Technical Writing

Technical writing: sounds dry, doesn’t it?

But the further I delved into the theory of technical writing and document design, the more I warmed up to it.

Above all else, technical communication is about clarity. Good technical writing is unambiguous–in its objective, in its organization, and in its execution. Much of the ground covered in my coursework about structure, coherence, and methods of development was already very familiar to me. But it was helpful to analyze good writing in terms of its ability to instruct. I feel I am a stronger writer for having examined this approach to written communication.

Here are a few samples of my technical writing, all produced for a technical writing program at California State University, Dominguez Hills:

• A Powerpoint presentation with speaker’s notes on the basics of mutual funds investing
• A Powerpoint presentation on the basics of social media platforms
• A how-to for first-time Yahoo! users on creating and sending an email
• A sample feasibility report for a fictional statewide labor union assessing the viability of cloud computing for its documentation needs