by Val Swisher | Jan 14, 2014
The other day, my 16-year old came home from school and told me about a fun and interesting way his English teacher is teaching his class about technical writing. His teacher, Mr. Garrett, Â is a big fan of board games. In fact, Mr. Garrett has a board game club that...
by Val Swisher | Dec 16, 2013
To celebrate its first year of publication, Guy Kawasaki is giving away his latest book for free to people in the U.S. “Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur (APE),” was co-written by Guy and Shawn Welch. The book goes into great detail on how to write,...
by Val Swisher | Dec 15, 2013
I had a great response to last week’s post that points to a simple grammar test on the staples.ca website. Lots of folks on LinkedIn took the test. Rickard H Bergelius, one of my LinkedIn group co-members, posted this link to a much more challenging vocabulary...
by Val Swisher | Dec 7, 2013
This week, Brendan Waldron of euroscript International started a LinkedIn discussion centered around an article in Real Business called, “Poor grammar on websites scares 59% away.” The article showcases a study done by Global Lingo on the effects of...
by Val Swisher | Oct 20, 2013
I was sitting at Adobe Day at Lavacon today, listening to a talk by Joe Gollner called, “The Changing Role of the Technical Communicator within the Integrated Product Lifecycle.” Joe did his usual excellent job of presenting relevant information in a clear...
by Val Swisher | Sep 22, 2013
Ah, review comments. We have such a love/hate relationship with review comments. Like a passive-aggressive relationship. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on how to deal with an influx of review comments. Thanks to everyone who commented and added thoughts on various...
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