Recommended Article from the Archives of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Check out this article from the archives of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. Z. Guo, J. D’Ambra, T. Turner, and H. Zhang. “Improving the effectiveness of virtual teams:  A comparison of video-conferencing and face-to-face communication in China,” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 52, no. 1, … [Read more...]

First Quarter 2013 Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Now Available Online

The First Quarter 2013 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication is now available online.  The issue features these articles: Note: To view articles online, visit http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=47  (A subscription is required to view individual articles.   IEEE Professional … [Read more...]

IEEE Robotics & Automation Society extends an invitation to PCS members

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society extends an invitation to PCS members to attend a webinar on professional communication, presented by Dr. Julia Williams, president of PCS. Improving Workplace Email Using the STOP Method, Thursday, 30 May 19:00 – 20:00 Past Webinars: The Power of Presentations: Make Yours Informative, … [Read more...]

Recommended Article from the Archives of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Check out this article from the archives of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. N.W. Coppola and N. Elliot. “Big Science or bricolage: An alternative model for research in Technical Communication.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 48, no. 3, pp.261-268, 2005. Recommended by past IEEE Professional … [Read more...]

Announcing a New Book in the IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series – Negotiating Cultural Encounters: Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication

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Paperback Editors: Han Yu and Gerald Savage To purchase:  http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118061616.html Given today's globalized technical and engineering environment, intercultural communication is an essential topic for engineers, other technical professionals, and technical communicators to learn. Engineering … [Read more...]

Check Out the Fourth Quarter 2012 Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

If you have not done so already, check out the most recent issue of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.  The issue features these articles: Note that you can view issues online, as noted earlier, at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=47 A subscription is required to view articles.   IEEE Professional … [Read more...]

Registration Now Open for Online RosEvaluation Conference 2013

Registration is Now Open! WHERE: Participate from anywhere (This year we are hosting RosEvaluation as an ONLINE EVENT!) WHEN: April 1 and 2, 2013 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has a long tradition of offering an annual assessment conference on our campus.  This year we are expanding the global reach of the conference by offering the … [Read more...]

Featured Article: Picture Perfect: Using Illustrations in Technical Communication

By Samartha Vashishtha, Content and Community Lead, Adobe Systems Ten years ago, a BBC.com feature1 made a startling observation. It warned that the addictive nature of Web browsing could leave the average human with an attention span of nine seconds—“roughly that of a goldfish.”2 The Internet has only become a bigger and busier place … [Read more...]

Making Academic Change Happen, June 3rd – June 6th, 2013

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is once again offering a workshop for faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate students interested in improving STEM education. If you are interested in making a positive change in STEM education on your campus, come and join us in this active, participant-focused workshop. Come with challenges, projects, and … [Read more...]

Call for Contributors: Communication Practices in Engineering, Manufacturing, and Research for Food, Drug, and Water Safety

.pdf_Call for Contributors | Deadline for submissions is 28 February 2013 at 5pmCT. Summary We are seeking authors with completed or nearly completed projects to contribute chapters of 5,000-10,000 words for an upcoming anthology tentatively titled Communication Practices in Engineering, Manufacturing, and Research for Food, Drug, and Water … [Read more...]