Live Webinars

Do you use Git? Do you feel left out because you’re not? Are sleepless nights spent wondering if your branch merged into your fork which was pushed into a pull request that might have been abandoned? If so, this Webinar is for you. We’ll take an introductory review of things you should understand, things you can ignore, and why it’s not as scary as it seems.

If you’re planning to move to collaborative structured authoring or you’re trying to find your way with your DITA implementation then this session is for you. A 2017 survey found that nearly 2/3’s of DITA practitioners were facing challenges with their DITA implementation. This session addresses typical problem areas across skills development, technology, and management practices.

This use case takes you through the content journey of a 60-year old small company with a new -experienced- tech writer, searching for a reuse solution. The starting point was the Atlanta 2013 STC Summit where the initial goal was to find out if DITA was the answer. In this particular case, it was… to stay in Word using SmartDocs. Johanne discovered she could reuse 70% and sometimes build whole manuals in 2 days. This use case also shows quickly what kind of problems need to be addressed when doing documentation in French and English with variables and snippets.

“Making a living: supporting the cause”
Earlier on, the plain language movement focused on the social benefits of clear legal and business communication: improving access to justice, while allowing consumers to make more informed decisions.
Yet, recently plain language supporters’ highlight the importance the result-oriented information delivery. In general, decision-makers are more interested in the economic benefits of plain language: improvements in efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. Furthermore, many decision-makers in the business world believe in plain language usage as merely a worthy off-shoot of the consumer movement.

This session would include tips for using skills in technical writing to improve work performance, efficacy, interfacing with SME’s and other professional co-workers, with evidence.
In this session, the attendee would learn about software and tips for completing their work tasks effectively. This webinar help with giving these tips that are proven to help with your written work.