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Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler

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How did you hear about Smaller Indiana?
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What is your greatest strength?
Helping organizations find more efficient ways to create, manage, and deliver their information assets.
What are you working on?
Planning for our upcoming Documentation and Training Life Sciences conference, June 23-26, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Union Station.

http://www.doctrain.com/life

And, running my blog, http://www.thecontentwrangler.com (now with 17,500+ subscribers) and my new social network, http://thecontentwrangler.ning.com (with over 1,000 members in one week).
How big is your business?
small company
What is your Job Title
Owner
What is your Company Website?
http://www.thecontentwrangler.com
What is your Personal Website?
http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottabel
What is your alma mater?
IUPUI
Why join Smaller Indiana? What are you hoping to experience here ?
I'm just checking out this community to explore the value it may provide.

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Scott Abel's Blog

Dan Quayle May Be Dancin' With The Stars

If this rumor is true, the producers of Dancing with the Stars are hard up for so-called celebrity dancers. Former US Vice President (and fellow Hoosier) Dan Quayle, is rumored to be on the short list for next season. Alas, there's no shortage of dumb ideas. The official announcement will be made soon on ABC news program, Good Morning Ameri… Continue

Posted on July 30th, 2008 at 9:43am — 2 Comments (Add)

The Sometimes Humorous Side of Social Networking: Facebook / eHarmony Parody Video

Sure, social networks are powerful, paradigm-shifting technologies that are changing the way software and services are being developed. They're great tools for networking, finding jobs, locating information, and congregating together online (and in person) with others who share the same interests as we do. I've started my own global network of content professionals and it's proved to be ext… Continue

Posted on June 10th, 2008 at 7:32am — No Comments (Add)

Solving Content Challenges Focus of Documentation and Training Life Sciences Event

Smaller Indiana members, I'm hoping to have a great turn out for our first Documentation and Training Life Sciences event in Indianapolis, June 23-26, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Union Station. If you'd like to attend, we have a limited number of free passes for folks who work at medical device, pharmaceutical and health and hospital corporations, or for those organizations that serve them. If you'd like to snag one up at no charge,… Continue

Posted on June 7th, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments (Add)

Software-as-a-Service: Changing The Benefit Packages IT Organizations Offer (And Not Always In Good Way)

Prediction: Hosted software solutions (software provided as a service on the web -- aka Software-as-a-Service) will introduce the need for new vacation and benefit packages, something many human resource managers have yet to realize.… Continue

Posted on June 5th, 2008 at 10:07am — 3 Comments (Add)

The Document as Application: The Convergence of Document Publishing and Application Development

The worlds of document publishing and application development are converging. Traditionally, publishing processes focused on static documents in print, PDF, HTML, and other formats. While the Web introduced rich media formats, this only provided a more compelling multidimensional rendering of static information. The reality is that business depends on dynamic data, and static documents only provide a snapshot in time. Users who need the most current information possible must go to the source –… Continue

Posted on May 30th, 2008 at 7:17am — No Comments (Add)

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At 10:25am on September 3rd, 2008, Brady Jacoba said…
Good luck in Cali Scott. I enjoy your site/blog and I'm sure they will too. Thank you for getting back to me.
Brady
At 10:11am on September 3rd, 2008, Brady Jacoba said…
Scott:

Good morning. I'm with the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and I believe we may have some resources you would find beneficial. If you get the chance, maybe we could grab coffee or lunch. Let me know if you're going to be downtown and have an extra 30 minutes or so.

Thanks,
Brady Jacoba
At 2:59am on June 28th, 2008, Matt Theobald said…
Still interested in chatting. Downtown anytime?
At 10:42am on June 27th, 2008, Kyle Lacy said…
SCOTT! How ya doing?
At 3:11pm on June 16th, 2008, Brandon R. Lott said…
I am lighting up your profile and email today! I just received the email about the 10 free tix to next weeks conference. If I get to you in time, please put Gazelle Web & Consulting, LLC name on one of the tix!
At 2:45pm on June 16th, 2008, Brandon R. Lott said…
Hey Scott, don't forget to call my cell.
At 7:46pm on June 15th, 2008, Brandon R. Lott said…
Hey Scott, I am back and wired on SI.com. I have a few things I would like your input on and would appreciate your calling me this week. Contact info on www.runwithgazelle.com
At 4:51pm on June 6th, 2008, Tia NIelsen said…
Hi Scott,

You've asked a fair question. Briefly, I am a freelance writer and editor who likes to create impact, preferably societal, for the success of a project.

I usually look for projects that take a complicated subject and "translate" it into the everyday language of the target audience. I worked for a Spanish bilingual newspaper at one time, even though I am by no means fluent in Spanish. I only wrote the English portion but knew enough about who I was addressing to make it work in English and was also conceptually clear when translated into Spanish.

I seem to seem to have a marketing mindset--it took me quite a while to figure this out--and an intense desire to communicate key issues to "the audience." Without a doubt, I have seen the healthcare community struggle to explain what could happen, and what should be done, if we face a flu pandemic in the United States. Everyone spoke English but not the same daily language. When I read about the DocTrain event--I spent (too much) time on the web site reading the workshop descriptions--I sensed a fit for future articles, or perhaps, writing marketing materials. Positioning a concept in the target audience mind is crucial--and I observe misses are common.

This note to you is far too long. If you want to know who I write for ( so far), feel free to call me (317.882.3198). I realize those passes are to benefit the objectives of the organization. Again, calling would save time since I am on deadline for several articles and will not return to Smaller Indiana for several days. Thanks for your time!
At 10:40am on May 23rd, 2008, Greg Clements said…
Things are busy for me as well and going good. I plan on staying in town this weekend and getting some things done, but also trying to relax a little. Have a good one.
At 8:28am on May 8th, 2008, Dennis Mann said…
Scott, sorry to be coming in late, can you send me a copy of the email flyer also? I have some folks in mind that I would like to pass it along to...

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