Announcements

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream – CLTA – Graduate Communication in Engineering

The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE) and the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) invite applications for a three-year Contractually Limited Term Appointment (CLTA) in Graduate Communication in Engineering, specializing in the teaching of writing/speaking to graduate students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) …

Call for Editorial Board Members – Technical Communication Youtube Channel

Dear colleagues,

We are seeking a five- to six-member editorial team to build and manage a YouTube channel for our field’s journal and book-series publications. Each team member would serve a term of up to two years. 

Participating TPC Publications

The publications participating in the YouTube project are …

PROSPER 2021 | An Initiative of IEEE ProComm Young Professionals

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 …

#InclusiveTPC: A Statement from Journal Editors in the Field

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. …

Engineering Communications (temp) Lecturer, Cornell University

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 …

Managing Q&A for Maximizing Engagement in Remote Environments

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 …

Beware of the accidental audience

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 December 2020 of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication is Now Available

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, …