Editor’s Note: Introducing a new guest blogger to Cherryleaf’s blog: Dr. Tony Self of HyperWrite. Where are all the technical writers? I have often wondered why there are so few technical writers in the world. In my country, Australia, the Bureau of Statistics (ABS) estimates there are over 2,000 technical writers within the total workforce of 11.65… Read more »
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Communicating the right information in business
By guest blogger Malcolm Tullett Health and safety is built around good practice. There are systems for getting things done and processes for carrying out the tasks required to make the organisation successful. The problems occur when the paperwork outweighs the operator’s willingness to read and digest it! Standard practice in most organisations is that… Read more »
Turning knowledge into wisdom
By guest blogger Malcolm Tullett There are four steps to wisdom: 1. Acquiring data 2. Turning the data into information 3. Using the information to gain knowledge 4. Applying wisdom to the use of that knowledge. The current health and safety legislation and guidance has an abundance of data – and some of it is… Read more »
Is your corporate knowledge at risk?
By guest blogger Malcolm Tullett Every organisation contains knowledge, but how well does your business handle it? Is there a single place of truth where everything that is needed resides – or do you lose information when someone leaves, is away on holiday or sick, or moves up to a higher position? More to the… Read more »
So who wants a job as a technical author?
We’ve had a number of new vacancies for technical authors come in within the last few days – in the UK and mainland Europe. You can see them on our Technical Author Vacancies page.