Professional & Technical Communication: Developing Writing Skills to Advance Your Career
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 200
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Technical writing and editing is an industry; technical communication is a skill. However, these terms are often used interchangeably. Technical writing is an industry based on providing the right technical information to the right audience at the right time. Even outside this industry, strong technical communication skills can make you a hirable and promotable employee.
Chapter 1: What Is Technical Writing, and Why Should I Care?
Chapter 2: Audience Awareness
Chapter 3: What It Means to Write “Professionally”
Chapter 4: The Writing Process
Chapter 5: Technical Editing
Chapter 6: Document Design
Chapter 7: Ethical Use: Plagiarism, Citations, and Copyright
Chapter 8: Genre 1: Letters, Memos, & Emails
Chapter 9: Genre 2: Technical Descriptions and Specifications
Darcy Vigneault Beery grew up in Central Maine. After earning an Associate’s degree in Broadcast Communication from SUNY Adirondack in NY and a Bachelor's in Mass Communication from the University of Montevallo in AL., she went on to earn a Master’s in Communication from Regent University in VA.
Moving to Los Angeles in 1997, Darcy worked on a variety of projects in production management, including Paramount/CBS’ primetime series “JAG”, the independent feature film “Baggage” and Disney/Miramax’ “Clerks, the Animated Series” by independent filmmaker Kevin Smith.
In 2007, Darcy moved into teaching and in 2010 she started teaching at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Then, in 2015, she became the full-time Technical Writing & Editing Professor and has spoken at various conferences on topics ranging from the multi-generational diversity of our classrooms and workplaces to basic production practices for non-production professionals.
In 2019, Darcy earned the STC (Society for Technical Communication) certification as a Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC). This is the only recognized certification for this international association.
Associate Professor, English, Community College of Denver