On 10/31/06, Lisa M. Bronson (TCP) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's pretty likely every one of us needs to gather info from SMEs when
> writing documentation. A lot of technical communicators have a difficult
> time with this. Do you? How do you get people to give you the time and
> information you need?

I have a team lead who stickhandles all this stuff for me. She's
well-liked by pretty much everyone in the office, has great social
skills, and possesses very good "street cred" by virtue of her own
subject matter expertise, which is in an area central to our business.
All I have to do is ask the right questions, record the answers, and
write it up.

Social skills and subject matter expertise, therefore, seem to be good
things to have.

-- 
Milan Davidovic
http://altmilan.blogspot.com
http://www.terminus1525.ca/studio/view/2758

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