We were told last month that the ISTC has renewed the accreditation of our Technical Author/technical writing training course. As part of the accreditation process, the course is reviewed every two years by a panel, who provide feedback on the course. However, to our embarrassment, the reviewers mentioned we’d misspelt two of words that appear in… Read more »
Category: Technical Writing
Cherryleaf’s online techcomm courses are now accessible via an app
The Teachable iOS app enables you to access our online technical communication courses on your iPhone or iPad. You’ll still get the best experience using a desktop computer, but this app means you can access the course at other times. The courses are available both online and offline. At the moment, the app is only available for… Read more »
Podcast 37: Should technical writers become copywriters?
In Episode 37 of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we look at the similarities and differences between copywriting and technical writing. With the changes to the Customer Journey, we ask: should technical writers become copywriters? Links: Technical copywriting training course Technical copywriting writing services Graham Jones – Are you providing enough detail online? “The World of the Hero”… Read more »
Topic-based writing: what is it, and why should I care?
In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we take a look at topic-based writing. We explore: What is a topic? Features of topics Why use topics? Why not use topics? Where can you use them? What happens if you don’t use it? Tools for topic-based writing What do you need to know Interacting with others
Transcript from What’s the deal about structured content? Part 1/2
Below is a transcript of first half of our podcast episode What’s the deal about structured content? : Welcome to the Cherryleaf podcast. It’s February 2018, and I’m off to the London Content Strategy Meetup, where we’ll be talking about structured writing. [Rahel Bailie] I thank our sponsors Syzergy and Scroll for doing this and… Read more »