Much to the chagrin of every teacher I had in elementary school, I have always loved to talk.

And, like many of the traits that seemed negative during my youth (math nerd, sci fi geek, computer dork), my gift of gab has definitely come in handy as an adult. As such, it should come as no surprise that I'm still talking and, of late, it's been around content management.

November 19, I gave a talk about content management capabilities to a consortium of California cultural institutions. The first part of the talk focused on the hows and whys of content management systems. The second part talked about using as CMS as application framework specifically to meet the needs of cultural institutions.

On Tuesday, I gave a talk for AIGA Chicago about content management specifically for designers. That talk started with a brief overview of the current Web content management system landscape, but was primarily focused on the process of designing and building CMS-backed Web sites integrating lessons learned through our

While in both talks I fessed up about my love of all things Drupal, these talks have not been Drupal-specific, but rather illustrated common CMS capabilities with sites that we've built in Drupal.

I'm uploading the slides in case anyone finds them helpful, but I fear they are of more limited value because both presentations included sneak peaks behind the scenes of a few sites we've built, including Art Institute of Chicago, IMA, AIGA Chicago, and Northwestern Alumni Association.

If you have any questions in follow-up to either presentation, please talk to me. :)

• Content Management Systems: An Overview of Capabilities and Implementations
• CMS Schools of Thought