Which versions of your resume do you maintain for potential job opportunities?
- Technical Writer/Author/Communicator (41%, 16 Votes)
- Content Strategist or Developer (10%, 4 Votes)
- Information Designer (10%, 4 Votes)
- Marketing or Corporate Communications Manager (8%, 3 Votes)
- Knowledge Manager or Information Architect (8%, 3 Votes)
- Business or Process Analyst (5%, 2 Votes)
- UX Specialist (5%, 2 Votes)
- Visual or Graphic Designer (3%, 1 Votes)
- Customer/Technical Support Specialist (3%, 1 Votes)
- Something else (we'd love to know, please comment) (3%, 1 Votes)
- Instructional Designer or E-learning Developer (3%, 1 Votes)
- Translation or Globalization Manager (3%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 17
Start Date: February 13, 2013 @ 2:15 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What communication-related function(s) does your team or department currently handle?
- Technical communication (30%, 18 Votes)
- Content management (13%, 8 Votes)
- Instructional design/training/learning (13%, 8 Votes)
- Corporate communication/social media (12%, 7 Votes)
- Internal communication (10%, 6 Votes)
- Marketing communication (10%, 6 Votes)
- Technical/customer support (knowledge base) (5%, 3 Votes)
- User experience design (3%, 2 Votes)
- Other (please post a comment to tell us) (3%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 22
Start Date: February 5, 2013 @ 11:30 am
End Date: No Expiry
What is the most technical task you've performed as a technical writer
- Setting up and configuring a virtual network (33%, 8 Votes)
- Writing classified procedures about defense weapons systems (21%, 5 Votes)
- Preparing maintenance manuals for complex, esoteric scientific equipment (21%, 5 Votes)
- Writing and compiling mainframe code (13%, 3 Votes)
- Something else (post a comment and tell us about it) (8%, 2 Votes)
- Managing logistics and field support for large engineering and manufacturing systems (4%, 1 Votes)
- Serving as a technician in a life sciences lab (0%, 0 Votes)
- Producing quality and safety documentation for the nuclear energy industry (0%, 0 Votes)
- Installing components in robotic machinery (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 21
Start Date: January 28, 2013 @ 7:12 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What technology advancements would you appreciate having to improve your workload or environment?
- Upgrades to SharePoint to make it function like a real CMS (22%, 13 Votes)
- A transporter device to get to all the best conferences (15%, 9 Votes)
- An app that zaps the SMEs when they miss a deadline (14%, 8 Votes)
- Automatic application of styles, other than Normal, In MS Word. (12%, 7 Votes)
- Enhancement to project management tools that force PMs to include realistic documentation milestones (12%, 7 Votes)
- An editing tool that recommends search-engine optimized content changes (12%, 7 Votes)
- Screen capturing tool that automatically masks identifying data (8%, 5 Votes)
- Thought-controlled interactions with all my electronic devices. (5%, 3 Votes)
- Something else (post a comment and elaborate, please!) (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 28
Start Date: January 21, 2013 @ 8:12 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What continuing education classes would help most in advancing your technical communication career?
- Advanced technical writing techniques: DITA, topic-based writing, minimalism (24%, 26 Votes)
- Publishing for Mobile (23%, 25 Votes)
- Content Strategy and Information Architecture (21%, 23 Votes)
- Mastering Key Tech Comm Tools (advanced templates in FrameMaker, Word, etc.) (13%, 14 Votes)
- Managing the Technical Content User Experience (11%, 12 Votes)
- Developing and Managing User Communities (8%, 9 Votes)
- Other (please post a comment describing it) (1%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 55
Start Date: January 14, 2013 @ 8:42 pm
End Date: No Expiry
