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Category Archives: clients
Context, Not Content, is King
I’ve spent much of my time on this blog explaining how to write content: organizing it, shaping it, researching it, imbuing it with just the right facts or tone. But after a discussion with ChatGPT, it occurred to me that … Continue reading
Posted in audience, business writing, clients, education, technical writing, workplace
Tagged context
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Proposals: What Are You Writing About?
Recently, a colleague (DD, not to be confused with D2) called asking my help on proposal writing. She was relatively new to the field, and it was vexing her. The big complaint she had was, “When I ask the engineers, … Continue reading
Job Hunting, Interviewing, and Exercising Patience
While work continues on my short-term contract with NASA, so too does has the job hunt. Jobs in my preferred industry in Central Florida have been thin online, so it was a welcome relief when my network once again worked … Continue reading
Posted in careers, clients, job hunting, peers, personal, workplace
Tagged networking
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What a Difference a Month Makes!
As I noted in my previous entry, I’m scaling back on my Heroic Technical Writing posts. That doesn’t mean work has stopped or I have nothing to say; I’m just trying to be a little more judicious about how often … Continue reading
Creating an Executive Memo
This week I had to work on an end-of-the-year summary memo that was going to an executive. The original draft took me three hours while the next draft took an hour–I kid you not. The next draft will probably take … Continue reading
Posted in clients, editing, leadership, management, Office Politics, peers, technical writing, workplace
Tagged correspondence, executives, memo, memorandum
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