Session #1
- How to use video effectively in TC
- HTML 5
- Reusing content with tech pubs, training, marketing support and other organizations
- Strategies for using Bookmaps and maps in DITA
- Deep Dive into Adobe TechComm Suite5
- Writing/formatting best practices
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Session #2
- Visual presentations – writing content that isn’t text
- Going Mobile
- Technical editing fundamentals
- Thinking like a librarian
- Controlling/harnessing MS Word in the move to XML
- Content vs. Documents
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Session #3
- Jobs/job search: How to break into a new industry; portfolios and how to construct them
- Deciding what goes into a doc or mobile version of an enterprise software app
- Documenting APIs
- Metadata and categorization strategies
- Taking your content strategy to rest of org
- Improving search
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Session #4
- Leveraging LinkedIn
- Content architecture and design
- Document review process
- DITA vs. Docbook
- TC and Agile
- Writers and product usability
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