The Premier Technical Communication
and Content Strategy Conference
April 14-17, 2019 | Hard Rock Hotel
Tony Vinciguerra
Senior Manager of Technical Writing, athenahealth
Tony Vinciguerra, Senior Manager of Technical Writing at athenahealth, has over 18 years of experience documenting software, primarily in the healthcare, banking, and e-commerce industries. Prior to embarking on his technical writing career, Tony was a managing editor at a custom publishing house that produced online and print healthcare content. Tony is passionate about meeting customer needs and measuring quality documentation.
Tony Vinciguerra, Senior Manager of Technical Writing at athenahealth, has over 18 years of experience documenting software, primarily in the healthcare, banking, and e-commerce industries. Prior to embarking on his technical writing career, Tony was a managing editor at a custom publishing house that produced online and print healthcare content. Tony is passionate about meeting customer needs and measuring quality documentation.
Monday
Track 410:15 - 11:10
Holy Grail Part 1: Driving Down Support Calls with Truly Helpful Online Help
What if you could show your leadership the monetary value of what your team does? In this how-to session, Tony Vinciguerra, Senior Manager of Technical Writing at athenahealth, a SaaS company that offers billing, medical record, and network services for hospital and ambulatory clients, will share the details of how he worked closely with his company’s customer support team to gather and analyze the data necessary to attempt to show how his team’s online help drives down support calls and saves his company money in the process - half of the so-called Holy Grail of technical documentation. He will share his failures and successes, as well as offer advice and concrete steps that you can take to start your own journey.
Session Topics: Tools Neutral
Tuesday
Track 42:50 - 3:50
Holy Grail Part 2: Increasing Feature Usage with Effective Release Documentation
What if you could prove that your release documentation increased usage of your company’s products, improving customer satisfaction and retention in the process? In this case study, Tony Vinciguerra, Senior Manager of Technical Writing at athenahealth, a SaaS company that offers billing, medical record, and network services for hospital and ambulatory clients, will share the details of how he worked with many tools and teams inside and outside of his company to capture, measure, and evaluate data in an effort to show how his team’s release documentation increases feature usage - half of the so-called Holy Grail of technical documentation. Come with him on this year-long journey, in which he looked to help his team see the real-world results of what they write and help management see the value of the documentation that his team produces.
Session Topics: Case Study