This month’s podcast looks at the language of persuasion and how Technical Authors can use it. What do we mean by persuasive language? What is nudging and are we as technical authors able to use this type of language? As part of the research for this podcast I watched some public information films and read… Read more »
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Podcast 146: What is the current demand for contract Technical Authors?
In this month’s podcast, we look at the current demand for contract Technical Authors in the UK, using statistics from ITJobsWatch.net. We look at the the number of vacancies and whether this has affected the rates offered. Transcript This is the Cherryleaf podcast. Hello and welcome to the Cherryleaf podcast. My name is Ellis Pratt…. Read more »
Podcast 145: How large organisations create useful, informative, accessible content
This month’s podcast looks at how large organisations create useful, informative content which is accessible to a wide, often global, audience. As part of the research for this podcast Ginny looked at various websites which are mentioned in the podcast. Many thanks to those organisations and their expertise. Here are the links to the ones… Read more »
Podcast 139: Techsmith’s Daniel Foster on the contentious relationship between technical writers and video content
In this podcast episode, we talk to Daniel Foster, Director of Strategy at TechSmith, about the contentious relationship between technical writers and video content. A growing trend among technical writers is the integration of video content alongside traditional documentation and visuals, offering a dynamic and immersive medium to enhance user understanding and engagement. However, writers… Read more »
Podcast 134: We’re copying Google’s elearning courses, and how you can do it as well
We wanted to talk about some ideas that we’ve taken from Google on how to present elearning video content. And to share them in case you are also involved in e-learning, and you wanted to copy these ideas as well. In this podcast episode, we examine one of Google’s videos from its UX Design course…. Read more »