Technical Authors and the dark art of persuasion

Our latest post for the STC’s blog has been published today – Letter from the UK: The Dark Art of Persuasion. The reason why Science and the dark art of persuasion interested me, was because we’re noticing the techniques of persuasion appearing in some Web-based Help. Indeed, we cover some of these techniques in our advanced… Read more »

Video from STC Summit 2012

I did a little bit of videoing while I was speaking at the STC conference. I hope it gives a flavour of the event:

There and back again – Notes from the STC Summit 2012 conference

I have just got back from speaking and attending the Society for Technical Communication’s annual conference in Chicago – STC Summit 12. While my body is back in London, my brain is still partly still halfway across the Atlantic, which might explain any incoherence in this post. Themes As there can be ten sessions running… Read more »