In what areas of content management should technical communicators play a role?
- Analyzing content needs and planning for it across the organization (14%, 23 Votes)
- Organizing and categorizing content before publishing (13%, 22 Votes)
- Creating, collecting, capturing content (12%, 20 Votes)
- Auditing and evaluating content processes and systems (12%, 20 Votes)
- Assembling content into appropriate forms (web pages, ebooks, etc.) (12%, 19 Votes)
- Localizing and/or personalizing content and publishing it to outputs (9%, 15 Votes)
- Storing, securing access to, and reviewing content (9%, 14 Votes)
- Developing and executing metrics against published content (7%, 12 Votes)
- Managing retention or final destruction of content (6%, 10 Votes)
- Migrating, archiving and backing up content (4%, 6 Votes)
- Something else (please, do post a comment) (2%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 24
Start Date: April 10, 2013 @ 12:11 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What is your favorite method for encouraging SME cooperation?
- A polite e-mail including a graphic of a bloody baseball bat (27%, 66 Votes)
- MP4 of chainsaws sent to the SME’s smart phone with 2-word text “Final warning” (22%, 55 Votes)
- Water boarding and rendition to the janitorial closet (17%, 41 Votes)
- Other (please describe) (16%, 40 Votes)
- Drugs (12%, 30 Votes)
- Blackmail via Twitter using the #SMEHunt hashtag (6%, 16 Votes)
Total Voters: 205
Start Date: March 31, 2013 @ 3:16 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What is the most important recurring debate in technical writing over the last 20 years?
- Value of technical writers (to companies or industries) (37%, 29 Votes)
- Writing skill versus technical expertise (22%, 17 Votes)
- Adherence to grammar/style rules or guidance (8%, 6 Votes)
- Microsoft Word versus any other tool (8%, 6 Votes)
- Tool recommendations/comparisons (8%, 6 Votes)
- Value of the STC (6%, 5 Votes)
- Need for professional certification (6%, 5 Votes)
- Importance of testing technical writers/editors (4%, 3 Votes)
- Something else (please post a comment to let us know your thoughts) (3%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 58
Start Date: March 26, 2013 @ 11:57 am
End Date: No Expiry
How does your organization handle translation and localization?
- Our manual process includes outside translation services only. (31%, 4 Votes)
- We have no budget so we rely on free tools like Google translate. (23%, 3 Votes)
- We find employees fluent with the language to review for accuracy. (23%, 3 Votes)
- We work with globalization/localization consultants to help us build out our processes. (8%, 1 Votes)
- We integrate translation tools into our content management system. (8%, 1 Votes)
- We use some terminology management to aid with translation. (8%, 1 Votes)
- Something else (please post a comment and tell us). (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 8
Start Date: March 4, 2013 @ 10:28 am
End Date: No Expiry
When someone is upset with your work, what tactics do you use in response?
- Quickly attempt to get additional details to understand the issue (59%, 16 Votes)
- Apologize profusely and drop everything else to work on it. (19%, 5 Votes)
- Acknowledge their concerns without making a commitment. (11%, 3 Votes)
- Something else (please add a comment to the post to elaborate). (4%, 1 Votes)
- Immediately kick the issue "upstairs" to my manager. (4%, 1 Votes)
- Ignore phone calls, emails or texts, until I have a way to address or fix it. (4%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 21
Start Date: February 19, 2013 @ 11:45 am
End Date: No Expiry
