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• Event Summaries
  Written by multiple authors and managed by Sharon Mink
  Summaries of events held by Elephant and other organizations throughout the Israeli technical/marcom community. 

• The Why of Style
  By Mark L. Levinson
  On the 1st and 15th of each month, Mark L. Levinson examines the big and little factors that make writing effective.

• It's in The Script
  By Paul Schnall
  On the 3rd and 18th of each month, Paul Schnall teaches us about the power of FrameScript and how to use it.
• Coaching for Success
  by Dr. Carolyn Tal
  Dr. Tal discusses the principles of professional coaching, currently focusing on resiliency.
• Hunters and Gatherers
  By Eric Gluch
  On the 5th of every month Eric Gluch will look at modern marketing from an interesting perspective.

• Moving to Chelm  
  By Esther Shira Stepansky
  On the 7th and 22nd of each month, Esther Shira Stepansky will take us on a humorous another adventure in the modern day land of Chelm as we look at some of the challenges of making aliyah and finding work in Israel.  Making aliyah is supposed to be the fulfillment of my of your Jewish identity, so why does Israel make it so difficult?

• All About Indexing
  By Shoshana Hurwitz
  On the 9th and 25th of each month, Shoshana Hurwitz talks about the wonderful world of indexing.
  

• Broken Bell Education in Israel
  By David Siegel
  On the 10th of each month, David Siegel looks at the problems in education in Israel and discusses what can be done.
• Building Bridges (in Hebrew)
  by Dr. Susan Zaidel
  On the 11th of each month (starting May 11, 2008) Dr. Zaidel discusses another aspect of mediation within the framework of Israel's court-approved Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process. Susan, who is one of the pioneers in this process within the Israeli legal system, specializes in mediation as an alternative to traditional divorce proceedings that tend to make it even more difficult to continue to raise children. The articles in this column deal with those principles of mediation that also apply to business mediation as an alternative to civil action in the Israeli courts system.
• Of Mice and Keyboard Shortcuts
  By Michael Cohen
  On the 12th and 27th of every month Michael will teach us practical shortcuts that save us time and make our lives easier.
• Don't Forget
  By Hezy Asher
  Every month on or around the 20th Hezy Asher will teach us how to improve our memory.

• Jonathan's Tool Bar & Grill
  By Jonathan Plutchok
  Each week Jonathan Plutchok identifies free or inexpensive utilities or plug-ins that save time, increase productivity, improve your computing environment, perform a task you otherwise couldn't do... or is just too much fun to ignore. This column has grown into its own blog at http://jonathanstoolbar.blogspot.com where you can find new issues every week.

• World of Podcasting
  By Tom Johnson
  Tom Johnson's podcast episodes, provide tips on recording presentations, and provide other podcasting related news and events.
• Life as a Tech Writer
  By Mumpy
  
• Effective Management ניהול אפקטיבי
  By Eitan Reuveni
  
• Scribblin' With Steph
  By Stephanie Freid
  
• Why am I a Tech Writer?
  By Michael Altman
  
• Life in Northern Israel
  By multiple authors
• Life on the Southern Front of Israel
  By Israel Ivri

2 comment

strimling 3 year, 1 month ago

Michelle Corbin of IBM USA and I presented a joint lecture at this year's annual Society for Technical Communication international summit, entitled "Editing Modular Documentation: Some Best Practices".

This presentation was the culmination of half a year of intense professional collaboration between us, and leveraged both companies' knowledge and resources in the field of high-quality, user-centered technical documentation.

The feedback from the convention was excellent, with many attendees saying that it was one of the best and most informative presentations given that year. In fact, after the convention, a number of very positive online reviews were written about the presentation.

The article has since been copied to the User Assistance Professionals website as a featured article (http://www.writersua.com/articles/modular/index.html).

I think the Israel TC community might get a lot of benefit from this article, and I look forward to hearing your feedback!

Yoel Strimling
Senior Technical Editor
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Esther Shira Stepansky 3 year, 1 month ago

Yoel,

Thanks so much for posting this article link to our site.

I thing that your written version displays your message
perhaps even powerfully than your presentation did.

As someone who has been working with technical manuals
and involved in technical training for nearly 18 years, "chunking"
is my default mode of thinking. But for people new to the idea,
your presentation is a very clear, concise, and well demonstrated example.

Have you considered presenting this material here in Israel,
perhaps at the Techshoret conference?

Thanks again for visiting.
Regards,
Shira
Esther Shira Stepansky