Bringing Practitioners into Programs

Four presentations about how to connect academic programs with workplace practitioners in technical communication.

Barker, Thomas, David Dayton, Elizabeth O. (Betsy) Smith and Tracy Bridgeford. CPTSC (2005). Presentations>Education>Collaboration>Workplace

Effective Interpersonal Skills  

Become genuinely interested in other people. Call people by their names. Talk in terms of the other person's interest. Smile. Listen.

STC India (2003). Presentations>Collaboration>Workplace

Electrify Your Work: Empowerment  

We’ve all heard about empowerment. It means being innovative, taking risks, reaping rewards. But how do you apply it to your work? How can you empower yourself and others? This demonstration examines the true meaning of empowerment and offers time-tested scenarios to drive the points of empowerment home. See the empowered individual; feel the teamwork blossom; and learn how to “just say no”!

Walech-Roth, Laura L. STC Proceedings (1994). Presentations>Workplace>Collaboration

The ROI of Usability and Making Usability Routine

Makes the business case for usability, and examines the impact of making usability routine throughout an organization.

Weinschenk, Susan and Jay More. Human Factors International (2006). Presentations>Usability>Collaboration>Workplace

What Coworking Tells Us About the Future of Work 

Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space.

Spinuzzi, Clay. SXSW (2010). Presentations>Collaboration>Workplace>Ethnographies