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Nominations open! ProComm Board positions

Have you ever thought about serving on the IEEE Professional Communication Society Board of Governors? Now is your chance to make a difference!

The IEEE Professional Communication Society is pleased to announce a Call for Nominations for their 2027-2029 Member-at-Large Ballot.

Nominations are open April 9 …

Survey participation requested: Standards

For IEEE ProComm Members: As your IEEE PCS Leadership team prepares its 5-year report for IEEE, we want to gather some informal information on how our members are using, researching, and leading in the development of standards. Please follow the link below to a short, …

AI Survey–Join in the explorations!

IEEE ProComm invites colleagues working on AI-related research in professional communication to participate in a survey to determine avenues of exploration and content. The IEEE ProComm AI Working Group has created a short Google Form to better understand members’ research interests in AI and create …

ProComm 2026: Registration and hotel blocks are open!

IEEE ProComm 2026 is now accepting registrations, and hotel blocks are available to reserve.

February 28, 2026 at 5pm ET: February 15, 2026 at 5pm ET: Drafts of Full Papers, Brief Papers, Extended Abstracts, Panels, and Workshops are due via the conference website. You can submit your drafts …

CFP closed: Why are We Here?

(Re)Establishing the Value of Professional and Technical Communication

Call for Papers:  A Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 

Manuscripts Due:  1 March 2026

Title:  Why are We Here? (Re)Establishing the Value of PTC

Guest Editors:  Tiffany Craft Portewig, University of Arizona, and Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo, University of Arizona

Description

Throughout its history …

Explore ProComm’s AI Statement and Emerging Resources

AI is already part of many professional communication workflows, but guidance hasn’t always kept pace. IEEE ProComm has released the “Professional Guidance on Artificial Intelligence in Professional Communication,” developed by the ProComm AI Working Group and approved by the IEEE ProComm Board of Governors. Rather …

Message from Alan Chong, ProComm’s outgoing Immediate Past President

IEEE ProComm is able to reach its members and the larger community in large part due to its Leadership volunteers. ProComm’s Immediate Past President, Alan Chong, bids farewell to his presidential duties, with an eye for new projects within IEEE. ProComm thanks you for your …

Summary: Two ProComm Student Events in India, Oct 2025

Note submitted by IEEE ProComm YP Representative, Niranjan Kumar S:

I’m delighted to share that I was invited as a Guest to deliver sessions at two IEEE PCS Student Branch Chapters in India:

IEEE Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology – This marked …

New IEEE/ProComm online course: Tech Writing

IEEE Educational Activities has just launched a new course, From Research to Publication: A Step-by-Step Guide to Technical Writing. The goal is to help early career scientific and technical communicators towards their first article publication.

Find out more! https://iln.ieee.org/Public/ContentDetails.aspx?id=D7A52928C69F4D9788D0709D499DDD12

IEEE Transactions on Prof Comm, Dec 2025, now available

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

DECEMBER 2025       

VOLUME 68      NUMBER 4      

IEPCBU      (ISSN 0361-1434)

EDITORIAL: Thank You!, G. F. Hayhoe. DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2025.3622699

RESEARCH ARTICLES

How Documentation Saved Lives: An Actor-Network Analysis of Digital Volunteering in China’s Rainstorm Disasters, L. Dong, C. Chen, and Y. Kong. DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2025.3609295

“What People Are …