Technical writing + Knowledge flow analysis

Using plain English in technical writing

What’s so good about plain English .. ?!

Basically, plain English helps everyone learn stuff quicker. Whenever someone has stop and figure out what something means, like an acronym or a technical term, they stop reading and start wondering. Using plain English helps people just read and understand - it helps things happen faster!

Technical writers can translate complex stuff into plain English so information and knowledge reaches your audience more efficiently.

 

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Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra + remote

Areas of Practice


Project documentation

 

Project documentation can include

  • reports

  • research related to the project

  • new instructions that need to be written down

  • lessons learned capture


Law and regulations

 

Law and regulations can form part of the input material for a technical writer where they need to be taken into account in policy and procedures, or guidelines. For example, incorporating data governance requirements into a user manual for business administrators.
Sometimes, law and regulations need to be communicated to an audience. For example, communicating strata law changes to people that live in an apartment complex.


Business analysis and knowledge flow

 

Considering the written and spoken points of information and knowledge storage within a business unit can give insight into how information and knowledge flows - and how it could flow more smoothly.

Offering more clarity in communications helps build value for businesses by

  • imparting efficiencies to business process

  • reducing repetition

  • reducing search times

  • building better working relationships

  • supporting company or organisational culture to grow through communication of its values and purposes


“Knowledge is the business asset that grows the more you use it.”

– Kimiz Dalkir

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Get in touch and we’ll have a conversation about getting your work done. If you know your requirements and timeframe, feel free to include them.