New article for Times Higher on how to get your library / museum / charity etc to become ex-X
https://www.ned-potter.com/blog/new-article-for-times-higher-on-how-to-get-your-library-museum-charity-etc-to-become-ex-x
Published: August 22, 2024 14:56
I very much think it’s time we got out organisations off Twitter / X, and I’m delighted to say there’s a real movement happening in that direction. Since I wrote this blogpost about how to get your organisation off X and a shorter LinkledIn version which…
I'm running a workshop at UCISA's UX in Education event
https://www.ned-potter.com/blog/im-running-a-workshop-at-ucisas-ux-in-education-event
Published: August 20, 2024 10:32
I’ve heard a lot of good things about UCISA events but I’ve never been to one before, so I’m delighted to be running a workshop at the UX in Education conference in September. You can see more about the event, including the excellent lineup of speakers,…
It's time: how to get your organisation off Twitter / X
https://www.ned-potter.com/blog/how-to-get-your-organisation-off-twitter-x
Published: August 11, 2024 12:19
In previous posts on becoming ex-X I’ve stopped short of saying *everyone should* leave the hellscape formerly known as Twitter. Mainly because people have built up networks which may not be re-creatable elsewhere, and they were there before Musk came…
Communicating the benefits of UX to everyone who needs to hear it
https://www.ned-potter.com/blog/communicating-the-value-of-ux-to-everyone-who-needs-to-hear-it
Published: July 22, 2024 15:18
At the 2023 User Experience in Libraries conference I ran a workshop all about comms and UX - basically my two favourite aspects of librarianship, mashed together, at my favourite event in librarianship. It was also in Brighton were my wife and I got…
TikTok is NOT just a young-person's platform: it can be useful for marketing libraries to almost all age-ranges
https://www.ned-potter.com/blog/tiktok-is-not-just-a-young-persons-platform-it-can-be-useful-for-marketing-libraries-to-almost-all-age-ranges
Published: July 9, 2024 13:25
There’s some really interesting data I’d like to present in this post for your perusal, so I’m going to put it at the top as a sort of tl;dr version - but obviously please do carry on reading for the context of why it matters! So here it is. Broadly…