Two-day content patterns and governance workshop

A two-day collaborative working session for LocalGov Drupal teams in collaboration with The Digital Word.

Most content design training teaches principles using fictional examples. Teams leave inspired, but when they return to their own website they're often left wondering, "How do we apply this here?"

The content patterns and governance workshop takes a different approach.

Over two days, we'll work with your team using your own website, your own content and your own publishing challenges. Together, we'll identify opportunities for consistency, develop reusable content patterns and agree practical governance that supports better publishing long after the workshop has finished.

By the end of the two days, you'll have improved real content—not just learnt about it.

Who it's for

This workshop is ideal for:

  • councils using LocalGov Drupal

  • content teams looking to improve consistency

  • organisations preparing for or following a Drupal migration

  • digital teams wanting to establish clearer publishing governance

  • agencies looking to provide added value for council clients

Day one: understanding your content

We begin by exploring your existing content and how your teams currently publish content on your website.

Together we'll:

  • review real pages from your website

  • identify inconsistent content and recurring problems

  • map common content requests and publishing journeys

  • identify opportunities for reusable content patterns

  • discuss user needs and organisational goals

  • begin improving live content together

Rather than presenting slides, we'll facilitate discussions and work alongside your team on genuine examples.

Day two: building patterns and governance

Using the work from day one, we'll develop practical guidance that reflects how your organisation actually works.

Together we'll:

  • create reusable content patterns from real examples

  • agree content principles for your organisation

  • define governance and publishing responsibilities

  • identify opportunities to improve workflows and approvals

  • explore how LocalGov Drupal features can better support your content

  • develop practical next steps for your team

What you'll leave with

By the end of the workshop you will have:

  • improved live content

  • agreed content patterns based on your own services

  • practical governance recommendations

  • increased confidence across your content team

  • greater consistency in publishing

  • a shared understanding of what good content looks like in your organisation

  • clear actions for continuing the work after the workshop

Before the workshop

To get the most value from the two days, we'll ask you to:

  • identify key content owners and subject matter experts

  • provide access to a selection of representative content

  • share any existing content guidance or governance documents

  • bring examples of content challenges you'd like to solve

Our approach

We don't believe the best learning happens in presentations.

It happens when people work together on real content, ask questions, challenge assumptions and make decisions collaboratively.

That's why every workshop is tailored to your organisation. We'll use your content, your services and your publishing challenges to create patterns and governance that are practical, sustainable and immediately useful.

Pricing

£2,400.

Up to 12 attendees.