The Society for Technical Communication (STC) has made the article by Cherryleaf’s Ellis Pratt A Different Perspective on Measuring the Value of Technical Communication (Intercom July 2009) available for anyone to download.
Archive for the ‘management’ Category
Job vs. Career
January 13, 2009
A timely quote following many peer discussions of a similar thread regarding the outwardly narrow view of our profession for career development. One conclusion was the hierarchical authoritarian nature of most social structures. This quote taken from a discussion on the USA based TechWrl (tech writers list): What I’d like to know is who defined [...]
Credit the Attention Deficit
November 12, 2008
This morning my local friendly bully, we’ll call him Mr. Baynull, was bored with life. Mr. Baynull fired a rubber band at me as a cry for help. His shot was predictably poor, but the twang of the rubber and its protracted fairy woosh was still enough to break my focus on work. While considering [...]
Tech Writer Recruitment
July 2, 2007
A Week in the Life of a Technical Writer is an “insight into the daily life of several technical writers at National Instruments”. Their corporation appears to have similarities to ours in structure and operation. I found it is a very good site with the following particularly relevant and useful: Career Path Chart (PDF 0.1MB) [...]
Sustainable Workplace Motivation
June 26, 2007
Sustainable motivation is abbreviated to just “motivation” after the introduction. The other three motivation types work. Intrinsic-toward has highest probability of being sustainable. Recommended by Tom Johnson of IdRatherBeWriting: This podcast from Alexander Kjerulf, called “Why ‘Motivation by Pizza’ Doesn’t Work,” opened my eyes about the reasons behind motivation. We were on the verge of [...]
How to Build a (TC) Business Case
June 25, 2007
Using a business case to communicate to upper management. A technical communication perspective. Slide notes from presenter Jack Molisani’s website: A business case is a fundamental tool for building support and justifying resources. Want a pay raise, new authoring tools or a bigger budget? Read Jack Molisani’s presentation on How to Build a Business Case. [...]
