1.
A Techcomm Bestiary
Ben Woelk

2.
What’s a Bestiary?
Bestiary.ca

3.
Method to my Madness

4.
Madness to my Method?
http://intercom.stc.org/2014/03/technical-authoring-skills-map-at-
red-gate-software/

5.
Fraught with Peril

6.
What was I thinking?
(aka, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here)
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/ima
ges/divinecomedy_271.jpg

7.
The Editor
http://curiousrambler.com/2012/10/14/pa
lazzo-vecchio-sailing-tortoises-and-a-ufo/

8.
The Consultant
British Library, Harley MS 4751, Folio 47r

9.
The Project Manager
http://thegraphicsfairy.com/vintage-clip-art-
french-dictionary-page-seashells/

10.
The Documentation Team Member
Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio
47r

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The Manager
British Library, Royal MS 12 C. xix, Folio 6r

12.
The Agile Expert

13.
The Marcom Writer
Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio 33v

14.
The Information Architect
Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio
29v

15.
The Communication Specialist
Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio
60v

16.
The Web Designer
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, Folio 130r

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The Mentor
Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio
18r

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The Content Curator

19.
Disclaimer and Apologies
• Any similarity to real
techcomm
practitioners is purely
coincidental.
• I really did think it was a
clever idea.
• Initially!

20.
Contact Info and Discredits
• Ben Woelk
• @benwoelk
• Ben.woelk@gmail.com
• Benwoelk.com
• I misused many sources in a way that was
never imagined or intended by their creators.

21.
Author
• Shockproofing Your Use of Social Media
(Your Guru Guides), available at Amazon