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A Weekly Newsletter for Technical Writers and

Content Strategists Doing Omnichannel Publishing

Issue 2023.12

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

KM World 2023 Call for Speakers

ChatGPT, other advanced AI tools face regulatory clampdown in Europe.

STC Chicago Happy Hour Join us for Happy Hour to network with your fellow technical communicators and learn more about getting involved in STC Chicago! There will be snacks, and each attendee gets one drink on us.

Alibaba to roll out its rival to ChatGPT across all its products.

How ChatGPT is changing the job hiring process.

Presenting the 2023 STC class of Associate Fellows. The new STC Associate Fellows will be officially honored at the 2023 STC Technical Communication Summit & Expo Honors Event & Lunch on Tuesday, 16 May 2023, in Atlanta, GA

ARTICLES AND PODCASTS

Podcast: Reflecting On A Career in Content: Ann Rockley is known as the “mother” of content strategy. She has an international reputation for establishing the field in content strategy. In her chat with Kristina, Ann shared some of her experience and advice from decades of experience in content including creating a methodology for content, ways of effectively communicating with people, content modeling, measuring content and so much more.

Article: Viewing AI as An Opportunity, and Not a Threat to Your Business.

Article: Cut Costs and Improve Productivity with Content Intelligence.

Podcast: MadCap acquisition of IXIASOFT. Éric Bergeron explains the MadCap acquisition of IXIASOFT.

Article: GPT-4 goes a little AGI with Auto-GPT.

Article: The Accidental Taxonomist. Topics related to information management taxonomies posted by the author of the book, The Accidental Taxonomist.

Article: Conversation Design for Technical Communication

Article: A new ChatGPT Zero Day attack is undetectable data-stealing malware.

Article: Here’s How To Use AI (Like ChatGPT And Bard) for Everyday Tasks Like Creating a Budget, Finding Airfare or Planning Meals

Article: Do you like asking ChatGPT questions? You could get paid (a lot) for it.

Job Postings

Content Strategist, MrBeast, fulltime staff, Greenville, NC, on-site

Technical Writer, Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom, fulltime staff, Dayton Metropolitan Area, hybrid

Senior UX Writer, MSA, The Safety Company, fulltime staff, Bronxville, NY, on-site

Content Strategist, Signature Consultants, Contract, Minneapolis, MN, on-site.

Content Strategist, Fidelity TalentSource, Contract, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, hybrid.

Digital Content Strategist, Creative Circle, fulltime staff, Saint Paul, WI, on-site.

Technical Writer, Trainer, Hitachi Rail, fulltime staff, Pittsburgh, PA, hybrid.

User Experience Designer, Epic, fulltime staff, La Crosse, WI, on-site.

, Mitel

Content Strategist, Mitel, fulltime staff, Milwaukee, WI, on-site.

Upcoming Webinars and Events

Webinar: Assessing the Amount of Redundant Content in Our Documentation: Advancing Content Reuse with Analyzer 2.0.

26 Apr 23, 9:00 am – 10:30 am PDT | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm BST

Webinar: Create and Deliver Personalized Content With DITA Based on Your Role and Goal. 27 Apr 23, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT.

Webinar: Create and Deliver Personalized Content. In this webinar, we will explore how different people in an organization can create and deliver personalized content using DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture).

27 Apr 23, 12:00PM, CDT

Webinar: Create and Deliver Personalized Content With DITA Based on Your Role and Goal. 27 Apr 23, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM CDT

UX Design with Headless Content: Emerging Practices. 2 May 23,

10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (New York)

Webinar: Using Structured Authoring to Publish Videos at Scale. 10 May 23, 9:00am–10:30am PDT | 12:00pm–1:30pm EDT | 5:00pm–6:30pm BST.

Upcoming and On-demand Classes

How to Speak to ChatGPT: Live Demo and Interactive Workshop.

20 Apr 23, 11:00AM 12:30PM, CDT. $0 USD. ONLINE.

Developing Your Content Strategy, 25 Apr–13 June 23.

3 sessions of 2 hours each. $490 USD.

Minimalism: Creating Information People Really Need, 26 Apr–31 May 23

Introduction to Technical Editing, 1 May–5 June 23.

Registration closes 28 Apr 23. STC members: $375 USD.

DITA Localization Fundamentals, June 6 – 13 – 20th | 4 pm CET.

Upcoming Conferences

Confab 30 April–3 May 23, Minneapolis, MN

ConveyUX 2–4 May 23, online

The STC Summit 14–17 May 23, Atlanta, GA

MadWorld 8–11 Oct 23, San Diego, CA and online

The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference 14–18 Oct, San Diego, CA

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