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How often do technical writers speak at their own organisation's conferences

I'm thinking of putting together a proposal to speak at my company's annual conference. It's a big event, and it would be pretty cool to see a topic about technical documentation included in the line-up. I spoke at the conference two years ago. My presentation was well received and gave quite a lift to the technical writing team within the organisation as a whole.

This has led me to wondering how often technical writers get an opportunity like this. Have you done it, and what sort of feedback did you get?

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Permalink Reply by Sanjay G on February 22, 2012 at 5:18am

Thank you Sarah for the commendation.

Well, i always try to pass on some tips about documentation to developers/testers whenever they are lit bit interested in documentation work. Later, when those developers use my tips, i feel my tips have been well received.