This is a recording of a presentation from the February 2018 London Content Strategy Meetup

"Content can often seem like jelly - messy and hard to manage. In this presentation, we'll look at whether you can reduce this messiness through structured writing. In this overview of the topic, we'll explore what is structured writing, what it promises to give its adopters, the different standards, and the challenges that come with using structured writing."

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This is a recording of a presentation from the February 2018 London Content Strategy Meetup

"Content can often seem like jelly - messy and hard to manage. In this presentation, we'll look at whether you can reduce this messiness through structured writing. In this overview of the topic, we'll explore what is structured writing, what it promises to give its adopters, the different standards, and the challenges that come with using structured writing."

Links

• Copy of the slides on SlideShare

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We look at using sequential art/comics/graphic novels in business. We discuss:

• What is a comic?

Links:

Google on Google Chrome - comic book

Kubernetes, powered by Google Cloud comic

Scott McCloud: The visual magic of comics | TED Talk

COMICS WITH PROBLEMS

Will Eisner's M-16 Rifle Manual

The Content Twins (content strategy graphic novel)

The DITA Man (the business benefits of DITA graphic novel)

The CEO and the technical communicator (making the business case for technical documentation graphic novel)

Tools:

Comic Life Magic

Google Storyboard

Adobe e-Learning Assets

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We look at one way the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) used to promote technical communication at the University of Cambridge's Careers fair. 

Lego TIE Striker™ Microfighter

Video - What is technical communication?

ISTC

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We look at the equipment you can use for creating elearning content. 

Zoom H6 recorder

Camtasia

Captivate

Mimic

Cherryleaf training courses

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We look at delivering technical documentation via an API. 

Weather API

Bing Ads Content API

The Guardian API

BBC APIs

Scriptorium - Cancer staging information podcast

ReadtheDocs Embed API

MindTouch API

FontoXML Launch API

Forestry.io API

GatherContent API

Paligo API

AI and chatbots in technical communication - A primer

Alexa Skills

Cherryleaf

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It’s not quite 2018 yet, but here are our predictions for technical communication in 2018 and beyond. We also look back at the predictions we made for 2017.

Predictions for technical communication in 2017 and beyond

Five predictions for technical communication in 2016 and beyond

Docs Like Code - Interview with Anne Gentle

Every Page is Page One - Interview with Mark Baker at UAEurope 2017 

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Flickr image by byronv2 

We look at the tools used by technical communicators for editing and reviewing content.

Cherryleaf Revising and Editing Content course

Restrict or permit formatting changes in Word 2016

Acrobat DC

Hosting shared reviews on SharePoint or Office 365 sites

Hosting a Shared Review: An Alternative to Acrobat.com

Authorea

CriticMarkup

Hypothesis

FontoXML

MadCap Contributor 

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