View the presentation summary and announcement. Download the presentation slides (PDF): tech comm dot next On the cold Saturday morning of 17-July-2010, I enjoyed my ride to the Taj Gateway Hotel near Brigade Road in Bangalore. Image: STC India President, Michelle Cherian addressing the audience. I reached the venue of the STC India Regional Conference [...]
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Tech Writers, It’s Time To Build Your Online Brand
We come across several accomplished and well-known technical communicators across the world: Tom Johnson (http://idratherbewriting.com/) Ivan walsh (http//www.ivanwalsh.com/) Geff Hart (http://blatherskite.dreamwidth.org/) Anne Gentle (http://justwriteclick.com/) and Gordon McLean (http://www.onemanwrites.co.uk/). What is the common thread between these and other professionals that is aiding their success?
Why Changing Career to Technical Writing Makes Sense
A friend had dropped in last weekend and we were talking about his interests in moving to a technical writing career. He is happy with his current job as a product support engineer, so I asked him a few questions as to why he wanted to change his career.
Books for Technical Communicators
STC’s Intercom magazine for September/October 2009 includes a featured article available to all. We often find technical writers or aspirants looking for resources that would equip them to learn and build skills. The following article has a good list of useful books. Foundation Books: A Lone Writer’s Annotated List By: David Kowalsky, Senior Member Kowalsky [...]
Technical Communicators – Online Presence and Activities
Internet has made global village a reality and the possibilities are endless, especially for writers. Technical communicators (individual or in a group) around the world have active presence on the Internet. Many of them are highly experienced and some are relatively new. Regardless of their location and areas of work, they have a huge following. [...]
Recession-proof Your Career: Send Out Ships
From Recession-proof Your Career by Jack Molisani (Intercom, March 2009 edition): You’ve probably heard the expression “when my ship comes in.” Any idea where that expression comes from? In the nineteenth century, merchants in Europe would mortgage everything they owned to build and provision ships to sail to the new world. When (if) the ships [...]
Which Course or Certification is the Best for a Fresher Looking to be Technical Writer?
[This article has been published in MITWA News, April 2009 edition. It is available for the members of MITWA Yahoo Group athttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/MITWA. Download the PDF copy.] Someone asked me a question that I felt is the most FAQ: Courses in Tech Writing – Your opinions solicited! Hi, Nowadays I see more than one company/school offering certification [...]
All the Write Moves
According to the Newton’s theory of inertia, an object remains in its current state unless acted upon by an external force. This tendency to remain in the current state is called inertia, which also translates to inaction and lethargy. No, this is not a physics paper. I was thinking why the technical writers would choose [...]
How to Make Great Presentations
Source: How to Captivate an Audience from How to Change the World by GuyKawasaki. The four horsemen (horse-people?) of presentation skills are Garr Reynolds, Nancy Duarte, Bert Decker, and Jerry Weisman. Over at the American Express Open Forum blog, I just published an interview with Nancy Duarte called “How to Captivate an Audience.” In this [...]
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