We explain things

Danielle M. Villegas has just pointed us towards a five minute lightning talk by Rick Lippencott on the future of technical communication, and its value. Rick covers in five  minutes a great deal of the content I covered in my 45 minute presentation at the same conference – it’s worth watching. He summarises the value… Read more »

What it’s like to present a lightning talk

On Tuesday night, I presented my first ever lightning talk. It was at the London Content Strategy Meetup. A lightning talk is a presentation format in which 20 slides are shown for 15 seconds each (giving each presenter five minutes in total). The format is used to keep presentations concise and fast-paced, and to allow… Read more »

Upcoming Cherryleaf events during September and October 2012

Here are some upcoming Cherryleaf events during September and October 2012. Our Q4 Trends in Technical Documentation talk The Lean User Manual: Using Lean principles in Technical Publications 20th September 2012, 09.30-12.30 Free Dr Tony Self’s DITA training courses in London Publishing with the DITA Open Toolkit 8 October 2012 DITA authoring best practices 9… Read more »