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Yay for the Smithsonian! They are making available files to reproduce historical items on 3D printers for teaching purposes. Excellent use of 3D printing!
–techcommgeekmom
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Almost three years ago, right after university, I talked to an awesome HR professional about my career prospects. While she gave me a lot of great info that day, one thing that stuck to me was her
Like so many other aspects of technical communications, I think what will need to happen–and I think the author of this article is basically saying this–is that we can’t be separating the role of "social media manager" and "marketer" for much longer. We can’t keep those roles in silos. This is the kind of things where these two professions will end up merging more and more often in companies, I tend to think. So it’s one thing for the social media managers to have to learn more about marketing strategy (yes, I hear a lot more buzz about content marketers these days), but similarly marketers need to learn to better embrace and manage how to use social media outlets. So, I don’t get the impression that the social media manager is (almost) dead, but rather it’s evolving instead.
It seems that tech comm, in general, is in so much flux these days–it’s hard to keep up! But the more skills and flexibility you can bring to the table, the more marketable you will be.
–techcommgeekmom
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan really doesn’t like social media. This is social media according to him.
I saw this article by Mashable via Google +. This guy is totally missing the boat. I can understand his feeling that anyone can say anything on social media, and the public could deem it true. He’s implying that it’s propoganda by the masses. Fair enough. But instead of trying to shut it down (thus shutting down freedom of speech or freedom of press, which I will admit that I don’t know if that’s considered a human right in Turkey), he should be embracing social media. Put out your own message for yourself! Add your own propoganda to the mix! Start a valid conversation with those online who are "problematic" to resolve issues and find a happy medium. Use Twitter and social media as a platform and means of diplomacy. It’s really a missed opportunity on his part.
–techcommgeekmom
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Websites can be judged by their looks. A carefully crafted meta description tag can successfully show up properly on social media posts and search results.
This is a good article by my friend and fellow technical communicator, Roger Rentaria, about how to use metadata effectively for blogging and other web documentation. Great article, Roger! Great information!
–techcommgeekmom
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Today was a bit of a new achievement for me.
I broke out of the tech comm mold a little bit, and actually did an e-learning, or more specifically, an m-learning presentation today at the e-Learning Conference 3.0 at Drexel University in Philadelphia today. I was totally out of my comfort zone, because while I love to talk about and share what I know about m-learning, I’m not an m-learning professional, meaning this is not something I do everyday like the rest of the attendees. I also had never been in front of such a large group (there were 50+ people in the room! New record for me!), and among those who DO use e-Learning everyday. I was grateful that I had people come up to me and tell me they liked my presentation. I was glad that at the end of my presentation, I was able to get a conversation going in the room about m-learning practices.
Not bad for a content strategist, eh? 😉
Due to popular demand (okay, some attendees asked for it), here are the slides that I used. If they don’t make sense for some reason, feel free to ask questions in the comments, or email me directly.
Enjoy!
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