations and non-profits often seek to benchmark their performance in digital against other associations. I would offer that it is better to seek benchmarks around the subject matter you represent and not compare your organization to other associations. In today’s digital environment, content grows exponentially with many organizations, individuals and groups seeking to create authority…

Demystifying Analytics for Editors and Publishers: Headlines and Words

The Impact of Digital Demystifying Analytics for Editors and Publishers: Headlines and Words By Kevin Novak June 2, 2015 9 min read Part 3 in a 3 Part Series In the last post of this 3-blog post series on Demystifying Analytics, I am going to cover how you can use analytics to measure the past performance and predict the future performance and related behaviors of your headlines. This form of insight goes beyond simple A/B testing of headlines and word…

Demystifying Analytics: Engagement, Consumption, Amplification and More

The Impact of Digital Demystifying Analytics: Engagement, Consumption, Amplification and More June 2, 2015|10 min read Part 2 of a 3 Part Series Your editorial planning process in the digital world most likely contains 4 steps. You plan, content is developed, you work with the social media or digital team to optimize and the content gets posted. There should be an additional step in your process that is focused on measurement. You know your content, the impact you hope to…

Demystifying Data and Analytics for Editors and Publishers

The Impact of Digital Demystifying Data and Analytics for Editors and Publishers By Kevin Novak June 2, 2015 20 min read Part 1 of a 3 Part Series Part One: The Digital Experience and Introduction to Data and Analytics The Digital World has created significant opportunities and challenges for any organization but particularly those who must adjust to the new ways their “readers” consume, share and interact with digitally published content. Content is everywhere. It multiplies by the day, primary…

Active Listening

The Impact of Digital Active Listening By Kevin Novak August 25, 2014 9 min read This post is going to cover a few different topics today all tied together by a common thread. Net Promoter, Active Listening, Customer and Member Experience and Multi-Channel Environments. These are the cornerstones of building a company or organization that is truly customer/member centric. I know these terms get thrown around a lot, with many claiming they are all these things. Let me just say…