The Secret Weapon for Faster Employee Onboarding: What HR Won’t Tell You About Instructional Design

New hires walk through the door, excited and ready to get started. Then, the onboarding begins. Endless documents, training sessions that drag on, and information overload. By the time they actually get to work, most of what they learned is already forgotten. Some employees take weeks, even months, to fully settle in. Others hit the […]
My Experience as an Instructional Designer on a Salesforce Digital Transformation Project

Working on a Salesforce digital transformation project for a government department was a unique and rewarding experience. For two years, I collaborated with an Agile project team to implement Salesforce effectively while ensuring end-users could adopt the system seamlessly. The role required balancing technical expertise, stakeholder management, and a focus on user needs. Here’s an […]
No One Reads Your Work Instructions—And That’s Why Your System Rollout Is Failing

Rolling out a new system takes months of planning, testing, and investment. The software is ready. The tech team is confident. The go-live date arrives, and then… Employees struggle, avoid using the system, or create workarounds to keep doing things the old way. The issue isn’t the system itself. It’s the documentation. No one reads […]
Technical Writer Jobs Are in High Demand—But Most People Don’t Know What They Actually Do

Technical writing is one of the fastest-growing careers, but most people have no idea what it actually involves. Ask someone what a technical writer does, and you will probably get answers like:❌ “They write manuals no one reads”❌ “It’s just typing up instructions”❌ “Do they just proofread documents?” The reality is very different. Technical writers […]
Your SOPs Are Costing You Time and Money but a Standard Operating Procedure Writer Can Fix That

Most businesses think their SOPs are good enough. Until employees ignore them, misunderstand them, or work around them. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should make work easier, faster, and more consistent. Instead, many are confusing, outdated, or so long no one actually reads them. When that happens, businesses lose time, make more mistakes, and deal with […]
Why Every Business Needs a Technical Writer Specialist Before It’s Too Late

Most businesses don’t think about documentation until it’s already a problem. Employees struggle to find answers, system rollouts fail, and teams waste hours fixing preventable mistakes. The problem isn’t the technology. It’s the lack of clear, structured documentation. A technical writer specialist makes sure businesses have usable, accurate, and accessible documentation before chaos sets in. […]