November Meeting: LavaCon Recap

Let's gather to hear from those who attended the LavaCon Conference on Content Strategy on October 23-26, live or virtual. LavaCon started in Hawaii to help organizations leverage state-of-the-art content technologies. However, LavaCon is more than just a conference. It’s a gathering place where content professionals share best practices, network with peers, and build relationships … Continue reading November Meeting: LavaCon Recap

May Program: Content Strategy vs. Content Engineering

A slight change in our May Program from what we previously posted. Jack Molisani is unable to join us, but we have a great speaker in store for you.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cruce Saunders <c@simplea.com>, author of Content Engineering for a Multi-Channel World, will share his topic, “Content Strategy vs. Content Engineering: The Emerging Role of The Content Engineer” on Tuesday, May … Continue reading May Program: Content Strategy vs. Content Engineering

Storytelling Without Stories: Writing for Infinite Replayability

“Gamification” is one of the hottest buzzwords in education and training, yet I haven’t seen it mentioned much in techcomm. As I’ve mentioned before, I view technical communication as a form of self-paced learning, so in my mind if something has value in the field of education, then it probably has value in the field … Continue reading Storytelling Without Stories: Writing for Infinite Replayability

Building Mobile Apps that Reduce the Need for Help

STC Houston to host Kelsey Ruger at the Tuesday, Sept 11, 2012 program meeting. Kelsey will discuss building mobile apps that reduce the need for help. See http://www.stc-houston.org/programs for a complete list of upcoming STC Houston program meetings. Mobile technology has caused a tremendous shift in the way consumers and employees view and interact with … Continue reading Building Mobile Apps that Reduce the Need for Help