Melody Smith

About Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

Hello Who?

By |September 2nd, 2014|indexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Hello Who?

The news that rocked the world this past week was not one from the Russia and Ukraine battlefields, nor was it from the promised peace agreement in the much needed Gaza occupation and conflict. It was in fact, the realization that a brand that has been around for over 40 years has been misrepresented and misunderstood by generations. The wide however one-dimensional eyed, pink bow adorned cartoon character stamped on every product from backpacks to toasters is not the feline its name led us to believe. Hello Kitty is a third grade little girl from London.

Taxonomy in the Pipeline, Part 3: Positive Feedback Loops

By |September 1st, 2014|Access Insights, Featured, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomy in the Pipeline, Part 3: Positive Feedback Loops

In her 1996 paper, The Rage to Master: The Decisive Role of Talent in the Visual Arts, Ellen Winner presents a concept she calls, well, the “rage to master.” The idea is that intellectually gifted children have a natural inclination to focus on a subject and immerse themselves in it until they reach mastery.

Ready for Boot Camp?

By |September 1st, 2014|Access Insights, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Ready for Boot Camp?

Maybe you are a pro at taxonomies or maybe it is time for a refresher. This year's Taxonomy Boot Camp offers something for everyone. The theme at the November 4-5 event in Washington D.C. is "Organizing the Future: Taxonomies Leading the Way?" Register by October 3, 2014 and receive an early bird discount.

Beef Up Your Skills In D.C.

By |August 29th, 2014|News, Taxonomy, Technology|Comments Off on Beef Up Your Skills In D.C.

You can get the skills you need to make your content searchable, discoverable, and delivered in an actionable format at the upcoming Enterprise Search & Discovery conference. Mark your calendars for this event in November in Washington D.C.

Search and Taxonomies

By |August 29th, 2014|News, search, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Search and Taxonomies

We already know that metadata and metatagging enable findability in search-based applications, but what happens when there are diverse formats?

Data Harmony® v.3.9 Named 2014 Trend-Setting Product by KMWorld

By |August 25th, 2014|Access Insights, Featured|Comments Off on Data Harmony® v.3.9 Named 2014 Trend-Setting Product by KMWorld

Access Innovations, Inc., the industry leader in data organization and innovator of the Data Harmony® software suite, is pleased to announce that KMWorld has […]