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On March 30 I will be presenting a workshop at the 1st Society for
Technical Communication Region 3 Student Conference at Mercer
University. The topic of my presentation is "Consulting: Is It For
You?"
I would appreciate any information that you may be able to offer
concerning:
-services consultants provide
-any trends in business towards outsourcing documentation -skills
you desire prospective consultant to possess
-any other information that you think technical writing
students and recent grads should know about consulting
Also, any books on consulting would be appreciated. A few weeks ago
there was much discussion about a new book on technical writing
consulting but I forgot who wrote it.
Thank you for your time and help with this matter. Please feel free to
contact me directly.
Amy V. Rickeard
rickeara -at- dstm -dot- com
1.800.955.6775 x.256
Documentation Specialist
Datastream Systems, Inc.
