UI/UX for technical communicators is the theme for TC Summer Camp 2017

I sit on the TC Camp board and am sponsoring the Structured Authoring workshop at TC Summer Camp in DC on September 9th.Every year, we ask what topic people want for the morning workshops. So far only one topic has…

• Key Concepts: collaboration, community, training and mentoring, usability and user experience
• Filed under: Blog
• Venues: TC Camp

From Clashing to Collaboration

14% of knowledge workers felt like striking a coworker in the past year but didn't. If you are a technical writer, chances are that you were a potential target. Collaborative authoring comes at a price. It is also at odds…

• Key Concepts: collaboration, community, training and mentoring, usability and user experience
• Filed under: Blog
• Venues: TC Camp

Do you have a mentor?

When I first started Single-Sourcing Solutions in 2005, I didn't know anything. I thought I did, of course. When I look back from where I am today, I can honestly say I didn't. I was lucky, though. I got connected…

• Key Concepts: collaboration, community, training and mentoring, usability and user experience
• Filed under: Blog
• Venues: TC Camp

Collaboration – Love it or Hate it?

This month I wanted to find out if you have come to love or hate collaboration in any of it's forms.  I'm a big experimenter which often means I'm a big collaborator. In January's TC Dojo, we had Karl Klashinsky…

• Key Concepts: collaboration, community, training and mentoring, usability and user experience
• Filed under: Blog
• Venues: TC Camp

What You Need to Know about Agile and Techcomm

When working in an agile environment, technical writers can face some challenges in planning, workload balancing, and execution. But writers can realize numerous benefits in this environment if they follow a few principles to stay flexible and fully engaged on…

• Key Concepts: collaboration, community, training and mentoring, usability and user experience
• Filed under: Blog
• Venues: TC Camp

Using Controlled Language to Improve Reuse and Global Readiness

Mindful and enlightened TCs working in a CMS environment maximize re-use and create global-ready content that meets their audiences’ needs while reducing costs and improving efficiency. Controlled Language, implemented correctly, can help you achieve these goals. However, many companies implement…

• Key Concepts: collaboration, community, training and mentoring, usability and user experience
• Filed under: Blog
• Venues: TC Camp

Do you experiment?

Last month Tom Johnson of the I'd Rather be Writing blog interviewed me about why I started TC Camp. He wanted to know why I started something that was so obviously energy and resource intensive?It's true that I have a…

• Key Concepts: best practices, collaboration, jobs and careers, soft-skills
• Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks
• Venues: TC Camp, TC Dojo

How to Use Change Tracking in Arbortext

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 3, Episode 13 Recorded: April 2012 In Arbortext, you can use the Change Tracking feature to track changes to text and markup. Change tracking facilitates collaboration with other authors and editors by highlighting changes and allowing…

• Key Concepts: collaboration, community, training and mentoring, usability and user experience
• Filed under: Blog
• Venues: TC Camp