@crocstar profile picture
Christine Cawthorne @crocstar

I head up Crocstar: a brilliant agency if you need content design, content strategy and training. Join my content community! šŸ¤© Ex @yahoo @bbc @gdsteam. She/her

Joined March 2008
  • Tweets 19,763
  • Following 3,440
  • Followers 3,149
1,392 Photos and videos
Christine Cawthorne retweeted
Christine Cawthorne@crocstar
9 May 2024
Weā€™re so happy to announce our new course Content design for forms with the legendary @cjforms šŸ¤© If you work with forms and want them to work harder, this is the course for you šŸ’Ŗ Find out more and book now šŸ“š eventbrite.co.uk/e/content-dā€¦
Content design for forms, a brand new training course taught by Caroline Jarrett

ALT Content design for forms, a brand new training course taught by Caroline Jarrett

2
4
6
658
Christine Cawthorne retweeted
Caroline Jarrett@cjforms
8 May 2024
Just in case anyone is still on here: I'm teaming with @crocstar to offer "Content design for forms", a new training course. In person, 27th July 24. More details and tickets: effortmark.co.uk/27-june-24-ā€¦

1
4
9
1,263
Our first Crocstar content community retreat was a winner šŸ„‡ Hereā€™s some feedback: šŸ—£ļø ā€œA fantastic agenda and a great personal development opportunity.ā€ Want the same thing? Take a look at our community and see if it's right for you* crocstar.com/community *it totally is šŸ¤©

Crocstar Content Community ā€” Crocstar

Bringing people together | This community is a safe space where you can get advice, ask questions and have a natter with others who'll understand. Try it for free for a month and see who you meet >

crocstar.com
1
1
179
Read our latest blog: How to write stuff people want to read (especially online): crocstar.com/blog/how-to-wriā€¦ šŸ‘€ Nine easy-to-follow tips for improving your writing šŸ„³
1
1
146
This is TODAY! Not too late to RSVP:
Christine Cawthorne@crocstar
12 Apr 2024
Weā€™re super excited for our next Crocstar content community event, ā€˜A practical guide to accessible contentā€™ with @lisariemers šŸŽ‰ Join us on Wednesday 17 April from 12.30 to 1.30pm to delve into this fascinating and important subject šŸ˜Š crocstar.com/community/eventā€¦
A yellow sign in a shop window with the words 'we are open' on it

ALT A yellow sign in a shop window with the words 'we are open' on it

217
Register now folks - we're looking forward to this one!
Christine Cawthorne@crocstar
12 Apr 2024
Weā€™re super excited for our next Crocstar content community event, ā€˜A practical guide to accessible contentā€™ with @lisariemers šŸŽ‰ Join us on Wednesday 17 April from 12.30 to 1.30pm to delve into this fascinating and important subject šŸ˜Š crocstar.com/community/eventā€¦
A yellow sign in a shop window with the words 'we are open' on it

ALT A yellow sign in a shop window with the words 'we are open' on it

1
318
Weā€™re super excited for our next Crocstar content community event, ā€˜A practical guide to accessible contentā€™ with @lisariemers šŸŽ‰ Join us on Wednesday 17 April from 12.30 to 1.30pm to delve into this fascinating and important subject šŸ˜Š crocstar.com/community/eventā€¦
A yellow sign in a shop window with the words 'we are open' on it

ALT A yellow sign in a shop window with the words 'we are open' on it

1
2
752
Fancy a sweet sweet content retreat? šŸ¬ Weā€™re talking hive mind content problem solving, group discussions, personal reflection and intention settingā€¦ and pastries šŸ„ Join the Crocstar content community to find out more āœØ crocstar.com/community/crocsā€¦
184
This is today - there's still time to register if you're interested in agile comms!
Christine Cawthorne@crocstar
18 Mar 2024
If you work in comms, come to our next event šŸ„³ You'll hear about taking an agile approach to comms in a long-term project, plus how to cope with moving from a big team to a super small one. It's a fascinating insight into someone's process. RSVP now! crocstar.com/community/eventā€¦
2
240
If you work in comms, come to our next event šŸ„³ You'll hear about taking an agile approach to comms in a long-term project, plus how to cope with moving from a big team to a super small one. It's a fascinating insight into someone's process. RSVP now! crocstar.com/community/eventā€¦

Planning a long-term comms project - on your own! ā€” Crocstar

Paul Trouth moved from a large comms team to a much smaller team. He's now in charge of planning and delivering comms for a 5-year project to protect the Baltic Sea, on his own. In this talk Paul...

crocstar.com
2
424
Thinking back to that time we helped train Bexley Councilā€™s content team to make their website more user friendly šŸ¤” It was so nice to see the team grow in confidence and flourish as champions of user focused content šŸ„° Read more: crocstar.com/case-studies/coā€¦
3
263
Only 2 more sleeps šŸ˜“šŸ˜“ until our next (free) event. Did we mention that itā€™s free? šŸ˜† RSVP now!
Christine Cawthorne@crocstar
21 Feb 2024
We canā€™t wait to welcome @JaneMcFadyen on Wednesday 28 February when sheā€™ll be talking about her experience of ā€˜Designing for people with dyscalculia or low numeracyā€™ šŸŽ‰ Register now for what promises to be a fascinating talk: crocstar.com/community/eventā€¦ šŸŒŸ
1
2
494
We canā€™t wait to welcome @JaneMcFadyen on Wednesday 28 February when sheā€™ll be talking about her experience of ā€˜Designing for people with dyscalculia or low numeracyā€™ šŸŽ‰ Register now for what promises to be a fascinating talk: crocstar.com/community/eventā€¦ šŸŒŸ
1
2
713
Join me on 22 February for a webinar Iā€™m giving for the good people of Universities UK called ā€˜How to write stuff that people want to read (especially online)ā€™ šŸ¤© Register now: events.zoom.us/ev/AhQR423xm2ā€¦
1
1
199
Weā€™ve been busy training bees this month including new courses in plain English and inclusive writing šŸ Not sure what content training your team needs? šŸ¤” Book a free training needs analysis chat with us here: crocstar.as.me/tna šŸ—£ļø
1
3
260
This is TODAY folks! Still time to RSVP! crocstar.com/community/eventā€¦

Measuring content performance on a service using Google Analytics ā€” Crocstar

Come and learn what Google Tag Manager is and what you could measure using Google Analytics, with plenty of examples and tips.

crocstar.com
Christine Cawthorne@crocstar
15 Jan 2024
Join our next Crocstar content community event on Wednesday 24 January 2024 from 1 to 2pm to hear about: ā€˜Measuring content performance on a service using Google Analyticsā€™ šŸ“Š Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regiā€¦
206
Thereā€™s still time to sign up for our event on Wednesday. Register now! šŸŽŸ
Christine Cawthorne@crocstar
15 Jan 2024
Join our next Crocstar content community event on Wednesday 24 January 2024 from 1 to 2pm to hear about: ā€˜Measuring content performance on a service using Google Analyticsā€™ šŸ“Š Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regiā€¦
283
Fixing government procurement #ukgcxl
Sketchnote of a session called ā€˜fixing government procurementā€™, showing snippets of the conversation including ā€˜no more big ITā€™, the Post Office scandal and ideas for improvements

ALT Sketchnote of a session called ā€˜fixing government procurementā€™, showing snippets of the conversation including ā€˜no more big ITā€™, the Post Office scandal and ideas for improvements

1
1
25
1,416
Government is going backwards in digital - how can we fix it?
Sketchnote from a session called ā€˜Government is going backwards in digital - how can we fix it?ā€™ Thoughts include: is it going backwards or is it that teams in-house are doing things differently? Making progress depends on the context of your organisation and that digital shouldnā€™t be separate from other teams (for too long)

ALT Sketchnote from a session called ā€˜Government is going backwards in digital - how can we fix it?ā€™ Thoughts include: is it going backwards or is it that teams in-house are doing things differently? Making progress depends on the context of your organisation and that digital shouldnā€™t be separate from other teams (for too long)

1
1
9
775
How do we stop having the same struggles over and over with content? #ukgcxl
Session called ā€˜how do we stop having the same struggles over and over with content?ā€™ Ideas include: working with person is a lot more successful, content design problems can be solved by content strategy and using user research to help tell the story of the value of content design

ALT Session called ā€˜how do we stop having the same struggles over and over with content?ā€™ Ideas include: working with person is a lot more successful, content design problems can be solved by content strategy and using user research to help tell the story of the value of content design
4
283
Load more