Moving from Student to Engineer – Part 1
By Robert Lyons, Technical and Management Consultant, and Nancy Barr, PhD
The differences between academic and industrial communication projects seem to be in scope and scale of content, size and number of teams, duration of collaboration, and geographic dispersion.
Industry …
Prosper 2021 is an Interactive Webcast by IEEE ProComm Young Professionals featuring Necia Werner, Immediate Past President of the IEEE Professional Communication (ProComm), scheduled for January 30, 2021, 7:30pm IST.
We have the following activities lined up to be a part of this webcast –
Insights …
By Nancy Barr, PhD, and Robert Lyons, Technical and Management Consultant.
A common question of engineering students nearing graduation involves negotiating. They want to know whether it’s okay to negotiate when they receive a job offer, how to negotiate without offending, i.e., losing out on the …
The Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice (ISTEP) in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, invites applications for a continuing teaching stream appointment, specializing in the instruction of communication to engineering students. The appointment will be at the …
Dear Colleagues:
We editors of publications in technical and professional communication thank you sincerely for your active participation in the two listening sessions we held on anti-racism and inclusion practices in publication editing and academic publishing.
The two sessions were held October 15 and 26, 2020, and moderated by Dr. …
Spring 2021 POSITION DESCRIPTION
This temporary position is for a Lecturer in the Engineering Communications Program (ECP) in the College of Engineering at Cornell University is available for Spring 2021 semester. The teaching will be for one section of an online and asynchronous course. Instructional materials …
The question and answer period in any presentation has always been a key part of measuring and enabling audience engagement with the presenter and their content. An active Q&A session tells you that your audience has been listening and interested; a silent Q&A tells you …
For many, the fundamentals of everyday work experienced a seismic shift in 2020-2021. This short series will cover updated information about best practices for engineering, scientific, and business online presentations given the major shifts towards ongoing remote work circumstances. From online presence to authentic interactions, …
By Christine Nicometo, originally published on LinkedIn.
As I near the two-decade mark teaching presentations to professionals, you might say I’ve seen it all. From the brilliantly terrified to the underprepared but overly confident, speakers each start with a unique set of challenges and opportunities. However, …
The new issue is now available online.
Volume 64, Number 4, December 2020
Integrative Literature Review:
Internet-Mediated Genre Studies: An Integrative Literature Review (2005–2019), by X. Shi, S. Carliner, and W. Wan
This study explores internet-mediated genre studies and identifies the specific genres studied, the analytical components, research methods used, …
