From technical writer to content strategist

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Many technical communication professionals are expanding their skills to include content strategy. If you are thinking of making the transition to become a content strategist then check out this session from last month’s STC Summit, which was held in Orlando, Florida in May.

Below are the slides from Senior Content Strategist at WillowTree Melanie Seibert’s talk on why content strategy is a good career path for technical writers and how you can make the transition to this in-demand profession. There’s also a useful summary of what content strategy is and the kind of questions and tasks it involves. View below or here is the link.

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