Content Content Podcast With Ed Marsh

Pawel Kowaluk, a technical writer, self-proclaimed DITA geek, and recruiter, joins us from Krakow, Poland. He talks about the rise of technical communication in Poland, starting a conference, and how to balance a team when hiring. Note: After recording, we became aware that Pawel left the Soap! Conference team after one year. To further clarify, Pawel did not have a role in the formation of MeetContent, though he is an active member of the community. Content Content regrets any confusion or offense to those involved. Episode 16 guest Pawel Kowaluk In this episode Meet Content Techwriter.pl Soap! Conference International Technical Communication Qualifications Foundation (ITCQF) Thomas Pynchon Poland Madcap Flare User Group Users or people with Jack Molisani – Content Content episode 15 Markdown "Life begins when you step out of your comfort zone"- Pam Noreault Daniel Pink's theory of motivation Society for Technical Communication (STC) Certified Professional Technical Communicator Flash fiction Pawel on T

Jack Molisani, president of ProSpring Staffing and Executive Director of The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference talks about technical communication hiring, rebranding, content strategy, and how he's seized opportunities his entire career. Mentioned in this episode: Episode 15 guest Jack Molisani Jack on Twitter Jack's book: Be the Captain of Your Career: A New Approach to Career Planning and Advancement Andrea Ames Joe Gollner Gnostyx Misty Weaver Ari Hoffman of Mindtouch IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach ProSpring Staffing The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference Ed on Twitter Drive your docs with data - 2017 CONDUIT conference SlideShare #LavaCon STC Philly Metro conference

Content Marketer Teresa Meek has had a varied career path in journalism, real estate, and more, but always focused on writing. She is currently based in Seattle, Washington, from where she talked about how content marketing and technical writing have similarities, her brief career in technical writing, how to transition to content marketing, and more. Content marketer Teresa Meek Mentioned in this episode: Teresa's web site Teresa on Twitter Teresa's personal blog - Domesticus Teresa's book - Say it with feeling! Business Writing in the Internet Age Quora Content Marketing World Content Marketing Institute Flo - Progressive Insurance Top 10 questions from Content Marketing World eByline Contently Skyword Janet Burroway Anne Lamott - Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Steven King - On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft

Alyssa Fox, Director of Information Development and Program Management at Micro Focus, tells us that it's OK to pause when processing information. We also discuss managing people "fairly, not equally", why content strategy is difficult, multinational technical communication teams, fashion, and more. Content Content podcast episode 13 guest Alyssa Fox, Director of Information Development and Program Management at Micro Focus Mentioned during this episode: Alyssa on Twitter Mindtouch's top 200 content strategists for 2016 Texas A&M University Quiet by Susan Cain STC Board meeting summaries STC Philadelphia Metro CONDUIT conference Alyssa's Slideshare Ed's TC Camp presentation on social media and podcasting

"Content requires proper care and feeding", says Bill Swallow, director of operations at Scriptorium. We talk localization, content strategy, local beer, summer's oppressive heat, and more. Bill Swallow Released on International Podcast Day! Mentioned during this episode Bill on Twitter International Podcast Day 2016 Content Content podcast with Sarah O'Keefe Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Bill's presentation: Localization Planning and The Content Strategy of Things Techcomm camp (TCCamp) Ed's TC Camp presentation - social media and podcasting for technical communicators Saratoga brewing  Rare Form brewing company Alementary 1916 shore shiver - Forgotten Boardwalk brewing Abandon Brewing Learning DITA Bill on Medium.com Scriptorium blog Bill on LinkedIn Content Marketing World

Ben Woelk, technical communicator and Information Security Office Program Manager at the Rochester Institute of Technology, talks about being an introverted leader and how it's changed his career and his passion. Ben Woelk Mentioned during this episode Ben Woelk on Twitter STC Philadelphia Metro Conduit conference STC Rochester Slack STC Community Affairs Committee CAC Educause Hannah Morgan, the Career Sherpa Quiet - Susan Cain Susan Cain's TED talk Mathematical word problems for introverts STC Certified Professional Technical Communicator program Blink - Malcolm Gladwell Jesus, CEO - Laurie Beth Jones TechSoup Ben Woelk on LinkedIn

Bernard Aschwanden, President of Publishing Smarter, STC Immediate Past President, and Ed's twin talks about certification, why your content is not your own, building a house (literally), process vs process, finding his spouse through STC, social networking, and more. Ed Marsh and guest Bernard Aschwanden meet at STC Philadelphia Metro Conduit conference, 2016 Mentioned during this episode: @aschwanden4stc @publishsmarter STC Publishingsmarter.com Webworks Adobe certified partner Frame technologies FrameMaker Google analytics Michael Priestley Alementary Brewing, Hackensack, NJ Content Content on TuneIn Content Content on Google Play Music Content Content on iTunes

Todd DeLuca, a Pennsylvanian who manages a remote tech writing team, shares with us how volunteering and presenting has elevated his career, what it's like to manage a technical communication team, volunteering with intention, and how to promote yourself and your team within your company. Todd DeLuca Mentioned during this super-sized episode: STC Summit Technical Delivery: An Expanded Role for Technical Communicators Volunteering your way up the career ladder Todd on Twitter Todd's Tumblr Todd on LinkedIn Servant Leadership

Content strategy business owner Sarah O'Keefe talks about working with a CMS, content metrics, tekom, packing for flights, and her aversion to the nightshade family. Sarah O'Keefe, Content Strategist and owner of Scriptorium Mentioned during this episode: Scriptorium Sarah's Twitter Content Strategy 101 Lavacon conference North Carolina Research Triangle Net promoter score Learning DITA Content Content podcast episode 7 Curious about content featuring David Dylan Thomas/ Sturm und DITA-Drang at tekom Ravelry knitting community Head Fi headphone community Ed is presenting at STC Philly Metro's Conduit conference Saturday, April 2 Ed on Twitter

A free-wheeling show starts off 2016 starring David Dylan Thomas, Senior Content Strategist. Our topics include what a content strategist does, the future of content and work, getting noticed on social media, and even a few movies to see. David Dylan Thomas, content strategist and movie maker Some of Dave's work: The Developing Philly documentary webseries Lessons from the Future of Content: Part One — Tools Are Cheap, Time Is Expensive Content Camp Philly VIDEO: Agile Living: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Never Be “Done” Mentioned during this episode: Significant Objects Confab content strategy conference Philly content strategy meetups Stack Exchange Contently API Confab content strategy conference Cleve Gibbon, content strategist Epam Lavacon conference Keith Knight - comic artist - Patreon Dan Benjamin - podcaster - Patreon Sarah O'Keefe - The talent deficit in content strategy FOMO - Fear of missing out Subscribe (Android) Books referenced: Elements of Content Strategy - Erin Kissane Content Everywh

Dr. Carlos Evia, Director of Professional and Technical Writing at Virginia Tech Dr. Carlos Evia is featured on a jaw-dropping episode of the Content Content podcast. We discuss cutting-edge developments in the DITA world, as well as the similarities and differences between academicians and practitioners of technical communication. Carlos is the Director of Professional and Technical Writing at Virginia Tech, is on the Lightweight DITA Technical Committee, and is an advocate for using multimedia with DITA. Subscribe (Android) Carlos Evia Carlos Evia on Twitter Taking the DITA troubleshooting topic for a spin The academician and the practitioner should be friends Tom Johnson podcast with Lisa Meloncon Outsourcing Technical Communication, edited by Carlos Developing Quality Technical Information Information Development World Unsung heroes of DITA presentation by Gretyl Kinsey Madcap Flare oXygen XML Editor DITA Glass ExpeDITA Lightweight DITA Virginia Tech Center for Human-Computer Interactio

Marcia Riefer Johnston, guest for episode 5 of the Content Content podcast Tech writer turned content marketer and strategist Marcia Riefer Johnston (@marciarjohnston) discusses her career transitions, her two highly rated books, and her strong love of Strunk and White. A few links from the show and notes from Marcia: Undefinable Me: The Story of a 13-Year-Old Girl from the Inner City Who Codes (Keila Banks’s inspiring 10-minute OSCON keynote) Malaphors (“Unintentional blended idioms and phrases—It’s the cream of the cake!” by David Hatfield, the Malaphor King) What Is Intelligent Content? (includes links to my six-pack of articles delving into each element of Ann Rockley’s classic definition) Writing.Rocks (includes my blog, where you can play the weekly concise-writing game Tighten This!) Word Up! on Amazon* You Can Say That Again on Amazon* *Also available wherever fine books are sold. Also mentioned during the Content Content podcast: Content Content podcast episode 1 with Sharon Burton Scott

In this episode, a truly great and fun conversation with prolific and influential technical writer Tom Johnson. Tom joins us from Silicon Valley to talk about his interesting path to technical communication, failed Career Day booths, being a leader in techcomm, content management systems, DITA, static site generators, and much more. Subscribe to the Content Content podcast in iTunes Mentioned during the show: Tom's web site - I'd rather be writing Tom on Twitter Tom's review of our podcast Why no one stopped by my technical writing booth at career fair day Tom on finding time to write Jekyll static site generator Liquid templating language Confluence wiki Adobe RoboHelp Madcap Flare oXygen XML Editor Protopage RSS feed aggregator Inoreader RSS feed aggregator Feedly RSS feed aggregator Salesforce Knowledge DITA module for Drupal CMS (in development) Karen McGrane on "blobs" Markdown formatting syntax language DocPad text editor WebStorm text editor GitHub Blubrry podcasting plugin for WordPress conten

http://edmarsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/content_content_episode_3_-_Danielle_Villegas.mp3 Fellow New Jerseyan Danielle Villegas, the TechCommGeekMom, talks to us about transitioning into technical communication, social media, her blog at techcommgeekmom.com, content curation, going back to school, and managing it all (or not). Mentioned during the show: techcommgeekmom on Twitter Danielle on Scoop.It paper.li New Jersey Institute of Technology NJIT - Professional and Technical Communications program 2015 Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference - March 28, 2015 - sponsored by the STC Philly Metro Chapter CONDUIT debate featuring STC Vice Presidential candidates STC PMC Podcast with Adriane Hunt Lavacon conference Intelligent Content conference #techcomm on Twitter #contentstrategy on Twitter Chef Josette WordPress Jetpack Moodle LMS Rutgers Online Digital Marketing "Mini-MBA" Google Analytics Google Trends Adobe Audition for podcasters YouTube playlist Deconstructing a Twitt

Alan Houser, technical communication consultant and former Society for Technical Communication President, drops by on a very cold President's Day holiday to talk about his experiences in STC leadership, web standard steering committees, structured authoring and DITA, Markdown, tools, podcasts, and more. Mentioned during the show: Content Content podcast, episode 1 featuring Sharon Burton Alan Houser on Twitter Alan's business, Group Wellesley Society for Technical Communication (STC) 2015 Mid-Atlantic Technical Communication Conference - March 28, 2015 - sponsored by the STC Philly Metro Chapter World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) OASIS Sara Wachter-Boettcher Sara's book Content Everywhere contentcontent.info Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) DITA 1.3 spec Markdown language Tom Johnson - I'd rather be writing XML and the web: drifting farther apart? 5 by 5 podcast network Back to Work podcast on 5 by 5 TWiT podcast network This Week in Tech podcast Triangulation podcast Ed Marsh

In our inaugural podcast, technical communication and customer experience consultant Sharon Burton tells us about California law, offices without tarantulas, documenting the obvious, the file name field, buying buckets of DITA at the DITA Store, and the renaissance of content. Mentioned during the show: SharonBurton.com twitter.com/sharonburton "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap." - Dolly Parton University of California Riverside TechComm Speakers Bureau contentcontent.info edmarsh.com twitter.com/edmarsh