This book explores how workflows and technologies that treat content as computable data are changing the roles, work activities, and outputs of professional technical communicators.It describes how the need for disciplinary approaches to design, manage, and deliver content has given rise to “the discipline of content” – content strategy, content design, content engineering, content operations – that increasingly defines a facet of technical communication work in modern organization...

Master the art of building AI agents with large language models using the coordinator, worker, and delegator approach for orchestrating complex AI systems Free with your book: PDF Copy, AI Assistant, and Next-Gen ReaderKey FeaturesUnderstand the foundations and advanced techniques of building intelligent, autonomous AI agentsLearn advanced techniques for reflection, introspection, tool use, planning, and collaboration in agentic systemsExplore ...

Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research aims to bridge the gap between what digital companies think they know about their users and the actual user experience. Individuals engaged in digital product and service development often fail to conduct user research. The book presents concepts and techniques to provide an understanding of how people experience products and services. The techniques are drawn from the worlds of human-computer interaction, marketing, an...

Good information gives designers a competitive advantage. Understanding the wishes of a client and the needs and preferences of their audience drives innovation. The ability to gather research, analyze findings, and apply them to project goals is as important to successful design teams as their conceptual and aesthetic skills. This essential handbook will help readers understand what design research is and why it is necessary, outline proven techniques and methods, and exp...

Thoughts on Interaction Design, Second Edition, contemplates and contributes to the theory of Interaction Design by exploring the semantic connections that live between technology and form that are brought to life when someone uses a product. It defines Interaction Design in a way that emphasizes the intellectual and cultural facets of the discipline. This edition explores how changes in the economic climate, increased connectivity, and international adoption of technology affect designing...

Rich in scholarly foundations combined with actual practice, Public Relations Online: Lasting Concepts for Changing Media connects the social and technological forces that are changing public relations. Using plain-talk discussion of theory and research, this book helps readers identify how lasting concepts for effective public relations can be applied in a changing media environment, and how a changing media environment affects the practice of effective public relations.

Closeness at a Distance is a groundbreaking approach to the challenges so many teams, and team leaders, face today. Virtual working is now a reality for most professionals, and the winners of tomorrow will be companies that proactively drive the performance of their virtual cooperations. Virtual leadership, project management at a distance, and networking are today's and tomorrow's critical success factors. So any leader needs to ask him or herself "Is your virtual collaboration a...

The field of technical communication is rapidly expanding in both the academic world and the private sector, yet a problematic divide remains between theory and practice. Here Stuart A. Selber and Johndan Johnson-Eilola, both respected scholars and teachers of technical communication, effectively bridge that gap.Solving Problems in Technical Communication collects the latest research and theory in the field and applies it to real-world problems faced by practitioners—probl...

Organizations embark on open innovation initiatives to sweep in external knowledge, practices and resources in cooperation with partners. This contrasts to the mainstream private innovation approach of in-house research and development sponsored solely by an incorporated funder, with intellectual property protected by copyright. Few organizations simultaneously engage in both approaches, within and across the levels of programs, projects and individuals. How does lear...

Discover how a new generation of AI agents is transforming the way we work, create, and innovate. Agents of the Future: How AI Will Reshape Work, Society, and Innovation takes you on an enlightening journey from the dawn of chatbots to the cutting-edge agents that can plan, reason, and connect seamlessly with the digital world around them.Inside this book, you'll explore:• Foundations of AI Agents: Understand the technology behind large lang...

"The Secrets to Earning with ChatGpt: Unleashing the Power of Conversational AI for Business Success" is a comprehensive guide that explores the potential of ChatGpt and its transformative impact on businesses. Through a series of insightful chapters, this book takes readers on a journey to understand the basics of ChatGpt, its practical applications, and its immense potential in various business domains.Starting with an introduction to ChatGpt and its potential, the book sets the s...

Find the Leading Edge in a Disrupted World.Planning our response to disruption seems impossible. Most new and emerging technologies have been in development for decades, but as soon as they land on our doorstep, they inspire “the shock of the new.” How do you, as a learning professional, prepare for what you don’t know is coming? How do you judge what is important and what is just a fad?In Shock of the New: The Challenge and Promise of Emerging Learning Technologies, Chad U...