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The Art of Questioning: Rich Maggiani at the STC Summit, #stc10

Series: Dallas STC Summit videocasts

by Tom Johnson on May 6, 2010
categories: video • technical-writing

  1. 1.0 A Few Ways to Make the Next STC Summit Better, #stc10
  2. 1.0 Trending Towards Mobile: Neil Perlin at the STC Summit #stc10
  3. 1.0 What I'm presenting on at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  4. 1.1 Trust and Transparency: Leadership Day at the STC Summit #stc10
  5. 1.3 Storytelling for User Experience: Whitney Quesenbery at the STC Summit #stc10
  6. 1.4 → The Art of Questioning: Rich Maggiani at the STC Summit, #stc10
  7. 1.5 Breaking into the Mobile Market: Joe Welinski at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  8. 1.6 Embedded Links and Online Reading Accessibility: Whitney Quesenbery and Caroline Jarrett, #stc10
  9. 1.7 Pay-per-Content Versus Free: Char James-Tanny and Bill Swallow at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  10. 1.8 Upcoming Books from XML Press: Richard Hamilton at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  11. 1.9 Finding Time to Draw: Ben Minson at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  12. 2.0 New Variables for Technical Writing Project Managers: Larry Kunz at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  13. 2.1 Old Guard Versus New Guard: Whitney Hess at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  14. 2.2 Simple Tips for Website Accessibility: Brenda Huettner at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  15. 2.3 SXSW Conference Versus STC Summit: Anne Gentle and Janet Swisher at the STC Summit, #stc10
  16. 2.4 The Do-It-Yourself Philosophy: Saul Carliner at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  17. 2.5 Tough Situations for Technical Communication Managers: Saul Carliner at the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10
  18. 2.6 Videocast Gallery from the STC Summit in Dallas, #stc10

In this interview, I ask Rich Maggiani, who serves on the STC board, to comment on why questions are so important and what the art of questioning entails. Rich gave a presentation at the Summit titled The Art of Questioning.

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