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Choosing a Tool – Defining the Goals (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1: Choosing a Tool For many years, I have worked with hi-tech companies, creating their documentation and/or online help using a variety of industry-standard tools. In recent weeks, two companies have asked me to help evaluate their current and expected future needs to determine the best tool for them. The first section of the presentation I offered to each company detailed the goals they hoped to achieve by selecting the ideal tool for their current…

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April 21, 2013
Help Authoring / Technical Writing / Tools / Writing

Choosing a Documentation Tool…Part 1

For many years, I have worked with hi-tech companies, creating their documentation and/or online help using a variety of industry-standard tools. In recent weeks, two companies have asked me to help evaluate their current and expected future needs to determine the best tool for them. In each case, I created an extensive presentation with the following sections: Goal (Part 2) Current Situation (Part 3) Requirements (Part 4) Options (Part 5) - Coming soon Costs (Part 6) - Coming soon Recommendation (Part 7) - Coming soon…

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April 17, 2013
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A New Wave of Social Media Classes is Starting Now

Have you ever asked yourself any of these questions- "How could I make a website, isn't it hard?" "I would love to have a blog, but where do I start?" "Me, market myself on Twitter? On Pinterest? Seriously? I don't even know what they do..." "I see all these companies promoting on Facebook, how can I use Facebook to help my own company?" All of these questions can be answered in WritePoint's series of upcoming Social Media classes.…

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April 14, 2013
Job Searching / Technology

The Perfect Resume?

I'll start with two comments: There is no perfect resume. If there was a perfect resume, it would only be perfect for a moment in time or a specific job. Tomorrow it would no longer be perfect; it might not work nearly as well for any other job. We sent the perfect resume for the perfect job this week! We nailed it so perfectly! And we were aware, as we were doing it, that it was because the…

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November 26, 2012