The ISTC Podcast: Recent Episodes
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC)
Podcast on technical communication from The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC)
Imogen Craigmile talks with Sara-Jane Holbein, an experienced technical author currently working at Swerve. Their joint passion for technical writing comes across so distinctly as they discuss a wide range of topics.
Imogen Craigmile talks to CJ Walker in a Summer Special extended episode of the ISTC Podcast! The discussion attempts to tackle the topic of: Bridging the gap between the technical communications community and new content needs for robotics and AI.
Imogen Craigmile talks with Matthew Ellison, Director at UA Europe about his exciting career and his journey from maths teacher to technical communicator.
Imogen Craigmile talks with Rahel Bailie, CEO at Content, Seriously Consulting Ltd. about her passion for Content Strategy and her interesting career.
Imogen Craigmile talks with Ray Gallon, co-founder of the Transformation Society, about how he found himself in the world of technical communications and the many aspects of his varied career.
Imogen Craigmile talks with Ritwik Sarkar about many aspects of his job as a Content Strategist and Development Lead for an FX risk management advisory firm in San Francisco. Over the course of the discussion, a myriad of topics are discussed including writing tools, the economy and journalism.
Imogen Craigmile talks with Gerry Leonidas about his role as a Professor of Typography at the University of Reading and the many ways in which typography and technical communications are linked.
Amanda Maher and Imogen Craigmile end the year with some seasonal fun, reviewing the 2021's podcasts and looking forward to 2022.
Amanda Maher and Imogen Craigmile chat with Brian Dagnall about his varied career in tech comms.
Amanda Maher chats with Jane Van de Ban, Lead Content Designer at Government Digital Services (GDS) about her career in content creation.
Amanda Maher and Imogen Craigmile review the 2021 TCUK Metro online conference and get insights from Linda Robins, President of ISTC
Amanda Maher chats with Catherine Rushton, a freelance translator who specialises in technical communications.
Imogen Craigmile discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on our profession with CJ Walker of Firehead Digital Communications, CJ is also the International Lead with the ISTC Council.
Amanda Maher chats with Chris Wood, UX Writer at Oxford University Press about Tech Comms in the Education Sector.
Imogen Craigmile chats with Joanna Suau of OpenMarket about her career in Tech Comms and her passion for code and API's.
Amanda Maher chats with David Farbey of Myriad Associates about Technical Communication in the Financial Sector. (note Sound quality issues at the start)
Amanda Maher chats with Imogen Craigmile of Pierbridge Ltd about technical communications in the logistics industry.
Amanda Maher chats with Chris Knowles of Docmate about technical communication in the oil and gas industry.
Amanda Maher looks ahead at 2021 events in technical communications with CJ Walker of Firehead Digital Communications
This 30-minute special is a recorded conversation between two award winners and the head judge of the UK Technical Communication Awards (UK TC Awards).
Hear from the head judge about the wide range of entries that are welcome to the awards and how the awards are designed to help all entrants, not just the winners.
Hear from the winners about how they chose and prepared their entries, and how this conversation changed their understanding of the awards.
Find out about how the awards work, how they are judged, and maybe get inspired to start thinking about what you will submit in 2021!
P.S. There's also an announcement about the future of the ISTC Podcast.
This is the story of the man who started the technical communication profession: Professor Reginald Kapp.
For more information about the ISTC, visit our website www.istc.org.uk.
TCUK 2017 is becoming a distant memory now, with planning for the 2018 conference well in hand for 25-27 September. In this podcast we take a look back to Nottingham, and hear the reactions and thoughts of a few of the delegates and presenters who attended. Thanks to Marie-Laure Blanco, Frances Gordon, Phil Lane, John Kearney, and Andrew Mills for their kind contributions.
This year's conference venue is the De Vere Hotel, Staverton Estate at Daventry in Northamptonshire. Our title this year is 'The Pursuits of a Polymath' and covers the wide and growing range of skills and experiences demanded of technical communicators. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a conference presentation, or for a workshop, please apply online through the webpage here. The deadline for proposals is 30th March 2018. We look forward to hearing from you.
The conference is also the venue for the ISTC's Annual General Meeting, and 2017 saw a major change with President's baton passing from Alison Peck to the new holder of the title, Carol Leahy. In this podcast, both Alison and Carol kindly shared their thoughts, experiences, and motivation for taking on the important role of ISTC President.
For more information about the ISTC and the TCUK conference, please visit our website www.istc.org.uk.
Recording of Ray Gallon's keynote presentation at Technical Communications UK Conference 2016.
Technological change advances at a dizzying rate, we are all inundated with a host of names and acronyms that we can barely manage. We’re urged to “be creative” at the same time that we must follow orders. Information changes in the time it takes to verify it. Welcome to chaos!
You can fight against the tide, trying to make order, or you can accept that we will never know it all, will never master it all, but we can deal with it all.
One of the major currents in the maelstrom is called Industry 4.0, and its combination of Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things promises to totally change the way we live. Technical communicators will not be exempt. We’ll still need technical information, but we aren’t going to be producing it “the way we’ve always done it.”
We’re going to glimpse ahead to how our industry is changing, even now, and how we need to adapt ourselves and our skills – for survival, for sanity, and for success in a world without documents.
http://technicalcommunicationuk.com/
The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators is the largest UK body representing information development professionals. Its members create or manage information that has an impact on people. This includes creating user guides, manuals, installation instructions, operating and safety procedures, business processes, training materials and software user assistance. We encourage professional development, training courses in technical communication, standards, research resources and networking opportunities for our members and industry affiliates. The ISTC also promotes the value of technical communication and the profession.
Recording of Sarah Richard's keynote presentation at Technical Communications UK Conference 2016.
“From bit-of-a-scaredy-cat to banning words for the UK government”
Sarah started in a quiet team of editors and ended up banning Whitehall from using their favourite jargon on GOV.UK. Sarah will explain her journey from having to publish whatever lawyers and policy people said to running an agency that will only take on work if the process is agile and user-centred. It’s a tale of tears, sugar, late night pizza, not many kittens and tea*.
- plus how she introduces user-centred content into organisations.
http://technicalcommunicationuk.com/
The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators is the largest UK body representing information development professionals. Its members create or manage information that has an impact on people. This includes creating user guides, manuals, installation instructions, operating and safety procedures, business processes, training materials and software user assistance. We encourage professional development, training courses in technical communication, standards, research resources and networking opportunities for our members and industry affiliates. The ISTC also promotes the value of technical communication and the profession.