Podcast 123: Document quality checklists

In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we look at different ways to measure and check the quality of the content we produce. Transcript In this episode of the podcast, we’re going to be looking at document quality, or specifically how we can check our content our technical writing content before it goes live. We… Read more »

Podcast 120: Lessons learnt in 2021

Happy New Year! We posted this question on social media: What lessons have you learnt over the last 12 months? Working from home, wins, losses, mindset, managing the pandemic etc. In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we go through the responses, and reflect on what was said. Here is a summary of responses:  … Read more »

What should we teach Support staff about technical writing?

We’re going to be running a technical writing course for a client where the delegates are from the Support department. This means we have had to consider what we should teach Support staff about technical writing. We sent the delegates a pre-course questionnaire, asking them what they’d like the course to cover. I thought it… Read more »

Managing a project? Need technical writers? Solve that issue today

This is one of our occasional reminders that Cherryleaf offers technical and business writing services. Don’t worry if you don’t have the time or skills to create the documentation in-house. You can use Cherryleaf to create: End-user documentation Online Help Embedded Help Getting started guides Knowledge Bases Quick reference guides Reference manuals Tutorials Screencasts and video… 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