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21 Jul

How do you transform Learning across your Enterprise? With Learning Automation

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Learning Automation is changing how learning is delivered in enterprises. Paradoxically the disruption brought about by the very automation that threatens the growth of the Indian IT enterprises and existence of millions of jobs across the sector can be answered by large scale learning automation! Automation in Learning will allow your workforces to be reskilled quickly and in time to start delivering to customers with the required skill set.

If you are a leader in Learning and Development you should be at automationshift_ is India’s first CXO conference on AI + automation + machine learning. automationshift_ is on 15 Sept 2017, World Trade Center, Bengaluru. The conference is now open for participation.

Dr Tony Bates for automationshift_

Dr Tony Bates is President and CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd that specialises in planning and management of e-learning and distance education. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor in the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University, Toronto.  Dr Tony Bates speaks & writes extensively on both learning and learning automation. His perspective on  “Automation or empowerment: online learning at the crossroads” will be part of the CXO and Leaders’ Perspectives.

Who is attending automationshift_?

Indian CXOs, leaders & thinkers and leading International voices across Marketing + Product Engineering + Product Management + Service Delivery + Learning are at automationshift_. They reflect on their approaches and technological directions in leveraging automation. automationshift_ brings together large enterprise users together with exciting startups that represent the larger automation ecosystem.

Conference structure

automationshift_ is a 1-day conference that packs in

  • a keynote address
  • 5 individual CXO speakers
  • 1 CXO panel discussion
  • 1 product developers round table
  • a 100+ page publication in leading automation thinking from around the world
  • 1 exhibit area with India’s leading products being exhibited.

 

What next?

  • Visit the automationshift_ website here | Register for the conference here
  • Sponsorships, Speaking Opportunities & Press Invites write to selena [at] twb [dot] in or call 96860 59020
  • Watch the automationshift_ intro video
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TWB_ (formerly TWB) is the world leader in Technology Content and the Strategic + Creative + Technology Agency for Technology Brands I www.twb.in
15 Jun

TWB_ whitepaper on Estimating the Time & Effort for Creating Technical Content

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Abstract

To estimate effort for a technical document has always been a challenge for authors. This stage is very crucial since it affects the high-level planning and subsequent budgeting for a particular project. Although it is endeavored to arrive at an accurate estimate initially, many unanticipated factors and risks could affect the overall health of a project. There are few accepted standards/methods for estimating effort for document deliverables and the accuracy of an estimate could make or break a project. Many projects are shelved due to errors in estimations, which have led to disputes. Some have resulted in doubling the effort, or even overshooting the overall planned schedule, entailing compromises in the quality of deliverables.

How do you estimate precisely the time & effort for authoring Product + Marketing + Learning content?

This document primarily looks into why estimates go wrong and what are the factors to be considered while making an estimate for a given document. It also addresses and discusses few of the viable estimating techniques and their implications and also the issues that are often overlooked during speculation.

Download TWB_ whitepaper on Estimating the Time & Effort for Creating Technical Content (PDF)

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TWB_ (formerly TWB) is the world leader in Technology Content and the Strategic + Creative + Technology Agency for Technology Brands I www.twb.in
15 Jun

Whitepaper: Should you Outsource Technology Content?

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Best of breed content and content automation could be a strategic advantage. Should to try to develop and implement a content strategy internally? Or should you bring in a partner?

Abstract

Outsourcing business services is a regular process in the present global high-tech world. This business has grown to encompass knowledge processes along with the business processes in the recent years. Outsourcing of technical documentation is proving to be an investment that has high potential returns. However to en-cash this potential every outsourcer needs to understand what he stands to gain eventually before implementing the strategy of outsourcing. This white paper tries to draw attention to the implementation of ROI concept in technical documentation outsourcing and list out the various subsequent returns. It also highlights some of the factors that drive outsourcing technical documentation as well.
Download the TWB_ Whitepaper: Should you Outsource Technology Content? (PDF)

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TWB_ (formerly TWB) is the world leader in Technology Content and the Strategic + Creative + Technology Agency for Technology Brands I www.twb.in
15 Jun

“What CMS?” Implementation of DITA for Enterprise Content Management

By TWB_ In Content /  5 1 Comment

When enterprise content starts scaling and as reuse and repurposing become essential, the first question CIOs need to answer is “What CMS?” DITA could be the answer.

Abstract

Most organizations or departments within organizations follow internal style guides and standards for content or document management. To compete in the global marketplace, they are frequently faced with the challenge to adopt external standards followed by other organizations that could be their clients or vendors. When it comes to content development, there are many advantages of adopting standards. Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is one such standard. This document provides a perspective on how to implement DITA in your organization based on your documentation needs.

 

“What CMS?” Implementation of DITA for Enterprise Content Management: Download whitepaper (PDF)

 

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TWB_ (formerly TWB) is the world leader in Technology Content and the Strategic + Creative + Technology Agency for Technology Brands I www.twb.in
15 Jun

TWB_ WhitePaper on Advanced Usability Testing for Product Documentation

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Writing great product documentation is one step, ensuring precise usability testing to ensure effectiveness is another challenge. Will you use Heuristic Evaluation or Cognitive, and how?

Abstract

The credibility of any organization depends on the product documents that accompany its products. There is always a challenge in creating good products and good product documents to ensure a market niche. A product undergoes many quality checks before its release. There are many documents that do not provide information to the user at times of need. Either the information is missing in the document or the user spends valuable time and effort in searching the information due to a missing table of contents or bad index. All these problems can be avoided if the product document too undergoes rigorous quality tests. The various methods of testing product documents are elaborated in this paper.

Download TWB_ paper on usability testing here (PDF)

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02 Feb

TWB creates success through effective online training across India I LiveMint

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As Nitika Wadhwa flips through newspapers, the absence of advertisements for walk-in-interviews does not bother her at all. After working with a BPO for a short while and then an NGO, she is today working as a technical writer. She says she hasn’t seen even a single person in her function being handed a pink slip even in these recessionary times.

“Everyday I get 5-10 mails which say you’re short-listed for an interview. I’m getting calls from consultants. A lot of my software engineering friends ask me about what I have done. They want to do this course and become a technical writer as it is a comfortable job, more imaginative more creative” says Nikita.

“There is a requirement of 200,000 to 250,000 people with such skill sets,” says Rakesh Shukla, founder of technical writing firm, TWB, which also delivers the TWB Certifications. Simply put technical writers are people who communicate technical information in a manner that even non-technical reader can understand. And Rakesh says that in the next 4 years technical writing will be roughly a $1.5 billion industry. And even in the current slowdown, his business has been growing.

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