The Cherryleaf Podcast
Cherryleaf Ltd.’s podcast on becoming a better technical and business communicator. www.cherryleaf.com
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Thursday Nov 08, 2018
Thursday Nov 08, 2018
We discuss various tips on how to keep your writing simple (and straightforward) for all audiences, but particularly when you are writing English content that will be translated, or consumed by non-native English speakers.
Kirsty Taylor is Manager, Product Internationalisation at RPM Global.
Kirsty's presentation was delivered at the Australian Society for Technical Communication (ASTC) annual conference in October, 2018.
You can see the slides at https://www.slideshare.net/kirstymtaylor/keep-it-simple-presentation-at-astc-october-2018
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Thursday Oct 25, 2018
Thursday Oct 25, 2018
Matthew Ellison joins us on the podcast to discuss technical communication tools and trends.
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Thursday Oct 11, 2018
Thursday Oct 11, 2018
We look back on the TCUK18 Conference.
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Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
We look back on the MadWorld Europe 2018 conference.
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Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
We look at other podcasts on technical communication, plus podcasts on other topics that might interest you. We also look at how to make a podcast of you own, and the differences between a number of microphones.
Links:
How we make Small Differences – a short introduction to podcasting
Use plug-ins in GarageBand to improve podcast sound
Zoom H6
Philips DVT6500 Voice Tracer
Boya BY-M1 Omni Directional Lavalier Microphone
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/10- minute-tech-comm-mp3/id920575683
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/id-rather-be-writing/id277365275
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/write- the-docs-podcast/id1178393510
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ the-content-strategy-experts-scriptorium/ id1221434809
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-not- boring-tech-writer/id1093182479
https://itunes.apple.com/mk/podcast/ the-hurleywrite-com-podcast/id493986793
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/content-content/id978186792
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-istcs-podcast/id1345913619
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/insert-content-here/id562303243
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Thursday Aug 30, 2018
Thursday Aug 30, 2018
We asked technical communicators which techniques and technologies they use to capture information in meetings and interviews.
Links:
https://lifehacker.com/5989980/ive-been-using-evernote-all-wrong-heres-why-its-actually-amazing
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/notability/id360593530?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/penultimate/id354098826?mt=8
http://fordshorthand.com/
http://blog.goptg.com/creating-and-emailing-one-note-templates
https://slite.com/templates
http://www.bear-writer.com/
https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/209126827-Capture-pages-using-the-Evernote-camera
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Livescribe-3-Smartpen-Black-Edition/dp/B0195Y00Y2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1535531089&sr=8-2&keywords=livescribe
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/office-lens/id975925059?mt=8
https://www.cherryleaf.com/2016/12/new-notetaking-methods-for-technical-communicators/
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Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
We look at the results from our informal survey into the problems with policies and procedures, and how single sourcing can be applied to these types of documents.
Link to video - https://youtu.be/dc3GuGFFFVs
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Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
We bring together some of the themes we've covered in previous podcast episodes to look at where technical communications is heading, and the skills technical communicators will need.
Jim Grey's article
Cherryleaf's technical copywriting training course
Documenting REST APIs course
Flickr image: Lotus Lulu
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
We look at UX writing:
What is it?
The purpose of UI
Deliverables
Boundaries with other professions
How it differs from technical communication
Planning
Roles
The design process
Copy-first UX writing
What does this mean for technical communicators?
Training courses in UX writing
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Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
We talk to Jennifer Morse, Director of Product Evangelism at MadCap Software, about the MadWorld and Madworld Europe 2018 conferences.
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