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Can Someone Follow Your Instructions Without Guessing?
A practical user test for patient instructions, procedures, job aids, and help content that finds where people hesitate, misinterpret a step, or cannot recover.
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Can You Tell If a Draft Was Written by AI? Ask Better Questions
A practical editorial review for AI-assisted drafts that checks evidence, omissions, confidentiality, rights, accountability, and usefulness instead of relying on detection alone.
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Is Your Online Training Harder Than It Needs to Be?
A practical review for removing clutter, unclear instructions, and avoidable mental effort from online training without watering down the learning.
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Before You Translate: A Source-Content Readiness Check
A practical source-content review for translation-ready terminology, structure, context, handover, and multilingual quality checks after ISO 18968:2026.
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Did the Training Work? An Evidence Plan Beyond Completion Rates
A practical evidence plan for measuring corporate training through learning, workplace transfer, and operational outcomes—not completion rates alone.
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EPUB 3.4 Is Coming: What Publishing Teams Should Test Now
A practical 2026 pilot plan for EPUB 3.4, including new media formats, accessibility metadata, reading-system testing, and production readiness.
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Is This Citation Still Current? A Prepublication Status Check
A practical editorial workflow for finding corrections, expressions of concern, retractions, and newer versions before source-heavy content is published.
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ADA Title II: A 2027 eLearning Accessibility Plan
What the 2026 ADA Title II deadline extension means for public-sector eLearning, LMS content, course files, vendors, and accessibility testing.
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ICH M11 Is Final: A Practical Structured-Protocol Plan for Medical Writers
What the final ICH M11 CeSHarP standard changes for clinical-protocol teams, and how to prepare a Word-centered workflow for structured content without a rushed rebuild.
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AI Literacy Training Under the EU AI Act: A Practical 90-Day Plan
A practical, role-based 90-day plan for building AI literacy training after EU AI Act enforcement began in August 2026.
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