ask the experts
DESCRIPTION
In this interactive session, technical communication experts Sarah O'Keefe, Nicky Bleiel, and Tony Self give their opinions about important current topics in the industry.TRANSCRIPT
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Ask the ExpertsApril 17, 2012
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Agenda
❖ Introductions
❖ Areas of expertise and/or interest
❖ Most common questions
❖ Hot topics
❖ Your questions
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Nicky Bleiel
❖ Senior Information Developer, ComponentOne
❖ 17+ years of tech comm in software
❖ VP-elect, Society for Technical Communication
❖ Speaker at STC, tcworld, and others
❖ Instructor at Community College of Allegheny County
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Dr. Tony Self❖ Based in Melbourne
❖ Trainee Technical Writer inaircraft factory in 1979
❖ Started HyperWrite in 1993
❖ Help organisations implement documentation technologies
❖ Help systems, online content, DITA
❖ Adjunct fellow at Swinburne University
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Sarah O’Keefe
❖ Founder and president, Scriptorium Publishing
❖ Content strategy for tech comm
❖ Currently working on Content Strategy 101 (contentstrategy101.com)
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❖ @sarahokeefe
❖ @nickybleiel
❖ @hyperwrite (Tony)
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User assistanceDITA Standards and methodologiesMinis
Embedded helpUser assistance design
Single sourcingConvergence tech comm
Star Trek (TOS)
XML and DITAPublishing automationContent strategyChocolate
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“What is the best [Help Authoring Tool | DITA Editor |Publishing System | CMS] touse?”
“What should I be delivering?”
“Should we implement DITA (or XML?)”
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It depends.
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“What is the best [Help Authoring Tool | DITA Editor | Publishing System | CMS] to use?”
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“What should I be delivering?”
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“Should we implement DITA (or XML)?”
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Should I use a wiki for documentation?
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Content strategy: Fad or fab?
flickr: stevendepolo
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The tech comm career: Awful or awesome?
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Your questions flickr: theogeo