Ted Fickes

Start making sense

Independent journalists and creators are helping people make sense of the world. Is your organization doing the same?

A third system for the work we need now

We're outsourcing community thriving onto the backs of self-employed contractors and our systems aren't built for that. Not at all.

Let's go to camp

Can we really turn towards people and bring new people into our organizations, the work, and movements? Sure.

Automated meaning

Can we automate our way to community building and trust? Only if we center real human connection.

Google zero. Communications department zero.

Notion got rid of its communications department. Financial Times wants to go Google Zero. What's going on here?

Content strategy in a time of AI search panics

Ways of thinking about and being prepared for content strategy and SEO (and AEO and GEO and other EOs) in a time of AI.

99% percent of this sh*t doesn't make it into the news cycle

I have questions. Also, job search events and links. And AI resources and frameworks.