Past Programs

"Mashups and Wikis and Blogs, Oh My!
What Does Web 2.0 Mean for Technical Communications?"

by Tim Bombosch

Program Description

Web 2.0 represents a sea change in how we communicate. In today's communications culture, anyone can be a publisher and become a pundit or expert. Global communities are collaborating to produce products, services, and knowledge with astonishing speed and expertise. Consumers of information demand a place in public discourse that was not available to them before. Consumers of products and services expect more control and influence than was ever possible.

What challenges and opportunities do these changes present to technical communications? This presentation will examine the nature and impact of Web 2.0 and suggest paths for technical communicators to adapt, survive, and flourish in a world that can seem exciting, exhilarating, and threatening at the same time.

About our Presenter

Tim Bombosch, PMP is a technical communications consultant and project manager for Lasselle-Ramsay Information Development Services. He manages projects ranging from bio-medical technology, consumer electronics, computer networking technologies, to semiconductor manufacturing. Tim speaks and writes extensively about project management, technical communications, and Web 2.0. Tim is a certified Project Management Professional with ten years experience managing technical communications projects at Lasselle-Ramsay, Mindjet, Sygate Technologies, IBM, and Kaiser Permanente. Before becoming a technical communicator and project manager, Tim taught media studies at Stanford University, where he received his PhD in German Studies.