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North West Technical Communicators Group

Title: North West Technical Communicators Group Group TCUK 2011 post conference review
Location: MadLab
Description: Technical writers/communicators, information designers based in and around the North West.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2011-10-06
End Time: 21:00

If you weren’t able to attend TCUK come along to this to find out what went on. Discover what the latest buzz in technical communication is and find out what the highlights of the conference were. If you were able to attend come along and share your experiences.

North West Technical Communicators Group

Title: North West Technical Communicators Group
Location: MadLab
Description: Technical writers/communicators, information designers based in and around the North West.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2011-09-08
End Time: 21:00
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Chris Atherton is a passionate and influential advocate for evidence-based information design. She spent the last nine years researching and teaching human cognition and perception at the University of Central Lancashire, challenging conventional approaches to classroom delivery and developing a keen interest in user experience. Chris will be spending summer 2011 with the Experience Research team at Skype, then hopes to find similar work in a related area. She tweets as @finiteattentionspan, and occasionally blogs in long form at http://finiteattentionspan.wordpress.com/

North West Technical Communicators Group

Title: North West Technical Communicators Group
Location: MadLab
Description: Technical writers/communicators, information designers based in and around the North West.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2011-06-07
End Time: 21:00

Beyond the boundaries of technical writing

Speaker: Jen Phillips

Abstract:

There is constant discussion on how technical authors can do much more than write user guides for software. I intend to go beyond that debate into other fields, looking at how standard technical writing practices can apply to areas as diverse as games, litigation and yoga.

North West Technical Communicators Group

Title: North West Technical Communicators Group
Location: MadLab
Description: Technical writers/communicators, information designers based in and around the North West.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2011-07-07
End Time: 21:00

Title: Effective document management with basic Sharepoint

Speaker: Karl Dunkerley

North West Technical Communicators Group

Title: North West Technical Communicators Group
Location: MadLab
Description: Technical writers/communicators, information designers based in and around the North West.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2011-03-31
End Time: 21:00

What is the future of technical communication? This noble under appreciated profession of ours. Will we really all be working in a DITA compliant CMS in 10 years time? Or is it slightly more complex than that. Come along and find out what our panel think and add your voice too.