My experience of running the ISTC podcast continued in February with an interview with the knowledgeable Chris Knowles of Docmate Services. Chris has extensive experience in the Oil and Gas industry and was recommended as an expert, and he did not disappoint. I had so much great content that I struggled to edit it down […]
Article in Communicator
Click the link below for an article explaining how Spirit Software and iHASCO collaborated to produce a successful project for the iHASCO knowledge base in the Communicator Journal. http://www.spiritsoftware.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Comm2012Web_UKTC_AM.pdf This article was originally published in ISTC Communicator, Winter 2020.
From Podcast Guest to Podcast Host
At the end of November 2020, James Bartley, marketing lead at the Institute for Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC), asked me to join him in a one-off podcast to discuss the UK Technical Communication Awards process. We had both applied and won Merit awards in 2020, and James thought it would be good to discuss […]
We won an award!
It’s been a busy, whirlwind time since winning an award at the UK Technical Communications Awards 2020 at TCUK online in September. The annual conference of the Institute for Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) was transferred online due to the Covid-19 restrictions. Although this meant that I couldn’t wear my party dress and practice my […]
7 Great Reasons to go to a Tech Comms Conference
Have you ever looked at the adverts for Tech Comms conferences and wondered if it’s a good idea but then talked yourself out of it? Me too, but I decided to ignore the naysayers in my head, be daring and headed to TCUK 2016 (the UK Tech Comms conference). Here are 7 reasons why I […]