Published on June 26, 2012
from Julia Williams, PCS President (juliawilliams@ieee.org)
New Year, New Plans for PCS
The new year customarily means new plans—for your health, your career, your future. With the beginning of 2012, the IEEE Professional Communication Society embarks on new plans to better serve you, …
Published on June 26, 2012
from Julia Williams, PCS President (juliawilliams@ieee.org)
IPCC 2012 Keynote Speaker—Manuel Lima
Manuel Lima—Interaction Designer, Information Architect, Design Researcher—will headline the International Professional Communication Conference on the campus of the University of Central Florida, October 8-12, 2012. A Fellow of the Royal Society of …
Published on June 26, 2012
The IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2012 will be held in Seattle, Washington State, USA from Oct 21 – 24, 2012. Details: http://www.ieeeghtc.org/. Other than the official website, we have an active facebook group, linkedIn group and a less active twitter. …
Published on June 26, 2012
IBM and IEEE are in search of creative team based student projects that can help students at any level learn about applying engineering, science and other disciplines to solve real world problems. It’s a great opportunity to put your engineering skills …
Published on June 15, 2012
I’ve just returned from the American Society for Engineering Education conference in San Antonio, Texas. No surprise, it was hot, hotter than I remember it being when I was a student at Trinity University ( Go Tigers! Class of 1984). And I …
Published on June 12, 2012
Recommended by former Transactions editor Jo Mackiewicz —
Killoran’s surveyed 240 principals in technical communication businesses, interviewed half of them, and analyzed their websites to determine the extent to which they tried to reach prospective clients via the intermediary of search engines. …
Published on June 5, 2012
Brenda Huettner provides us with the basics for making our web sites accessible in this training podcast. Huettner is an STC Fellow, a Senior IEEE Member, and the author of a number of informative books, including most recently Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from …
Published on June 5, 2012
What’s the best way to compose an effective e-mail?
Listen as George Hayhoe, an award-winning senior IEEE member and fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, offers six valuable tips in this first ever PCS Training Podcast.
After listening to George’s podcast, you’ll …
Published on June 5, 2012
What’s the best way to handle questions from the audience when presenting? This podcast examines key things you can do to deal proactively with audience questions. [Script Available]
Published on June 5, 2012
This training podcast provides examples as well as explanations and tips for dealing with a few grammar or usage problems that occur for many engineering and technical professionals who have to communicate in a hurry, via, for example, email. Listen for …
