We’ve been posting some videos on YouTube that provide tips relating to business and technical communication. Our most recent video is about slideuments. A slideument is a cross between a slide deck and a document. In this video, we go through how a slideument can be improved to make it easier to read as a document…. Read more »
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A simple technique for evaluating policies and procedures
This is a simple way to understand if your readers understand your content or not. It’s a technique taught on Cherryleaf’s Policies and procedures writing training course. https://youtu.be/8btRzEw–1A
Podcast 130: Trends in technical communication for 2023 and beyond
It’s that time of year for us to gaze into our crystal ball and share your and our predictions for the future of technical communication for 2023 and beyond. Transcript This is the Cherryleaf Podcast. Welcome to The Cherryleaf Podcast. Around this time of the year, we tend to do a podcast on future… Read more »
What will ChatGPT mean for the future of technical communication?
ChatGPT was launched last week. On the OpenAI.com website, it states: ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling… Read more »
Rewriting a procedure so it’s clearer – A walkthrough
This is a walkthrough of how to improve an existing procedure so it’s easier to understand. We take an old Brigade Order from a Fire and Rescue Service and go through the process of reorganising the content and re-writing the text.