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The Future of Technical Communication The Future of Technical Communication scott abel * the content wrangler Friday, February 5, 2010

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Social media guru and technical communication expert Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler, explores how content technologies, content standards, social networks, location awareness, user-generated content, mobile communication, augmented reality, information visualization, and advanced communication techniques can help technical communicators better serve their customers, identify failure points, and spot opportunities for growth.

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The Future of Technical Communication

The Future of Technical Communication

scott abel * the content wrangler

Friday, February 5, 2010

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control your future by controlling your present

... or someone else will

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for the most part,these days are gone

... or should be

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no one wants to read manuals, nor search online help

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if they can learn how to do things on television then ...

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it won’t be long until augmented reality is an everyday part of

communication

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how will we document this?

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is this technical communication?Friday, February 5, 2010

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shouldn’t we show instead of tell?

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can devices replace manuals?can devices replace manuals?

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no one cares who wrote it,as long as it’s useful and correct

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user experiences have changed,users don’t care who helps them

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users expect access to information when, where, and how they desire

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are you ready?

chances are, you’re not!

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welcome to the library,say goodbye to books

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welcome to the library,say hello to eBooks

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the book publishing industry is changing how they create, manage

and deliver books based on lessons learned from the work done by technical communication pros

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the book publishing industry is changing how they create, manage

and deliver books based on lessons learned from the work done by technical communication pros

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we need to sex technical communication up

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boring is not sexy

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skills needed:information visualization

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skills needed:content

choreography

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skills needed:document engineering

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skills needed:content modularization

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skills needed:content reuse

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skills needed:content markup

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skills needed:content management

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skills needed:community management

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skills needed:mathematics

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skills needed:experience design

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skills needed:interaction design

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skills needed:critical thinking

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skills needed:psychic power detection

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tomorrow...

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lessons they don’t < usually > teach you in school

all rules are meant to be broken

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lessons they don’t < usually > teach you in school

it’s about profit - that’s it!

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Friday, February 5, 2010