If traditional documentation "goes away," what new tech comm media will take its place?
- A strategic combination of these (26%, 20 Votes)
- Community forums with users giving answers (18%, 14 Votes)
- Searchable knowledge base articles (17%, 13 Votes)
- Customized content published on-the-fly (13%, 10 Votes)
- Top and Frequently Asked Questions on the website (12%, 9 Votes)
- Whatever's cheapest-PDFs and a support email address (10%, 8 Votes)
- Third-party and aftermarket ebooks (4%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 41
Start Date: January 17, 2012 @ 11:30 am
End Date: No Expiry
Besides writing and editing, what skills are must-haves for technical communicators?
- interviewing (26%, 50 Votes)
- research (26%, 50 Votes)
- layout/design (14%, 26 Votes)
- coding/markup (12%, 22 Votes)
- storyboarding (8%, 15 Votes)
- other (8%, 15 Votes)
- graphic design (7%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 66
Start Date: January 10, 2012 @ 10:15 am
End Date: No Expiry
Next year, what advanced tech comm skills would you like to get training?
- Project management for technical communications (29%, 8 Votes)
- DITA and Single-sourcing (21%, 6 Votes)
- Managing user-generated content / forums (18%, 5 Votes)
- Publishing to eBooks formats (11%, 3 Votes)
- User-centered design (11%, 3 Votes)
- Other (7%, 2 Votes)
- Translation management (4%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 12
Start Date: November 30, 2011 @ 9:33 am
End Date: No Expiry
What do you find most stressful as a technical writer?
- Poorly defined and managed projects (26%, 34 Votes)
- Last-minute changes (16%, 21 Votes)
- Problems with managers (12%, 15 Votes)
- Difficulty with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) (10%, 13 Votes)
- Job security (9%, 12 Votes)
- Lack of control over the work (7%, 9 Votes)
- Limited access to a product (7%, 9 Votes)
- Work overload and time pressures (5%, 7 Votes)
- Computer and tool problems (3%, 4 Votes)
- Ongoing learning challenges (2%, 3 Votes)
- Workspace/environment (2%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 56
Start Date: November 17, 2011 @ 12:16 pm
End Date: No Expiry
How stressful do you find your technical communications job?
- Very stressful (30%, 42 Votes)
- Somewhat stressful (27%, 38 Votes)
- Slightly stressful (20%, 28 Votes)
- Extremely stressful (12%, 17 Votes)
- Not at all stressful (9%, 12 Votes)
- Other/none of the aove (2%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 139
Start Date: November 9, 2011 @ 4:00 am
End Date: No Expiry
