What it’s like to present a lightning talk
On Tuesday night, I presented my first ever lightning talk. It was at the London Content Strategy Meetup. A lightning talk is a presentation format in which 20 slides are shown for 15 seconds each...
View ArticleWe explain things
Danielle M. Villegas has just pointed us towards a five minute lightning talk by Rick Lippencott on the future of technical communication, and its value. Rick covers in five minutes a great deal of...
View ArticleSlides: Applying Lean principles to content strategy
We’ve uploaded the slides from Ellis’ lightning talk at February’s London Content Strategy Meet Up to SlideShare: Applying Lean principles to content strategy See also: Free ebook: “The Lean user guide...
View ArticleSlides: What can content strategists learn from historical fighting manuals?
We’ve uploaded the slides for our latest lightning talk to SlideShare: What can content strategists learn from historical fighting manuals?
View ArticleVideo: Applying Lean Principles to Content Strategy
Below is the video recording of my lightning talk at the London Content Strategy Meetup February 2013:
View ArticleSlides from the Adobe Day Europe discussion on “Assisting the millennial user...
Here are the slides the panel put together for the Adobe Day Europe discussion on “Assisting the millennial user – challenges and opportunities in the decade ahead”. We didn’t get time to cover all of...
View ArticleMadWorld 14 – See you in San Diego
We’re very pleased to say Cherryleaf’s Ellis Pratt has been asked to speak at the MadWorld 2014 conference. Presenting at MadWorld 2013 was great fun, and it looks like MadCap Software is putting...
View ArticlePlanning user documentation when you are a startup business
Here are my slides from last week’s Technical Communications UK 2013 conference, called “Planning user documentation when you are a startup business”:
View ArticleNotes from Planning user documentation when you are a startup business
Dr Chris Atherton has kindly sent me a copy of her sketch notes outlining my presentation at Technical Communications UK 2013.
View ArticleHow technical communicators can become better conference presenters
Here are four short videos that offer great advice on how to create engaging presentations: Nancy Duarte on the structure of presentations: Carmine Gallo discusses the various techniques Steve Jobs...
View ArticleThe lost Steve Jobs interview – on successful products
Last night, we watched Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview on Netflix. It’s a lengthly (70 minute) interview from 1995, in which Steve Jobs discussed his recipe for a successful business. The interview was...
View ArticleMicrosoft moves away from “robot speak” in its user documentation
One of the highlights from the Technical Communications UK 2014 conference was the keynote presentation from Microsoft’s Doug Kim. Doug is Senior Managing Editor for Office.com, and leads guidelines...
View ArticleInstitute of Directors masterclass on: The written word – creating effective...
Cherryleaf’s Ellis Pratt will be speaking at the Institute of Directors’ June 2015 Members Masterclass on “The written word – creating effective content”. The written word is one of the key ways we...
View ArticleCherryleaf presentation on creating effective content
Just a reminder that Cherryleaf’s Ellis Pratt will be speaking at the Institute of Directors’ June 2015 Members Masterclass on “The written word – creating effective content”. The written word is one...
View ArticleMadWorld 2016 Conference Review – Day One
Last week, I spoke at, and attended, Madworld 2016, the conference hosted by MadCap Software for its users. It’s the most rewarding and enjoyable of all the conferences on technical communication that...
View ArticleVideo recording from the Agile The Docs conference
Agile Authoring methodology: Learning from Lean You’ll find the other recordings on the Agile The Docs webpage. The post Video recording from the Agile The Docs conference appeared first on The...
View ArticleWriting at 240 words per minute – The Open Steno Project
This is a recording of a presentation made to the Richmond New Technology Meetup Group 2 May 2017. The post Writing at 240 words per minute – The Open Steno Project appeared first on The Cherryleaf Blog.
View ArticleAPI documentation: the undiscovered country
Recording from UAEurope 2017 conference. With many software developers now spending their time developing APIs, there’s an increasing demand for API documentation writers. It’s a fast changing field,...
View ArticleWhat’s the deal about structured content?
This is a recording of a presentation from the February 2018 London Content Strategy Meetup. “Content can often seem like jelly – messy and hard to manage. In this presentation, we’ll look at whether...
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