At #convexlive - Sowmya Jayakirthi and Usha Rani are teaching us the 4 pillars of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) perceivable (designed for folks to see, hear or touch) - operable - understandable - robust (compatible w/ tools)
How do you survive The Great Resignation? @porcupunk / Vlad Khanin at #convexlive suggests - foster a sense of trust - focus on the "whole" employee - be transparent with employees - commit to your team, be as flexible as you can - trust your employees.
Change is hard - Regina Lynn Preciado at #convexlive talked about what we can learn from horses to deal with change-management - two things to consider - horses are alert to change and aware of emotions - shouldn't we be too.
Michael McGinnis is talking at #convexlive about how moving to DITA plays an important role in supporting multiple brands - he uses “Super” bookmaps to control keyrefs in a way that reliably prevents branding catastrophes due to conref fallbacks
Helen St. Denis shared insights during #convexlive on how one organization let new employees use Word until they felt comfortable writing in DITA - The word docs were messaged for a fast and smooth conversion into DITA.
How do you calculate your content reuse? Eric Kuhnin has given lots of good tips as has his audience at #ConVExlive. Also talked about single-source calculations (preparation cost Translation Cost )/ words produced
ConVEx Tempe welcomes information creators and their managers. This event provides an opportunity to improve communication and collaboration across multiple departments and gives you a rare insider’s look at what is working (or not) for other teams.
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Webinar Topics in April include Content Reuse, The Value of Terminology, and proving that your Technical Documentation is a valuable asset! See dates and details here: conta.cc/3t5WZ6d#TechComm#TechnicalWriting#TechDocs