RE: Style guide mindmap

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

I can't imagine a tech writing department "clamoring" to use someone
else's mind map to develop their style guide.

But I can easily imagine a consultant selling it to a non-tech-writing
manager -- who would then turn around and say, "We bought it, now use
it!"

Sigh.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bartels, Mary
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:24 PM
> To: Rob Hudson; TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Style guide mindmap
> 
> Rob:
> 
> What or who is behind this venture? Has this been 
> suggested to you by one of your colleagues? I 
> think this might be a worthwhile effort if you can 
> create a business case for it. This business case 
> would include, but not be limited to, tech writers 
> and tech writing departments clamoring for a mind map 
> to develop their own style guide. I define something 
> coming out of academia as worthwhile if it will be 
> snatched up by the business world and put to good 
> use. Me? I love style guides. A "mind map" to 
> develop a style guide sounds like fun, but I don't 
> know if it is really worthwhile.
> 

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