[July 17] Presenting at the STC India Regional Conference

30 Jun 2010 at 13:41

Sridhar Machani

Update: You can read my comments on the conference, download the slides (PDF), or view the conference pictures.

The India Chapter of Society for Technical Communication is pleased to invite you for a Career Day and Regional Conference to be held at The Gateway Hotel, Bangalore on July 17, 2010.

My presentation slot: 2:20pm-3:00pm

Topic: tech comm dot next

Abstract: The landscape has changed in the technical communication world. The users expect help topics to show up in Google (or other) search results. They want to share, comment, and challenge the accuracy of help topics. They want to discuss and collaborate with other users, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders. They want to track updates on products and services in real time. They want to do this on computers, mobile phones, net-books, and on Internet TVs (which are coming soon).

As technical communicators, we know how to develop content. Now, let us talk about delivering content in ways and forms the users expect from us. Let us talk about how our roles and careers are going to shape up in the world of Web 2.0 and beyond.

Profile: Sridhar Machani is a technical communicator at Wipro Technologies. As a web consultant for STC India, Sridhar has developed the STC India Portal and other web properties (Indus, STC India Network, and Jobs Board).

His blog, tech comm dot next, tries to convince the technical communicators that they need to be familiar with building and managing web properties or risk extinction.