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20 Minute Tuesday


Michael Hagerty-Villa, Dir. of Content Strategy, Teradata

Let’s talk about people. They’re scary enough without us calling them phantoms.



But we do need to talk about the phenomenon of "phantom content strategy"—when people in your organization do content strategy, often without calling it that and sometimes (often?) without collaborating with the content team.


Product managers frequently do phantom content strategy—naming things without considering the established product taxonomy, predesigning how a feature might look and the language in it, or telling content designers or technical documentation writers what to write.


Watch this session recorded live at LavaCon 2024 in Portland, OR by clicking the graphic or this link.

About the Speaker


Michael Haggerty-Villa is the director of content strategy at Teradata, where he leads a team that encompasses content design, help and education content, and technical documentation. He has served as a design and design systems manager at Compass, BILL, Intuit QuickBooks, and other brands, and he spearheaded the initial launch of the Intuit Content Design System.

Last Week to Register and Save $800

Thank you to everyone that took advantage of our early registration discounts.


We're happy to announce that we've returned to our pre-Covid numbers, and with registrations trending like this we'll hit highest ever attendance this year!


The 2026 program—with speaker bios, session summaries, and lessons to be learned—is published. Learn more more about the trailblazers of our industry and the presentations coming to LavaCon 2026 Charlotte!

Register by 30 March and get $800 off full in-person tuition!

Need to build a business case to attend? Attach a copy of the Schedule at a Glance (PDF) to your training request and highlight all the sessions that would help solve your organization's content challenges. This year's program is epic!

7 April Webinar

Tuesday, 7 April at 10 am PDT: Join Suraj Desai, Lead Data Scientist at Digg, as he demystifies how modern AI-powered content retrieval works. You’ll gain a clear understanding of semantic search, embeddings, and hybrid architectures—explained in plain language with no jargon or technical prerequisites required!



Drawing from real-world experience building large-scale discovery systems, Suraj will show you how these tools connect people to the right information at the right moment.


Register to participate live, or to watch a recording later when it’s convenient. 

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