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One of the most vexing questions facing managers who produce learning and communication materials for the workplace is: “How can I demonstrate that my department does quality work, so our employer continues to invest in this work?” This study, conducted by a researcher from Concordia University, is intended to shed some insights into this. The… Read more »

There has been an interesting debate going on in one of the online forums for Indian Technical Writers on the differences between Indian and the UK Technical writers. The biggest differences seem to be the cultural differences and work practices (how debates are resolved etc,), and that Indian English (“Hinglish”) is different to British or… Read more »

Autumn’s in the air so join us and your fellow technical authors in toasting the end of summer. Our last networking event was a great success and we’re hoping to organise them on a regular basis. If you missed the last one here’s an opportunity for you to share your ideas, thoughts and problems with… Read more »

We’ll be posting two new vacancies to our Web site today – one for a technical author at circa £45,000.

We received this comment on our article “The death of the Technical Author?” Comments: Interesting evaluation of the changing role of the ‘Technical Author’ but I don’t agree with the use of the expression ‘Information Designer’ in the context of “Explaining technical information to a non-technical audience”. The advertising and marketing profession in general provides… Read more »