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 »
Category: Support
Zendesk and Knowledge Centred Support
We explore these questions from listeners: What’s your opinion of Zendesk and Mindtouch? Someone in our company thinks it might be a good idea to explore the idea of moving our Help content – have you heard of anyone doing this and then using it in a way of single sourcing etc? Our boss wants… Read more »
Getting users to answer their own Support questions
From the Cherryleaf Podcast: We look at getting users to answer their own Support questions – why would we want to do this, and how can we do this.
Free guide – Getting Customers to Answer Their Own Support Questions
We’ve just uploaded a free video guide on Getting Customers to Answer Their Own Support Questions. The guide is free. You just need to register and log into our elearning platform. See: Getting Customers to Answer Their Own Support Questions.
Brand authenticity and the role of the Technical Author
The current edition of Autocar (14/12/11) contains an interview with David Woodhouse, head of Ford’s London Strategy Concept Group, a semi-secret team that looks at emerging consumer trends. From the article: Woodhouse said “One of the rising trends is the search for authenticity. How does it (the product) tell you what it is?” Woodhouse points… Read more »