Most of us went through a schooling process that involved memorizing or repeating knowledge that others had come up with first. Our job, as school kids, was to absorb the linear progression of accumulated wisdom of the ages, so we could add to it “when we got older.” Technical communicators in today’s information ecosystems don’t […]
Author: Ray Gallon and Neus Lorenzo
Ray Gallon and Neus Lorenzo are co-founders of The Transformation Society.
Ray Gallon has over 40 years as a communicator, first as an award-winning radio producer and journalist, then in the technical content industries. His management experience includes a stint as program manager of WNYC-FM, New York City’s public radio station. He has used his broad experience to advantage with companies such as IBM, General Electric Health Care, Alcatel, 3M, and the OECD, as well as in smaller companies and startup enterprises. Ray is a speaker at events throughout the world, and has contributed articles and chapters to many books and periodicals. He is the editor of the recently published The Language of Technical Communication (XML Press).
Dr. Neus Lorenzo is Inspector of Education in Barcelona, Spain. She is an expert in training and learning theory, and has been involved for 20 years in research and thought leadership around educational innovation, teacher training, education and technology, leadership, and school management. She is the former head of the Foreign Language Teaching Service of the Catalan education ministry (Spain), and has developed international plurilingual projects across Europe and with other countries. Dr. Lorenzo is a published author (McGraw-Hill, IGI Global, Richmond-Santillana, Oxford University Press, Oceano-Ambar, etc.), and is a trainer and consultant for a number of Catalan foundations and universities.
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