Category: Client Work

First Technical Writing Job

Post author By Tamra
Post date August 20, 2020
Categories In Client Work, Technical Writing, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday to 1988 and my first full-time technical writing job.

Three Tips for Improving RFP Titles

Post author By Tamra
Post date December 19, 2019
Categories In Client Work, Technical Writing, Tips & Helpful Info
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A lot of government departments and corporations work hard at figuring out what to put in their RFPs, but spend little time thinking about the RFP title or the names of the documents associated with the proposal request. Clear posting titles can often be the last priority, especially when the RFP creators are busy thinking […]

Proposal Writing and RFP Monitoring

Post author By Tamra
Post date January 29, 2019
Categories In Client Work, Technical Writing
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Seeing a posting for a “Proposal writer” job today made me realize I haven’t talked about one of my ongoing client projects. My client sells their two software products to city, county, and state governments, and came to me three years ago asking if I could provide them with some help in their RFP process. […]

Throwback Thursday: Writing and Design of LeDoux Brochure

Post author By Tamra
Post date January 17, 2019
Categories In Brochure Writing, Client Work, Throwback Thursday
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A throwback post today, about some brochure writing I did for a local client. At the time that Mr. LeDoux approached us about creating a brochure he typically marketed using humorous postcards with cartoon illustrations, so he didn’t have much in the way of content that could be repurposed. I took detailed notes at our […]

Re-writing and Updating

Post author By Tamra
Post date November 2, 2017
Categories In Client Work, Technical Writing
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Working on re-writing and updating three manuals for Gov. users in Pennsylvania this week. I now know a lot about how fingerprint-based background checks are processed by the software (and by the users of the software) in PA. The more manuals I write the better my chances of someday winning on Jeopardy.

Redesigning Text-Heavy Handouts

Post author By Tamra
Post date April 20, 2015
Categories In Client Work, Tips & Helpful Info
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Here’s a recent response (with a few edits to protect confidentiality) to a question by a PR person who wanted to know how I’d redesign some single-page flyers for a client of theirs. “I think {your client’s} projects are as much “information design” as they are graphic design. In other words the project isn’t just […]