In the Middle Ages, when I started in this business, we worked with things called pencils, typewriters, phones and books. When we needed to do research on a topic we didn't know about, like the article I made about the vagina bacteria, we looked for it. Now, back then, when "we were looking for it," it usually meant going somewhere and looking for a book.
For that work, the SME, a doctor, told me to review the Stedman Medical Dictionary and Gray's Anatomy (not the television show, the book) to get a general idea of what the subject was about. before speaking Without having to resort to Amazon.com, I went to a bookstore where I discovered that these are really good books that cost a lot of money. Next stop, the library.
OK, fast forward to the beginning of the 21st century. The point is that we now have so many excellent research resources literally at our fingertips. Being able to connect to the Internet and type a subject is much better than in the past.
That does not mean you never need to go to the site or go to a library or go out and talk to people. It means that much of what you need to know can be found quickly on the Web. The amount of information is amazing. Having this resource saves time that you can use to refine your research and produce a better product.
But, whether it's Fred Flintstone or George Jetson, there are some things that don't change. I am still a technical writer, and the way I process information is even more important than where I get it. It is still my job to collect, evaluate and organize data. The very fact that there is a large amount of data available ensures that everything is not as good. Finding it is easier. Making it useful is as difficult as ever.
This week's exercise is to look at some online sources and decide which ones you are most likely to use as a basis for your technical writing task. The task is to investigate a list of eight people who consider themselves prominent in their fields. Then, you should make a recommendation on which two should be interviewed by your client, depending on their area of specialization and level of education, as possible candidates to complete a team that studies the economic effects of drought in African nations.
Here is your list of 8 people to investigate:
or Benson, Charlotte
or Clow, Barbara
or Clow, Kenneth
or Elbadawi, Ibrahim A.
or Thompson, Lonny
or Tilahun, Tewodros
or Weinhold, Janae
or Wilcox, David
When finished, check the solution below.
Exercise – Answer
His task was to research eight people on the Internet who consider themselves prominent in their fields. He should make a recommendation on which two should be interviewed by his client, depending on his area of specialization and level of education, as possible candidates to complete a team that investigates the economic effects of drought in African nations.
Using both the person's name and keywords such as drought, research and Africa, he found a lot of quotes. Then it was a matter of investigating areas of specialization and education to find the two candidates that best fit the needs of their client.
Your information must include:
There are two prominent people named Charlotte Benson:
1. Charlotte Benson is a founding member and president of five periods of the Arizona Society of Astrologers and has no degree.
2. Charlotte Benson is a doctor and professor of economics and a senior research associate.
There are two prominent people called Clow:
3. Kenneth E. Clow is a Ph.D. and dean of the School of Business Administration at the University of Louisiana in Monroe.
4. Barbara Clow has a master's degree from the University of Michigan and is an astrologer, channeler and entrepreneur of the New Age.
There are two prominent people in Africa:
5. Tewodros Tilahun is the Managing Director of the Ethiopian Insurance Corporation.
6. Ibrahim A. Elbadawi is a member of the African Economic Research Consortium in Nairobi, Kenya.
There are two prominent people named Thompson:
7. Lonny G. Thompson is a professor of geological sciences at Ohio State University.
8. Lonny L. Thompson is a doctor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University.
9. Janae Weinhold has a doctorate in child psychology and operates the Carolina Conflict Resolution and Creative Leadership Institute, which specializes in evolutionary resources to change consciousness.
There are two prominent people named David Wilcock:
10. David Wilcock is a doctor in Basel, Switzerland, and works in the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to solve hunger.
11. David Wilcock is an intuitive professional consultant without a degree
Now, the task is to reduce these eleven people based on customer specifications. This is how I focused it.
First, I eliminated seven people whose areas of expertise did not meet the specifications.
1. Charlotte Benson, astrology
4. Barbara Clow, astrologer
5. Tewodros Tilahun, sure
7. Lonny G. Thompson, geology
8. Lonny L. Thompson, mechanical engineering.
9. Janae Weinhold, changing consciousness
11. David Wilcock, intuitive consultant
Of the remaining four, I eliminated two that least fit the subject of the investigation.
2. Charlotte Benson, economics
3. Kenneth E. Clow, sure
I decided on these as the last two who the client should interview.
10. David Wilcock, hunger reduction
6. Ibrahim A. Elbadawi, African economy
Certainly, there are other ways of dividing and dicing the list, but who were your final choices, the important thing is that they were based on a large amount of research and the choice of resources that you considered more credible.
By the way, if you wonder how the original list came up with the client, I can only say that it is no stranger than much of the information provided to work in this business.
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