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Back to Basics: Writing Best Practices for Everyone and Repurposing Presentations

Everyone writes to some degrees in their jobs. You don’t have to be a technical writer or instructional designer to write in your job. Sales people write statements of work or contracts. Mangers write project plans. Executives write business...

Canvas Strategy – Get Ahead in Your Career

Getting ahead, receiving recognition, being rewarded, climbing the ladder, making more money, gaining prestige. These are all motivators for people in the workforce, especially new people to the workforce. We believe that if we work hard and work fast...

Creating a Knowledge Transfer Strategy

Are you struggling with creating a knowledge transfer strategy? Or is the current strategy unsuccessful and you don’t know why? The folks at Ed Threads created a playbook for creating a successful eLearning strategy, but it can also be...

Hat Tip: What Do Customers Want? 4 Basic Things – MHI Global

All of us have customers. If you are a freelance writer or instructional design consultant, you know how important it is to keep the customers you have happy. If you are an in-house instructional designer or writer, you have customers...

Ten Tips for Interviewing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Today’s post is inspired by the above graphic. I’ve had this hanging on my bulletin board for years. I don’t recall where I came across it, but I found a copy of it on Cathy Moore’s Pinterest page. It...

Hat Tip: Monkey Insurance and Letting Go of the Vine

Have you ever struggled with letting someone else do something that you can do faster, better, and with less effort? If you really think it through, you know that if you don’t pass the task on, you’ll be doing it...

Managing Scope Creep for Documentation and Training Projects

Yes, I said it – Scope Creep. The beast that terrorizes every project manager. Managing this monster can be tricky but taking a few preventative measures can help keep it leashed. Clearly define the deliverables. Make sure everyone agrees...

Estimating Formulas Interlude – “Secret Sauce” for Projects

Here is a mid-week interlude in the Estimating Formulas for Documentation and Training Projects blog posts. This post was not originally planned, but an article from Bottom Line Performance entitled How to Create Award-Winning Training Solutions caught my eye. It identifies...

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