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| William D. Sanders | |||
| POB 1490, Idaho Springs, CO 80452 303.567.4646(v) / 303.567.4644(f) / 303.570.1044(c) |
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| Partner in Scribble & Count™ LLC | bsanders@scribble-count.com | ||
Objective
Contract to execute one of the following projects:| Set up/manage documentation department Design/redesign Website Design corporate styles and/or convert documents Document software releases Create technical documentation. |
Work Performed
Document Department Setup & Management:| Have created documentation department for two startups: > Defined document types > Created templates and boilerplate and wrote style guides; > Established procedures; > Recommended staffing levels and wrote position descriptions; > Wrote and edited internal and external documentation; > Designed, wrote, posted, and maintained Websites > Costed all aspects.
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Documentation Design (online & print):
| » | Have designed all or part of several online and print documentation suites (including selecting tools, drafting boilerplate, creating cross-media templates and style sheets, setting policies for version control, and establishing procedures for single-sourcing).
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| » | Have designed and maintained Web and FTP sites (including scoping decisions, audience analysis, host selection, technical implementation decisions, organization and storyboarding, writing & coding, file inventory control, turnover training). | |
| » | Have provided consultation on issues relating to hypertext and single-sourcing. | |
| » | Have spoken on hypertext to national, regional, and local professional groups, technical groups, and chambers of commerce. |
Technical Writing (online & print):
| » | Have written and/or edited nearly all types of documentation: procedures, user guides, reference materials, system overviews, engineering reports, training materials, white papers.
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| » | Have been the Technical Writer on a mobile IT troubleshooting team. | ||
| » | Have used following style sheets: Chicago, Microsoft, GPO, MIL-STD, MLA, and corporate style manuals (print); Yale/CAIM, UncleNetword (online). Have drafted templates and style manuals for clients. |
Consulting & Training
| » | Have provided true consultation services on style, online conversion, and staffing issues. |
| » | Have provided turnkey training. |
| » | Have taught English, library research, online searching, and medieval history. Techniques have included lecture, tutorial, and hands-on training. |
Technical Recognition
| » | From 1995-97, was Technical Assistant on CompuServe's Hypertext Forum. |
| » | Have addressed an international conference; a national convention; four regional conferences; and several local business, professional, and computer groups. (Topic in each case was an aspect of hypertext; some conference handouts available in Archive. |
| » | Have written newspaper feature story, essays, and bibliography on hypertext. |
Computer Skills
Systems:- Windows (3.1, 3,11, 95, 98; NT 3.51, 4, 2000; DOS 3.2-6.0)
- Macintosh (System6), Pick, VAX.
- HomeSite; Dreamweaver; Doc-To-Help, ForeHelp
- MS Word (Windows ver. 2-2000, Mac ver. 1); FrameMaker 5.5; MS Publisher; Excel; Acrobat.
- Visio; Corel 3 & 7; Paint Shop Pro.
Education & Training
AA English/JournalismBA Spanish (Summa)
MA History (Dickerson Fellow)
MLS Library Science (Assistantship)
2 yrs. Computer Science
20+ classes, seminars, conferences since 1993.
Employment History
| 1998-- 1993-- 1989-91 1987-89 1986-88 1984-86 1981-84 1978-81 |
Technology Extension Consulting, Inc. (Dir. Information Mgmt.) Scribble & Count (Doc. Mgr., Hypertext Author, Tech Writer) Clients: Technology Extension, NeoCore, NeoLogics, Scholastic, DoD, Trus Joist, Ryder Trucks, TECWorks, others. Ultimate Corp. (Technical Writer) SSAI (Technical Writer & Editor) Student (Computer Science) Saudi Arabian Navy (Library Manager & Technical Writer) Tulane Law Library (Reference Librarian & Head of Circulation) Jefferson Parish (LA) Library (Library Manager). |
Professional Organizations
| Society for Technical Commication Boulder Writers Alliance Web Designers & Developers Rocky Mountain Webmasters Guild |
HTML Writers Guild XML Rocky Mountain UG XML.com Rocky Mountain Wireless UG |
