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The Cherryleaf Podcast
By CherryleafTechnology
The Cherryleaf Podcast episodes
- 67. Salaries for Technical Authors
We look at ways you can discover the average salary offered in different locations for Technical Authors.
More information:
Cherryleaf's recruitment service
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22 min - 66. What platform should you use for an intranet?
We look at the different types of platforms you could you use for an intranet.
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Cherryleaf
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23 min - 65. Making ReadMe files more engaging, with Shwetha Madhan of VMWare
Shwetha Madhan works as an Information Developer for VMware, in Atlanta Georgia. She recently worked on a new approach to the release notes for the Workspace ONE product, where VMWare effectively turned them into a powerful marketing tool.
They achieved a 7-fold increase in their click through rates (CTRs) by implementing a new tone of voice and engagement strategy.
We discuss this change, and how it has resulted in more searches with higher CTRs.
More information:
Advanced Technical Communication training course
Cherryleaf
To contact Cherryleaf: [email protected]
28 min - 64. How you could make your Help topics appear at the top of the Search Engines
We take a deeper look at Schema.org/HowTo, which Google is promoting as the way to get instructional content to appear in the snippets box.
There's a video to accompany this episode:
How you could make your Help topics appear at the top of the Search Engines
More information:
Advanced Technical Communication training course
Cherryleaf
To contact Cherryleaf: [email protected]
15 min - 63. Creating compelling multimedia technical communication and working at Google, with Alexandra White
We talk to Alexandra White, a Technical Writer on the Ad Manager team at Google.
We discuss conference speaking, and creating compelling multimedia content for technical communication.
More information:
Cherryleaf
To contact Cherryleaf: [email protected]
41 min - 62. Looking back on the presentations at The Evolution of TC 2019 conference
We look back on the presentations at The Evolution of TC 2019 conference. This was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Evolution of TC conference website
Evolution of TC 2019 podcast workshop
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Cherryleaf
To contact Cherryleaf: [email protected]
17 min - 61. What Skills Will Technical Communicators Need for the Upcoming Years?
This a practice recording of Ellis' keynote presentation at the Evolution of TC 2019 conference on What Skills Will Technical Communicators Need for the Upcoming Years?
Links:
Evolution of TC
The Future of Techcomm STC video
Di MacDonald “Should I Really Bother Learning to Code?”
“Design in Tech” reports
Tom Johnson - Tech Comm Trends: Providing Value as a Generalist in a Sea of Specialists
Cherryleaf
To contact Cherryleaf: [email protected]
37 min - 60. Google adds rich results support for how-to content
We look at Google's announcement to support and promote rich, how-to structured data in Google Search and the Google Assistant.
Google Blog:
- New in structured data: FAQ and How-to
- Create a How-to Video Action using templates
https://schema.org/HowTo
To contact Cherryleaf: [email protected]
www.cherryleaf.com
15 min - 59. The benefits of metadata, with Michael Andrews
We talk to Michael Andrews about metadata, and his new book "No More Silos: Metadata Strategy for Online Publishers".
No More Silos: Metadata Strategy for Online Publishers
To contact Cherryleaf: [email protected]
www.cherryleaf.com
45 min - 58. Writing a presentation for a conference
We look at how to write a slide deck for a presentation.
Evolution of TC conference
http://technicalcommunicationuk.com/
The Future of Techcomm video by Scott Abel
Different possible presentation structures:The recipeThe mapThe "Lessons I learnt"Nancy Duarte format - how it is, how it will be (politicians)The redemption story - failed but recovered“You Are Not Alone”Nine tipsThe list - skill 1, skill 2The rhetorical structureOverview, scope and definitions, why this is important, your argument, evidence, deal with objections, next point, summary, conclusionCreate interest, main point, supporting evidence, summaryThe analogy - X does this, what if we see what we do as xThe hero’s journey - damsel in distress, knight in shining armour, scary dragonRound up of experts - comments from othersMicrosoft Sway templates for presentationImage from Write2Users 2017 conference
The Secret Structure of Great Talks Nancy Duarte Tedx Talk
To contact Cherryleaf: [email protected]
www.cherryleaf.com
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About The Cherryleaf Podcast
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Cherryleaf’s podcast on technical writing and becoming a better business communicator.
www.cherryleaf.com