Building a Technical Writing Community

“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much”                                                                                                           – Helen Keller It seems to me that the benefits of building a…

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Being Aligned

Alignment: it's critical to be aligned in so many ways. Aligned has many levels of complexity and its exact definition may change from company to company. But an overall definition of alignment might simply mean that everyone knows what they are doing, has access to the information they need to accomplish their tasks, and is synchronized with those to whom they must deliver or from whom they need information. Recently, I was reminded of the importance of being…

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A Promise is a Promise

What do you do when you find out someone has attempted to steal your company name (the one you registered and incorporated years and years ago)? What do you do when you see they've taken your slogan ("We Write to the Point") and created a website, even one with a Flash banner? Well, normally, you'd probably write to them and suggest that since they stole it, they "unsteal" it. In this case, the site was so poorly done,…

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