Useful links for digital communicators (June 2017)

Catch up on industry insight, professional development and training articles, and useful links from the field of digital communications via our monthly links roundup.

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Here’s what we’ve been bookmarking and reading over the past month across the fields of content strategy, tech comm, UX and digital communications recruitment.

UX/design

• The bar for digital experience is rising in exponential times (ZDNet)

Content – creation, strategy, sharing

• How to Conduct a Content Audit [Template] (Curata)
• 43 Expert Tips on How to Future-Proof Your Content Strategy [Infographic] (Convince & Convert)
• How to improve your place on the digital content spectrum (Tanzen)
• Report finds that many top advertisers fail to use clear, plain language on their websites (Talking New Media)

Metadata and taxonomies

• An Introduction to Taxonomies (UX Booth)

Augmented reality

• Shazam for Food? Wearable Dietitians? Microsoft Patents AR/VR Glasses That Tell You What to Eat (CB Insights)
• YouTube shows off VR-centric video analytics (Tech Crunch)

AI

• Artificial Intelligence Will Add $15.7 Trillion to the Global Economy: PwC (Investopedia)

Recruitment

• Gen Z rising (Accenture)

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