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| Description | The Latest Trends in Technical Communication | |
| Updated | Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:29:52 +0000 | |
| Category | Technology |
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1. Podcast: Organizing Help Content: Breaking Out of Topic-based Hierarchies http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: The recording is available in a variety of formats: Audio with Slides MP3 Audio Only PowerPoint Show File PowerPoint Original File iPod format I recently gave a presentation at the STC Summit in Sacramento titled “Organizing Help Content: Breaking Out of Topic-based Hierarchies.” I would have recorded my presentation, but recording is not allowed. I did, however, record a practice run-through in my hotel room ... more » |
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2. Podcast: Content Strategy and Agility, with Noz Urbina http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: Download MP3 Length: 40 min. I recently spoke with Noz Urbina, consultant from Mekon Ltd, about his upcoming conference, Congility, and about content strategy. Based in Valencia, Spain, Noz is one of the industry’s thought leaders on XML, DITA, component content management, and content strategy. This year he and Mekon are running a conference called Congility (formerly X-Pubs), held in Gatwick UK, May 25-26. Noz ... more » |
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3. Podcast: A Practical Guide to Information Architecture, with Donna Spencer http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: Download MP3 Length: 40 min. Donna Spencer is the author of A Practical Guide to Information Architecture as well as two other books (on card sorting and writing for the web). She’s an experienced information architect, based in Australia, who gives regular workshops on information architecture at conferences such as the IA Summit and also runs the UX Australia conference. In this podcast we talk ... more » |
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4. Podcast — Visual Composing: Document Design for Print and Digital Media, with Jo Mackiewicz http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: Download MP3 Length: 45 min. Recently Jo Mackiewicz (Auburn University) and Kathryn Riley (Illinois Institute of Technology) published Visual Composing: Document Design for Print and Digital Media with Pearson. This book covers the visual side of document design, including all the design decisions from the font you use to the colors you choose to the tables, column widths, images types, and more. I interviewed Jo ... more » |
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5. Podcast with Alan Houser — Candidate for STC Vice President http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: I recently interviewed Alan Houser, candidate for STC vice president, in a podcast about his perspectives and plans for the STC. Both Alan and Vici Koster-Lenhardt are running for this position. I asked each of them the following five questions: What's one of the greatest challenge STC members face right now. Any solutions? What would you like to see differently in the STC? |
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6. Podcast with Victoria Koster-Lenhardt — Candidate for STC Vice President http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: In this podcast, I talk with Victoria Koster-Lenhardt, candidate for STC vice president, about her perspectives and plans for the STC. Both Alan and Victoria Koster-Lenhardt are running for STC vice president. I asked Victoria following five questions: What's one of the greatest challenge STC members face right now. Any solutions? What would you like to see differently in the STC? |
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7. Podcast: Educational Programs and Workplace Practices http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: Last week we recorded an Intermountain-STC chapter event, “Educational Programs and Workplace Practices,” held in Layton, Utah. The event included a panel of academics from local technical communication programs in Utah. We had six programs represented: BYU Provo, Westminster College, Utah Valley University, University of Utah, Utah State University, and Weber Utah State University. |
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8. Technical Writing Is More Than “Click This, Select That” [Podcast] http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: Download MP3 Length: 50 min. This is a presentation I gave at BYU Idaho last week to students interested in entering professional writing. For the accompanying slides, see this post. For the overall question I was trying to tackle, see Students Contemplate Whether a Technical Writing Career Will Be Fulfilling. Blog Sponsors Webworks ePublisher Scriptorium Help Generator help authoring software Southern Polytechnic: Information Design and ... more » |
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9. Podcast: Finding and Creating Relevant Content — Strategies for Social Media http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: Download MP3 Length: 70 min. In the barrage of information created by all the social media channels, how can you find relevant content? How can you move past forms of noise to actually produce content that engages users? What forms of social media do students respond to the most? These are some of the questions we explored in a presentation I gave to Brigham Young ... more » |
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10. Podcast: Developing a Personal Voice in Audio (Intermountain-STC event) http://idratherbewriting.com/2... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: Download MP3 Download the PowerPoint PowerPoint in Zip file (in case you have trouble with the above) Length: 60 min. A while ago, our chapter held a half-day eLearning event, and I presented a version of my Developing a Personal Voice in Audio presentation (similar to what I presented at the STC Summit in Dallas). The recording has been sitting on my hard drive for ... more » |
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