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Debra W Kahn

@debrawk.bsky.social
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Content consultant, Coloradan, migraine warrior. Advocating for the four pillars of content creation and management: strategy, design, operations, and governance. Website: dkconsultingcolorado.com.

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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here is why you have at least three forces acting on your online content at any time - they interact with each other! Read more: dkconsultingcolorado.com/2026/08/31/e... #ai #onlinecontent #WritingCommunity #ux #contentcreation #aeo
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A foundation of effective content can help your online presence withstand the three forces inherent in today’s AI-driven audiences. Learn why. dkconsultingcolorado.com/2026/08/31/e... #ai #ux #writingcommunity #contentstrategy #generativeai #contentgovernance
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Effective Content in the AI Era: A Three-Force Audience Ecosystem
Learn how readers, AI systems, and communities interact with content—and why four fundamentals help content thrive in the AI era.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In the era of AI-generated summaries and question lists, content creators are no longer writing for a single audience. How can we best adjust to this new reality? #aisummaries #aeo #effectivewriting #contentstrategy #readerengagrment #genAI #LLMs #SEO dkconsultingcolorado.com/2026/07/31/r...
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Why Your Content Has Three Audiences in the AI Era
AI has changed audience analysis. Learn how to create content for readers, AI systems, and communities using a practical three-audience framework.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Two challenges for today’s leaders designing AI-assisted workflows—ensure: - Meaningful human engagement in AI-assisted workflows - That humans drive the continuous improvement of those workflows See more: dkconsultingcolorado.com/2026/05/31/h... #AI #hitl #leadership #pm #continuousimprovement
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Human-in-the-Loop Leadership: A Framework for Better AI Workflow
Learn how Human-in-the-Loop leadership helps teams build better AI workflows through oversight, governance, continuous improvement, and accountability.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Even if you believe AI is evil, your organization should still have an AI policy. Learn what large publishers recently included in their AI policies and how you can build your own policy: dkconsultingcolorado.com/2026/04/30/w... #WritingCommunity #AI #AIpolicy #AIEthics #ContentGovernance
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Building an AI Policy for Content Teams
Learn how to build an AI policy that governs generative AI use, protects content quality, and maintains accountability.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
So excited! I got my author’s copies today! I’m looking forward to cracking it open and learning from all of the women whose essays are included. ‘Women in Technical Communication: from typewriters to touchscreens - A history by the women who did the work’ #WritingCommunity
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We’re all just in wait mode for the next GoFundMe…
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Celebrating all the women in my life. You inspire me!
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Honored to have my essay included in this collection. Proud to stand alongside giants in the profession of technical communication. #Writing #TechnicalCommunication #WomeninTech a.co/d/078DWKKt
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Women in Technical Communication: From typewriters to touchscreens: a history by the women who did the work
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
21st century Groupthink includes cognitive biases with AI use: ✔️ Automation bias = Overtrust in the tool ✔️ Confirmation bias = Using the tool to confirm your assumptions and beliefs Learn about these biases and how to mitigate them. #ai #groupthink #bias dkconsultingcolorado.com/2026/01/31/c...
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Cognitive Bias in GenAI Use: Groupthink, Risk, and Mitigation
Cognitive bias didn’t start with generative AI. Learn how groupthink, automation bias, and confirmation bias shape GenAI use—and how professionals can mitigate the risks.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
In 2026, I resolve to… ✔️Embrace my storyteller self ✔️Celebrate my abilities to parse complexity and communicate with clarity and context ✔️Remain human(e), curious, and grateful ✔️Speak truthfully, confidently, and graciously Peace to all in the new year! dkconsultingcolorado.com/2025/12/31/t...
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Thistle-Tomes: 20 Aphorisms on Resilience, Clarity, and the Work Ahead
A year-end collection of 20 pithy aphorisms for communicators and content professionals—reflecting on resilience, discernment, clarity, and the responsibility for the work ahead.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Good writing is about serving our readers. But increasingly, it must also serve the machine readers that bridge the gap between our content and those readers. In my most recent blog post, I explore the hows and why of writing for AI summarizers. #content dkconsultingcolorado.com/2025/11/30/d...
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Designing Content for AI Summaries: A Practical Guide for Communicators
Learn how to structure content for accurate AI summaries. This practical guide helps communicators protect meaning, reduce distortion, and write for humans and machines.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Wow!
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Northern lights last night from my front walkway. A beautiful light show free for everyone to see!
Pink and green lights in the sky over houses and trees.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Miss this beautiful place already!
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Join @scottabel.bsky.social and me on Thursday (Oct-2) for a Coffee and Content discussion of responsible use of GenAI in content work. Bring your questions and stories! www.brighttalk.com/webcast/9273... #genai #ethicalAI #responsibleAI #contentcreation ##AIuse
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An Imperfect Dance: Responsible GenAI Use
Join us for a chat with Debra Kahn, CEO and Principal Consultant at DK Consulting of Colorado, as she explores the complex interplay between GenAI technology and ethical practices. In this episode of...
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We all could use some mercy now… youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Use five proven techniques to build trust in your content in this era of disinformation: - Storytelling - Fostering an evaluative mindset - Using plain language - Following a code of ethics - Putting guardrails around AI Please read my latest blog post: dkconsultingcolorado.com/2025/02/28/c...
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Content Creation in the Time of Disinformation: A Pathway to Trust
“Easy to process equates to easy to believe.” These words leaped off the page as I was rereading David Dylan Thomas’ book Design for Cognitive Bias recently. They apply to deliberative content as w…
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Symone Sanders-Townsend on MSNBC tonight after running a tape of tRump denying knowledge of #Signalgate - “Who’s running the country?”
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I’m thinking we should all start being a bit more allusional in our writing. Be like Hemingway and let folks discover the “iceberg” beneath our words. But I might have over-explained this idea in my blog post about the negative space in writing: bit.ly/413qgPD Thoughts? #WritingCommunity
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The Art of the Unsaid: How Negative Space in Writing Boosts Engagement
What if your writing could be more powerful precisely because of what you don’t say? I’m talking about leveraging negative space—not in the sense of page layout or white space, but rather in the se…
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
We’re in the Mad Max Thunderdome but no one has the cool costumes. And where is Tina Turner?
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I called my U.S. senators and congressman today to protest the invasion of computers at the OPM and USAID and the potential compromise of data there. I leveraged guidance from the @5calls.org script. You can find it here: 5calls.org/issue/elon-m....
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Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (02/02/25): Musk and his DOGE team of personal allies have also now gained access to classified material including high-security intelligence …
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The federal website on reproductive rights was taken down. Here is where you can get the information now: reproductiverightsdotgov.com.
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ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Tried something new in my latest blog post - a list of brief observations about life and content from 2024. I call them “Thistle-tomes.” Let me know what you think: dkconsultingcolorado.com/2024/12/30/t...
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Thistle-Tomes
Content, like life, has its trends, systems, paradigms, and patterns. Here are some of my take-aways working through both in 2024.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I am trying not to take it as an omen that while watching ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,’ a commercial for ‘Alien: Earth’ came on.
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Migraine disorder is an invisible condition, yet 1B people worldwide live with it every day. Please help us make migraine visible. Join me in donating to the @American Migraine Foundation to support research and advocacy. #MakingMigraineVisible I am living with migraine. I am visible. #migraine
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Thank you Joe Zielinski of Utica New York for your educational letter to the editors of the WSJ (in today’s print edition). Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I keep adding stuff to my October blog post "The 5 Benefits of a Content Audit." This go-round, I added a section about aligning content with your organization's accessibility and sustainability goals. What else am I missing?!! dkconsultingcolorado.com/2024/10/31/t... #contentaudits
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The 5 Benefits of a Content Audit
If you’re having difficulty selling the need to conduct a content audit, this blog post is for you. If your organization has never conducted a content audit but you suspect it should let me help yo…
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Debra W Kahn @debrawk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Excellent point from Erin here. The WCAG 2.1 guidelines offer a good checklist for online content accessibility. The DoJ’s April 2024 ruling (if it stands) makes these guidelines mandatory for online gov’t content, including content created by contractors. ALT text is just one piece. #accessibility
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