by Stephen Gauer | Jan 31, 2016 | Career
By Stephen Gauer You’ve been a technical writer for five years straight and now you want to stretch yourself — go freelance and offer a wider range of services to clients, or leverage employer-paid training into new responsibilities at your current company. Here are...
by Stephen Gauer | Jan 17, 2016 | Tools
At the ripe old age of 24, Robohelp is the granddaddy of online help and looks it. The familiar layout of folders on the left and topic pages on the right hasn’t changed much over time and appears particularly dated in an era of touchscreens, responsive web pages, and...
by Mala Rupnarain | Dec 29, 2015 | Announcements, Recent Events
About This Collaboration Meeting This is an all-hands meeting to discuss upcoming events and seminars, welcome all volunteers, and review the work that needs to be done to keep our chapter moving forward in serving our community of writers. If you are interested in...
by Stephen Gauer | Dec 21, 2015 | Career, Techniques
By Stephen Gauer You’re written the user guides and online help for the new application and now the client needs someone to train the staff. Why not take the plunge and add training to your skill set? Here are some tips from my 25 years of training: Tip #1: write a...
by Serena Beck | Dec 15, 2015 | Tech Comm Café
The first Vancouver Island Tech Comm Café was held in a restaurant in downtown Victoria on November 30. The attendees enjoyed perogies with custom fillings such as chicken and kale while introducing themselves and their work histories. After introductions, we...
by Mala Rupnarain | Dec 9, 2015 | President's Message
We’ve reached the midterm of our current season, and with holidays fast approaching, I thought this would be a good time to review our progress to date. Strategic Planning: Every summer, various volunteers – members and non-members – come together to...
by Autumn Jonssen | Nov 5, 2015 | Tech Comm Café
We held the October 14 meeting of the Tech Comm Café at Allegro Café, Cambie Whole Foods, Vancouver. Announcements: — STC Canada West Coast chapter event: “How to Create and Deliver Effective Presentations,” October 24....
by Mala Rupnarain | Nov 1, 2015 | Announcements, Recent Events
Event Description ***Limited seats remaining; please register soon*** The hottest jobs in the lower mainland are asking us more and more for the following skill: API writing. The talent pool may be self-taught; post secondary institution offerings on this skill are...
by Serena Beck | Oct 30, 2015 | Techniques
By Serena Beck, Membership Manager As an author of many internal style guides, I can appreciate the amount of effort and time required to create a style guide and ensure it’s followed. I have a good eye for detail and enjoy making the documentation I write consistent....
by Catherine Girczyc | Oct 5, 2015 | Tools
MadCap Flare is an extremely powerful single sourcing and content management platform capable of publishing to a variety of formats. Today, I’ll cover tips on online help HTML5 outputs. This is aimed at the intermediate Flare user who wants to work with their online...
