Cherryleaf is undertaking a benchmarking survey of Technical Publications teams based in the UK. Participants will be give a copy of the summary report of our findings that we’ll be putting together. If you head up a team of 3+ writers, which is based in the UK, and you’d like to participate, then please contact… Read more »
Category: Technical Authors
In a downturn, is it better to use contractors, permanent staff or an outsourcing company?
In a downturn, priorities in a business often change, and these changes can affect technical authors as much as others. At the London Connections event earlier this week, where I was promoting Cherryleaf’s technical writing services, I was chatting to Mike Southon about business strategies in a downturn. Mike is Visiting Fellow in Innovation and… Read more »
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The rights of the technical reader
At the Roald Dahl museum there is a poster on the wall entitled “The rights of the reader”. It’s a wonderful ten point manifesto drawn up by Daniel Pennac in his book of the same name. Unfortunately, the poster appears to be no longer available for download from the Walker books Web site, but it… Read more »
User Assistance for the future: simple steps you can take today
We’ve decided our presentation at the UA Conference Europe 2008 will be on “User Assistance for the future: Simple steps you can take today”. We’ll be looking at developments which may (a) fundamentally change the expectations of users towards User Assistance and (b) change what/how technical authors deliver. We’ll be speaking on the first day… Read more »