RE: Help - my consultants cannot write!

["Michael West" <mike -dot- west -at- bigpond -dot- com>]

I think the answer is implicit in your question. Can they be great security analysts without being good communicators? You bet.

 

Can they be good consultants without being good communicators? Itâs difficult to imagine how any hiring manager would make that leap of faith.

 

Again, weâre not talking Pulitzer prize or National Book Award here. The original focus of this discussion was âwriting clearly and concisely.â Thatâs not a big ask for a consultant (as distinct from a subject matter expert, from whom we have grown accustomed to expect long silences punctuated by cryptic utterances and inexplicable grins).

 

--

Mike West

 

From: Steve Schwarzman [mailto:steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 12 October 2011 7:09 AM
To: Porrello, Leonard
Cc: Kat Kuvinka; ruthsessions03051 -at- yahoo -dot- com; mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com; mike -dot- west -at- bigpond -dot- com
Subject: Re: Help - my consultants cannot write!

 

There's something that's been mentioned several times now by several posters that has me wondering, namely that consultants should by definition be good writers/communicators.

 

Is this so? I don't know the security business, to go back to Andrew's question, but isn't it possible that someone could really be great at analyzing a security setup, identifying any holes, and recommending the necessary fixes, without being a good writer?

 

I mean, are we in the writing business assuming that all consultants are writers because that's the kind some of us are?

 

Just asking.

 

Steve Schwarzman

-- 
 <http://www.amazon.com/Technical-Writing-Management-Practical-Guide/dp/1456534181?&tag=writersbookmall-20> Technical Writing Management: A Practical Guide
Now available at Amazon <http://www.amazon.com/Technical-Writing-Management-Practical-Guide/dp/1456534181?&tag=writersbookmall-20>  in softcover and Kindle editions

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Create and publish documentation through multiple channels with Doc-To-Help.
Choose your authoring formats and get any output you may need. Try
Doc-To-Help, now with MS SharePoint integration, free for 30-days.
http://www.doctohelp.com

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat