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: Training
The Carol Johnston Memorial Award
This October, Cherryleaf celebrates 15 years in the technical authoring business. Over the years we have had many exciting challenges and worked with some wonderful inspirational people: none more so than our friend and co-founder, Carol Johnston, who sadly died of a brain tumour in 2012. Carol was enormously talented: a brilliant pianist and singer,… Read more »
What is the minimal amount of user documentation you should write?
In researching what developers wanted to learn about writing documentation for users, the most common issue related to how much, or how little, they should write. One developer said: “I would want to know what is the minimum I should write. If you can persuade me what is the necessity of each thing I’m capturing, and… Read more »
This is where Cherryleaf’s classroom courses are held
On pretty much on every classroom training course we run, the delegates comment on the place where we hold our classes. It is a nice building, as you can see from the flythrough below: https://youtu.be/i6_2LFRcYso
Cherryleaf’s technical writing online training course has been re-accredited by the ISTC
Cherryleaf’s technical author basic/induction training course has been accredited by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators since its launch. This accreditation has to be renewed every few years, which involves having the course is re-assessed by the ISTC’s accreditors. Earlier this year, we submitted the course for renewed accreditation, and we’ve recently received an email informing… Read more »