CSForum 2010, Paris

“I don’t think any of us knew what we were getting ourselves into, but when many of the hottest names in the field accepted our invitation to speak, and registrations began flooding in from across the world, we realized it was something big. Of course, scheduling the event in Paris in the Springtime may have helped too. 170 attendees, 18 nationalities, 17 speakers, great food and wine, a dinner cruise on the Seine, and an exploding volcano… #csforum10 rocked the world!” — Stuart Culshaw, Conference Manager, 2010

CSForum 2010, the original event, was collaboratively organized by the France and TransAlpine Chapters of the Society for Technical Communication in Paris from the 15th to 16th of April. The original program schedule is streamlined below. A PDF of the original print program is also available, Optional download: CSForum 2010 Program [1.72 MB]

Program resources

The conference began with four workshops on the 15th. No materials, slide decks, or media is available from the workshops. Regular sessions took place on the 16th. In Table 1, Session titles link to slide decks, when available. Speaker names link to an existing social account. Media is whatever recorded resource was made available from the event (podcast, video, spotlight interview, or whatever).

Nota, the slide deck for Kristina Halvorson’s afternoon keynote session on the 16th was not available, but she gave the same talk, Banging the Big Drums, at the Web Content Conference four months later. Sarah Cancilla’s original slide deck was never shared due to Facebook’s legal restrictions at the time.

Table 1: Media products from CSForum 2010.
Session Speaker Social Handle Media
Workshop 1:Content Strategy: Purpose and Practice Kristina Halvorson n/a
Workshop 2: Content Analysis Rachel Lovinger and Karen McGrane n/a
Workshop 3: Practical Applications of Content Strategy in the Workplace Rahel Anne Bailie n/a
Workshop 4: The Evolution of Content Elizabeth McGuane and Randall Snare n/a
Content strategy and information architecture in Europe and European projects Sylvie Daumal
Content strategy: a framework for managing content throughout its lifecycle Rahel Anne Bailie Video
Evaluating content: it’s a corporate essential and a content strategy foundation stone Clare O'Brien Video Spotlight
In plain language and in plain sight around the globe Deborah Bosley
A “do it yourself” guide to content strategy Jonathan Kahn Video
Exploring editorial strategy Jeff MacIntyre Video
Do we « speak » content strategy in France? Muriel Vandermeulen
Banging the big drums Kristina Halvorson Video
What's your story? Designing a holistic customer experience Joyce Hostyn Video Spotlight
Content analysis: know thy content Colleen Jones
Localisation in your content strategy Kenneth Yau
Mobile content: the return of shovelware? Erin Scime
The writing on the wall: content strategy at Facebook Sarah Cancilla
There’s no semantic web without content and data Rachel Lovinger Video

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Media collections

Blog posts

Listed alphabetically by author names.

Bonus material

Sometimes surprises like this surface…