As part of the attempt to make technical writing similar to other professions, there have been a number of moves by different technical communication societies to introduce certification. This can be a good thing, but there are some dangers with it as well. Certification usually involves some training and a test. Students can be accredited… Read more »
Tag: Technical Communication
What is topic-based authoring?
In an upcoming episode of the Cherryleaf podcast, we’ll be tackling an issue that is important to many Technical Authors: topic-based authoring. It’s something that can be tricky to explain, and there can be differences of opinions towards it. We’d like to represent the different viewpoints, particularly towards two fundamental questions: What is topic-based authoring?… Read more »
Changes to our online technical communication training courses
We’ve made a few changes to our online training courses, to make it easier to order and understand. There are now just three online courses: Technical Author/technical writing Advanced technical communication End user documentation writing skills for developers We’ve moved all the other courses we had previously into a single, advanced technical communication skills course…. Read more »
New online Microsoft writing style guide
Microsoft has released the latest edition of its writing style guidelines as a website: “Welcome to the Microsoft Writing Style Guide, your guide to writing style and terminology for all communication—whether an app, a website, or a white paper. If you write about computer technology, this guide is for you. Today, lots of people are… Read more »
Upcoming presentations in 2018
Cherryleaf’s Ellis Pratt will be speaking at two upcoming events: London Content Strategy Meetup, 7pm 22 February 2018 What’s the deal about structured content? Content can often seem like jelly – messy and hard to manage. In this presentation, we’ll look at whether you can reduce this messiness through structured writing. In this overview of… Read more »