In this September 24, 2006 podcast, Tom Johnson of Tech Writing Voices interviews Scott Abel of The Content Wrangler on content management. The two communication pros discuss how content management can help technical writers, editors, and documentation managers automate manual tasks, reduce risks, control versions, identify bottlenecks, and track and expose human inefficiencies. Abel explores content management systems, open source software, blogs, and commercial CMS products and talks about the history and role of Content Management Professionals (CM Pros) and provides an overview of the upcoming CM Pros Summit, Content Management and the World Enterprise.
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Scott Abel
Known affectionately as "The Content Wrangler," Scott Abel is an internationally recognized global content strategist who specializes in helping organizations deliver the right content to the right audience, anywhere, anytime, and on any device. He writes regularly for business and content industry publications, is frequently selected as a featured presenter at content industry events, and served on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Information. Scott's message is clear: Content is a business asset worth managing efficiently and effectively. His firm, The Content Wrangler, exists to help content-heavy organizations adopt the tools, technologies, and techniques they need to connect content to customers.
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