Technical writing newsletter 5: April 2004
Standards development
You can now purchase BS ISO 18019 from the British Standards Institution. TechScribe helped to develop the standard. For details and a link to the BSI read the article (www.techscribe.co.uk/techw/iso_18019.htm).
Business development
Last week Mike Unwalla facilitated a workshop entitled, 'Promoting your freelance technical writing business'. The content applies to many small businesses, and you can read the workshop notes (www.techscribe.co.uk/ta/promoting_tech_writing.htm).
In April, TechScribe celebrated five years of successful trading. Over those years, our reputation has grown and many organisations refer to our work. Examples are the India chapter of the STC (www.stc-india.org/indus/072003/websitereview.htm) and the University of Calgary (www.ucalgary.ca/coms363/lab4.htm).
Community involvement
Whirlow Hall Farm Trust is a Sheffield-based charity that gives deprived children holidays on its working farm. Mike Unwalla was pleased to help at a recent fundraising event. Jayne Brook, Events Manager, said, "We receive no government funding, so we are delighted that the first Easter Farm Fayre was a huge success… We are grateful for your support."
Resources
Do you use Microsoft Outlook? Do you hate how the newer versions prevent you reading some attachments? Slovak Technical Services (www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm) sells a useful add-in that lets you control which attachments are blocked.
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