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Nice article done by TechCommGeekMom.com guest blogger, Allie Cooper.
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Danielle M. Villegas is a technical communicator who currently employed at Cox Automotive, Inc., and freelances as her own technical communications consultancy, Dair Communications. She has worked at the International Refugee Committee, MetLife, Novo Nordisk, BASF North America, Merck, and Deloitte, with a background in content strategy, web content management, social media, project management, e-learning, and client services. Danielle is best known in the technical communications world for her blog, TechCommGeekMom.com, which has continued to flourish since it was launched during her graduate studies at NJIT in 2012. She has presented webinars and seminars for Adobe, the Society for Technical Communication (STC), the IEEE ProComm, TCUK (ISTC) and at Drexel University’s eLearning Conference. She has written articles for the STC Intercom, STC Notebook, the Content Rules blog, and The Content Wrangler as well. She was very active in the STC, as a former chapter president for the STC-Philadelphia Metro Chapter, serving and chairing on several STC Board committees, and most recently was the STC Board Vice-President before the organization closed.. You can learn more about Danielle on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/daniellemvillegas, on Twitter @techcommgeekmom, or through her blog.
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Word Wise: The Presumption Trap | TechWhirl
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Word Wise columnist Marcia Riefer Johnston discusses avoiding the presumption trap in writing, with a tale of the scholars and fish, and her own experience.
Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:
Another marvelous article by my friend, Marcia Riefer Johnston. I fall into this trap in one form of another often enough, I must admit. How about you?
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What Happened to Employee Loyalty?
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I wrote a Q & A column advising a guy who was conflicted about his work obligations versus his commitments at home.This fellow’s job put him in situations where on a moment’s notice, he’d have to
Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:
I could relate to this article too well. Having been a consultant or temp for the past five years, and not being able to find permanent work vs. contract work, the same still applies very often. The same expectations are made to do your duties and perform as if you are an employee, yet you don’t even get the same benefits or treatment. Some would argue that some consultants make a lot of money, so they can afford to get their own benefits, but I have yet to find that to be true. In two out of three cases of my own, I was actually underpaid by half. But the treatment–even as someone who is technically a non-employee–is the same. We just have even more on the line, at least based on my own experiences. Sometimes we have good experiences, and sometimes we have not so good. Consultants/temps are always on the bottom of the totem pole, as it is. We put in the same work, but given less credit very often. Not always, but usually.
This is definitely a must-read. It’s a dynamic that all companies have to work on getting the right balance.
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At the Intersection of Plain Language and Technical Communication
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Great article by guest blogger Karen Field Carroll. Plain language is something that we should all aspire to do!
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How to Prep Your iDevice for iOS 7 | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
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Apple’s iOS 7 launches Wednesday. While you may be itching to get your fingers on the new OS, you’ll want to take some time to make sure your device is 100 percent ready for this major software update.
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A bit of good advice, as some of us prepare for this new OS, and anticipate the new iPhone 5S and 5C…
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