Remembering the pleasure of the 2005 conference at Limerick—the ambience, the people, the program, the campus, the surrounding countryside—I immediately entered the dates for the 2015 conference in my calendar and listed the entry as a “must” event. I’ll definitely be there.
Ron Blicq
It is with sadness that we are writing to tell you that Dr. Tom Williams, Emeritus Professor of the University of Washington’s Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (formerly Technical Communication), died on January 12, 2015. He passed away comfortably at home after a …
The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is soliciting proposals for the editorship of Technical Communication for a three-year, renewable commitment. The first issue for the new editor will be January 2016, but the appointed editor should be available to work with the current editor in 2015. The new …
The Intercom magazine, the official magazine of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), is interested in highlighting the work of students enrolled in graduate and undergraduate programs in technical, scientific, professional, or business communication. To this end, the Intercom has created a new column – “Student Perspective” – dedicated …
Building on the momentum of the 2013 Symposium, the University of Cincinnati will again host Discourses of Health and Medicine, September 3-4, 2015. Our keynote speakers will be Judy Segal, University of British Columbia, and Teri Thompson, University of Dayton. Featured speakers are still being …
It’s been a decade since the IEEE Professional Communication Society has held its conference in Limerick, Ireland. In 2015, ProComm is headed back to the University of Limerick!
In preparation, proposals are now being accepted for full papers, brief papers, extended abstracts, workshops, and panels. For …
Communication Design Quarterly (CDQ), the peer reviewed publication of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)’s Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) is soliciting article proposals for an upcoming special issue that will examine how aspects of culture, language, nationality, and globalization affect information and …
IEEE USA will be presenting a webinar, led by Dr. Traci Nathans-Kelly, on slide design for presentations, titled “That Bullet Is Not Magic – Avoid Presentation Mistakes and Create New Best Practices ” on December 4, 2014, 2:00-3:00pm EDT.
Please help the Society for Technical Communication honor the distinguished research contributions of Dr. Ken Rainey by nominating yourself or a colleague for the prestigious 2015 STC Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research. The Ken Rainey award celebrates Ken Rainey’s passion for research that results in …
IEEE USA will be presenting a webinar, led by Dr. Julia Williams, on “Difficult Conversations — Strategies that can help make you a better listener, a better speaker, and a better person!”
Date: 30 October 2014, Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
URL: http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/2014/webinar-10-30-14.html
Engineers need to take leadership roles: …
