Ten presentation tips for movie lovers

Matt Gambino, Speaker and Trainer presents his best ten presentation tips for movie lovers.  And he does it so well!  Enjoy!

Ten Presentation Tips for Movie Lovers

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The problem with technical documentation and training is that it's too technical!

Engaging Technical eLearning – Tips on Design and Delivery

Ray Jimenez, PhD, discusses how to make highly technical training more accessible to users in his blog, Vignettes learning.  Use scenarios and convey your message from the users' point of view rather than that of the engineers and writers.  Visit his blog for examples.

Hey! Tom just posted 5 Free PowerPoint E-Learning Templates for us!

5 Free PowerPoint E-Learning Templates

Tom, out at the Articulate Blog, is a great e-learning resource, even if you don't use Articulate (which I did when I first started reading his blog).

Actually, I'm listing links to two of his blogs, on with free templates and one that tells how he built an e-learning template.  Enjoy!

Free template blog #1

Tutorial on how to build your own template blog #2

The 10 best ways to visually represent IT data and what tools to use

No matter if you're creating written or online documentation or online training  for software, this artical is a great guide for how to represent IT concepts.  What software should you use?  Visio, PowerPoint, Camtasia, Excel, or something entirely new?

The 10 best ways to visually represent IT data

Agile Technical Writing and Eating Your Own Dog Food

Do you work in the  world of Agile or Extreme Technical Writing?  Do you adhere to the practice of Eating your own dog food?

How does technical writing fit into the world of Agile Software Development, which has been around for about ten years now?  Don't worry. It does.

"Everything changes and the only constant thing is change itself."

If you write documentation for software, you need to look into this new way of writing.   This interesting online article is a good place to start.

And instructional design is just starting to get into the Agile game.

I have a lot to learn myself about these new developments, but the links in this post will give to a head start, and maybe we'll see each other in the XTM world!

Wow. This article is GOOD.  It also has a link to download Technical Writing Templates.

Technical Writing Tips, Tools & Templates

7 Ways To Position Yourself as a Technical Writing Expert Online

Can you make real money as a Technical Writer on the Internet? Let’s say you want to make more money as a Technical Writer (especially online) but don’t know where to start. You have the expertise and experience but don’t know how to use the Internet to find work, attract clients or sell goods. How do you start?

http://www.ihearttechnicalwriting.com/technical-writing/technical-writing/4700/

Patch for Broken Snagit Scrolling Capture

If your Snagit scrolling capture broke when you upgraded to Firefox 4 or IE9, download this patch.

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Patch available for Snagit to fix IE9 & Firefox problems

The fix is in! We released a Snagit (PC) update today to fix problems with scrolling capture in Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9.