Author: TechCommGeekMom

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. All content is the owner's opinions, and does not reflect those of her employers past or present.
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A blogger’s ultimate guide to avoid looking stupid: Punctuation [infographic]

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As a university professor of English, my students moan and groan when I mention the topics of grammar and punctuation . The  reflexes of fear , dread, and disgust are guttural and instinctual. I…

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Greetings, TechCommGeekMom readers! I am back from vacation, and ready to get back to work. As I spend today catching up with the backload of work from when I was away, check out this great article by Darin Hammond. I know I’m a stickler for proper punctuation, too, even if I make a few mistakes now and then. Great infographic here! Thanks, Darin!

–techcommgeekmom

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Twitter / martarauch: The ten life lessons from Steve …

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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Tech comm friend Marta Rauch posted this on Twitter, and it’s a great article we should all read. I think I’ve learned some of these points the hard way…

–techcommgeekmom 

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Villegas Views: Students Should Participate in STC Activities!

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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Here’s my latest entry for the STC Notebook. What do you think?

–techcommgeekmom

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Elmore Leonard’s technical communication lesson

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Last Tuesday it was announced that crime novelist Elmore Leonard had died. Some obituaries have described him as the nearest thing the US has to Charles Dickens. Despite such hyperbole, his 10 rule…

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Great article by my online friend, Colum McAndrew. While I had never read any of Mr. Leonard’s works, I have read his "10 Rules of Writing" in the last few days due to his passing, and I agree with Colum that this last one is something that struck me as well as a technical communicator. It’s hard to decipher what those parts are that people tend to skip. Sometimes it’s obvious. I thought it wise of Colum to mention analytics. This is something that I’ve often brought up when working on my own project at work. What pages are people going to most often? Are they getting the information they need? What’s missing? What do we have too much information about? I know these things are what drive me when communicating a content strategy where I work, and it should be a driving force for everyone. Nice job, Colum!

–techcommgeekmom

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The YouTube approach to learning Irish

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The man behind YouTube hit songs ‘as Gaeilge’ believes he has discovered an effective teaching method

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

My cousin from Ireland–who happens to be an Ed Tech–posted this on her Facebook account. She’s been posting several of these videos by this fellow over the last week or two. In many respects, this is not a new approach. Many foreign language programs use song to teach new languages, and this shows that Gaelic (or should I say Gaeilge) is still alive and well. I’ve always wanted to learn, but there’s no practical use for it unless I go to my ancenstral lands someday. Still, these are a fun way to learn! (For me–I need to SEE the words too. I’m like that with English as well!)

Great use of digital and mobile media. 

–techcommgeekmom

See on www.irishtimes.com