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Category Archives: social media
Handling Large Projects Remotely
I was asked to join a last-minute document push last week, and it was an interesting, in-the-moment case study of how to get a lot of work done by a lot of people in a remote-operation. Not everything went smoothly, … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, leadership, management, meetings, social media, technical writing, Technology, workplace
Tagged remote work, teamwork
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Thoughts After the Fact–Dressing for Success
My professional mentor D2 suggested that I revisit previous posts from this blog to add thoughts after the fact. Today I’ll be reviewing a couple of older posts from Heroic Technical Writing, adding or refining my thoughts since they were first written. … Continue reading
Posted in clients, interviews, Office Politics, personal, social media, workplace
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Whom to Trust in a Crisis
A year ago, in an environment not dominated by a virus, I wrote about how to recognize cranks in your research at work. However, as we are all now living with a science-related crisis, this seems like the best time … Continue reading
Posted in personal, research, science, social media, technical writing
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Conveying Urgency Through Style
Depending on the situation, my writing style can be terse or exceptionally “fluffy” (full of extra pleasantries). Today I’m in a terse mood because I have work to do, so I’ll keep this short and to the point.
Posted in clients, peers, personal, social media, workplace
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How to Use Social Media to Boost Your Traffic
This will be a tutorial about what I know about operating social media accounts. You will note that I am not quite cool or savvy enough to use ALL of the options available and that I will contradict advice I’ve … Continue reading
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