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Top 10 content and comms posts of 2011
In the world of European content and comms recruitment, 2011 has been a busy and successful year here at Firehead. We couldn’t have done it without our readers in the content strategy, tech comm and other online communities, so welcome to a best of Firehead: a roundup of your most read posts in 2011. We [...]
What news from Tekom and TCWorld 2011?
Here’s a quick round-up of links from this year’s Tekom trade fair and TCWorld conference, Europe’s biggest tech comm event, which took place in Wiesbaden, Germany, last month. See the official programme TCWorld conference and Tekom trade show program – the conference brochure has been uploaded to Scribd. A great idea to get an overview [...]
Technical Communication #TCUK11 in links and pictures
* Skip to the end for conference links and other coverage – or read on to enjoy our photo round-up. 1.Somebody’s watching me… Last week Firehead’s CJ Walker interviewed Karen Mardahl at Technical Communication UK 2011 about her content strategy / tech comms case study: Content strategy year 1: a tale from the trenches. Here’s [...]
The content person’s guide to conference networking (pt 2)
After yesterday’s conference networking guide for content people (pt 1), which featured 10 tips for ultimate conference networking, here is some solid grounding that I think applies to everyone in all situations when networking: Be professional First impressions are based on both professional and personal factors. Make sure, when you present yourself, both sides look [...]
The content person’s guide to conference networking (pt 1)
Recently I read a really great post about networking at conferences called How to Connect a Conference: Or, I Can’t See your IQ From Across the Room by Jason Seiden. It’s fantastic. Jason writes for a marketing and HR crowd but he got me thinking about technical communicators and web content people, how we network [...]
Best of the Content Marketing World 2011 links
Last week’s Content Marketing World 2011 in Cleveland, Ohio, looks to have been another great content conference. We would have loved to attend and meet with our friend the organiser, Joe Pulizzi (pictured left). But we’ve had to be content with catching up on some of the many inspiring links that came out of the [...]
Best of the Content Strategy Forum 2011 links
Content strategists from 20 countries on five continents attended last week’s Content Strategy Forum 2011. So what did the conversation involve? Here’s our pick of conference links, notes and presentations. 1. Announcing CS Forum 2012 Day one brought the exciting news that Content Strategy Forum, which Firehead helped organise in Paris in 2010, and which [...]
From the trenches of content strategy – our case study for Tech Comms UK
Tech comms in Europe rises to the top of the international conference agenda next week with TCUK – the largest UK event for technical communicators – taking place from 20-22 September in Thame, Oxfordshire. And this year, Firehead will not only be attending Technical Communication UK, but presenting a case study, too. From tech comms [...]