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Trainer Profile

The trainer for this exclusive Masterclass is international web usability expert Gerry McGovern.

"Hiring Gerry McGovern to teach HUD web managers about content was one of the best things we ever did!"
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

"Gerry McGovern's 'Killer Web Content' is essential reading for those eager for best practices in developing and delivering content on the web."
Suzanne Sowinska, Manager, Content Publishing Excellence, Microsoft Corporation

Gerry has written four books. In 2001, he published two books with Financial Times Prentice Hall entitled: Content Critical and The Web Content Style Guide. Design Research News stated that Content Critical "should be on the reading list of every course in Web design." Knowledge Management Review described it as a "bible" of content management.

In 2006, he published Killer Web Content (Bloomsbury / A&C Black). Suzanne Sowinska, Manager, Content Publishing Excellence, Microsoft Corporation, described it as "essential reading". Bev Godwin, Director, FirstGov.gov: the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal, said about the book: "Genius! Gerry McGovern gets it! If you read ONE book on managing a Web site, this is it."

Gerry's many public sector clients include the US State Department, UK Defra, UK Directgov, USA.gov, US Federal Aviation Authority, US Internal Revenue Service, and the Canadian Department of Health.