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Damien Middleditch

@devilmaycare666

Head of content design/tech writing @Checkout. IA enthusiast and support of inclusive design. Former 🇬🇧 #CivilService and 🇨🇦 #GCdigital.

 London, England
Joined August 2009
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I’m growing our writing team here at @Checkout ! You’ll work with me, amazing product designers like Mikaela Argyriadou, and researchers like Alcinda Lee to build user-centered products. #UXWriting, #ContentDesign, #FinTech, #Hiring, #LondonJobs jobs.lever.co/checkout/ea22b…
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Looking forward to being on the panel for the UX horror stories. Just 2 days to submit your stories!
Gov of Canada UX Network / Communauté EU du GC (@uxgovcan) profile pictureGov of Canada UX Network / Communauté EU du GC@uxgovcan25 Oct 2021
THIS FRIDAY Oct 29: Join us and UXers from Canada and international governments for a panel on UX Horror Stories! + SUBMIT YOUR UX Horror Story for the panel to discuss! Registration and submission info: uxgc.eventbrite.ca
GC UX Community Meetup / Rendez-vous de la communauté EU du GC

GC UX Community Meetup / Rendez-vous de la communauté EU du GC

A networking event for UXers inside and outside the GC - Evénement de réseautage pour les gens en EU à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur du GC

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Working In Content@wicontent1 Sep 2021
We've organised a fun giveaway! 🥳 You can enter to win 'The Content Strategy Bookshelf'— all 12 of these incredible books (see thread): workingincontent.com/bookshe… 📚🧵👇
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Thanks all for coming to our #ContentDesign session at #ConCon10👏! Shout out to @danhowarth, Imran Akhtar, Venetia Wan, Ariana Mihoc for awesome talks. Favourite feedback: 'It felt kind and inclusive'🥰 Slides and resources: github.com/danhowarthdwp/con…
GitHub - danhowarthgov/content-ur-concon-10: Resources from the content design and user research...

GitHub - danhowarthgov/content-ur-concon-10: Resources from the content design and user research...

Resources from the content design and user research meetup at ConCon 10. Including slides, links and contact details - danhowarthgov/content-ur-concon-10

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Well we're done our #concon10 session! Thanks everyone for coming, we had a blast :)
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Great talk from @rahelab with compelling evidence for value of ContentOps. Next up for #ConCon10 @warmana on how MOJ have integrated ContentOps
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#ConCon10 is on! First up is the incomparable @rahelab on ContentOps
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#ConCon10 is officially on! I'll be presenting with user researchers from UK gov about content designers and user researchers working together. This is a cross-government event so that includes you too #gcdigital! Tickets are available from eventbrite.co.uk/e/concon10-….
ConCon10: the cross-government content conference

ConCon10: the cross-government content conference

ConCon is the cross-government content conference ConCon is the cross-government content conference. A large scale learning festival that br

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Great new opportunity for #Content @CDS_GC 🇨🇦 digital.canada.ca/join-our-t…
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Hi #ContentDesign friends! @GDSTeam is virtually hosting #ConCon10, its cross-government content conference, on May 18 from 9-5 (BST). Want to share your experiences? Tell them your idea by 21 April ⏰. That includes you #gcdigital folks too! surveys.publishing.service.g…
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Thanks so much to everyone who attended our session at #ServicesWeek and our guests @pcwsmith and @laura_yarrow Shout-out to the Canadian contingent #gcdigital :). Check out the presentations and resources discussed 👇 github.com/danhowarthdwp/con…
GitHub - danhowarthgov/content-ur-services-week-21: Resources from the content design and user...

GitHub - danhowarthgov/content-ur-services-week-21: Resources from the content design and user...

Resources from the content design and user research meetup at Services Week 2021 - danhowarthgov/content-ur-services-week-21

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Next week is #ServicesWeek! @danhowarth, Imran Akthar and I are exploring how researchers and content designers work better together. We'll have lightning talks from @EloiseMKS & @pcwsmith as well as a content crit. Come join us, 3 March , 3-5pm (GMT)👇. eventbrite.co.uk/e/content-d…
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Hey UX friends! GDS has opened up their class on creating user centred content for digital services or products. Introduction to Content Design from @gdsteam and the #govcontent community Starts 8 Feb on @futurelearn futurelearn.com/courses/intr…
Intro to Content Design - Online Design Course - FutureLearn

Intro to Content Design - Online Design Course - FutureLearn

Discover the fundamentals of content design and enhance your digital content using effective design methods with this Government Digital Campus' online course.

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Kate Ellis (she/her)@Katieums11 May 2020
“Be pragmatists rather than perfectionists.” @DivaDiamond101 taking the pressure off making content perfect - if you’ve made it better than it was, that’s enough 💪👏 #ConCon9
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@ForeignAffairs23 Mar 2020
“Taiwan has developed one of the world’s most vibrant political cultures by making technology work to democracy’s advantage rather than detriment. This culture of civic technology has proved to be the its strongest immune response to the new coronavirus.” trib.al/WM6wZr5
How Civic Technology Can Help Stop a Pandemic

How Civic Technology Can Help Stop a Pandemic

Taiwan’s initial success against the novel coronavirus is a model for the rest of the world.

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Working for the #GC? Want to know what content design skills you need to succeed? Fill out this survey forms.gle/pr9oxkyNhsHmLdbu6 to help fill in the gaps in this open network graph graphcommons.com/graphs/4975…. #UXwriting #ContentDesign #ContentStrategy #GCDigital #DigitalCommunications
Network graph of content design, information architecture, content strategy, and writing domains, jobs and skills.

ALT Network graph of content design, information architecture, content strategy, and writing domains, jobs and skills.

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I won't be there this time, but you should be! – at Camden Town, London
Samantha Lovelace (@lovelace) profile pictureSamantha Lovelace@lovelace11 Jan 2020
Oh, this is going to be such a great time! See everyone there? 😀
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Will be printing these off right now! Now where's my laminator..... – at Hitchin, England
Beth Fox (she/her) (@firebethfox) profile pictureBeth Fox (she/her)@firebethfox13 Dec 2019
HMW create a game to teach public servants to unblock "we can't" and make space for new ideas? We had never created a game like Cards Against How Might We... but we did it! Read about why and how: medium.com/digital-services-… #GovDesign

Introducing Cards Against How Might We

A game for changemakers in government.

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Yessss!! Videos and presentations are up from the international design conference in Rotterdam conference.gebruikercentraal… #govdesignconf That's my weekend gone....
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thatVargas@thatVargas4 Dec 2019
I see this as the root of so many problems today, that issue of not knowing where we want to get to. Outcomes before outputs, please. #strategy #design #ux #politics #economics #policy
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