I was struck by Jordan Weissmann’s report in The Atlantic about the value that bosses add to the work of their employees. We are all familiar with the bad boss syndrome, immortalized in television, film, blogs, and the numerous “Rate My Boss” sites that proliferate …
If you read the title for this post and wished to call me out on misuse of the semicolon (in a post about semicolons), then save yourself a stamp (or a few bits in an email) and be assured that I know how to use …
On June 29 and 30, I was in Boston attending the IEEE Technical Activities Board meeting, a get together of all presidents of the Technical Societies of the IEEE. I was there representing the Professional Communication Society and had the opportunity to vote on a …
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, the members of PCS. …
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 Arts, nominated by Creativity …
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 probably ate too much …
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This summer faculty at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology are offering a new, 4-day workshop for faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate students interested in improving STEM education:
Making Academic Change Happen … impacting your classrooms, colleagues, and campus.
Wednesday, May 30 – Saturday, June 2, 2012
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/MACH
Application deadline is …
