The document outlines an agenda for a workshop on using storytelling to improve technical documentation. The workshop will cover converting participants to using stories, defining the tone, voice and style of stories, creating characters and plots, providing examples and having participants write their own stories, and sharing stories. The document also provides suggestions for stories about a company's history and mission, and people who work at the company. It emphasizes that the goal is the process, not the final product, and encourages sharing stories to help each other.

1. Using Storytelling to Improve Technical Documentation
By Allie Proff
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2. Introduction8:00-8:45
Convert to the Dark Side8:45-9:15
Define Tone, Voice, Style9:30-9:45
Define Character, Plot9:45-10:00
See Examples, Write story10:00-10:30
Share Stories10:45-12:00
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3.  Your name
 Your position and company
 If you were looking for work and perfectly qualified for any job
in the world, where would you apply and for what position?
 1-5 sentences how you are here on your professional journey
 What are some life experiences that give you a unique view on
the word?
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5. What’s in a story?
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7. Storytelling is based in science
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9. Always consider the user first
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Use the Right Tool

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How am I using story?

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Voice, Tone, and Style
Personality
Situation
Guidelines

12.  Character, or protagonist
 Structure, or plot
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13. Facebook Deloitte
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14. Story
 How did your company form? (Boeing’s 100 years young,
SurveyMonkey)
 What is your company’s mission? (Chipotle Scarecrow video –
cultivate a better world, Google Earth – Saroo Brierley – connect
people, Dear Sophie, Boeing Go4Zero)
 Who are the people who work at your company? (Chicago law firm
Levenfeld Perlstein, Everett Clinic)
Rarely does anyone do anything difficult the first time correctly.
It’s more important to practice and have fun than to have a
polished product. Today is about the process, not the
final product.
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15. Perhaps we share stories in much the same spirit that explorers
share maps, hoping to speed each other’s journey, but knowing the
journey we make will be our own. ~ Gloria Steinem
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16. Allie has been communicating technical
knowledge for over fifteen years, whether
it be in the U.S. Navy, as a high school
math teacher, or a writer/editor at The
Boeing Company s.
She helps engineers and analysts write
and produce their process instructions
and user help in a variety of formats,
including video demonstration.
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