We received an email today: Having read your paper titled ‘How many technical writers should we have in our organisation?’, I was wondering if you ever did the follow up the final results from you survey as mentioned in the paper and if they are available? This refers to an article we wrote in 2003,… Read more »
Category: survey
The lone-liness of the UK Technical Author
We were looking at some of the survey results from the ISTC’s 2015 survey of technical communicators in the UK. The survey reported: 37.5% of the respondents worked as the sole technical communicator in their organisation. 76% worked in an organisation with six technical communicators or fewer. This means, in the UK, it’s harder to justify… Read more »
Take part in the Cherryleaf Survey into Techcomm Challenges for 2016
We’re carrying out a short survey into the biggest issues relating to technical communication you think you’ll face in 2016 . To participate, please complete the questionnaire below (alternatively, use this link to the survey):
Take part in the Cherryleaf Training Survey 2015
We’re carrying out a short survey into training courses for technical communicators. The questions are mostly around the courses you would like to see offered by training providers. To participate, please complete the questionnaire below (alternatively, use this link to the survey):
Location of Technical Authors – new data added to the map
The Institute of Technical Communicators has kindly provided us with additional data for our Location of Technical Authors map. They’ve supplied us with an anonymised list of the location of ISTC members. These are indicated by the peach coloured pins on the map. It confirms the locations where there are shortages of Technical Authors, with the exception… Read more »