February 2015
TCANZ Newsletter
| Hello TCANZ members, and welcome to 2015. Hopefully summer is treating you well so far, and the return to work has been fantastic. This month’s newsletter is full of goodies – there’s our first ever "What's the Evidence?" article, a fascinating interview with AuCom’s ValérieGenet-Guillouon her work as a translation specialist, and February’s Let’s Tech Communicate has titbits on using social media to improve content, the impact of infographics on technical communication, and more! Rhiannon Davies, Communications Coordinator |
From the PresidentOur keynote speakers, Tony Self and Carol Barnum, are now available to view on YouTube; the results of the Comms survey and competitions are in; and it's time to think about your professional development for the year. | |
What's the Evidence? Using "they" as a gender-neutral pronounEarnsy Liu looks at the peer-reviewed, research-based evidence on matters of interest to technical communicators. In this issue, can we use "they" as a gender-neutral pronoun with singular antecedents? | |
Where do YOU stand on sentence length?In this month's featured Southern Communicator article, we look at Geoffrey Marnell's paper "Does length matter?", which questions received wisdom about sentence length. We recommend you read it to prepare for the response from Write Group in the next issue - this debate is relevant to every word we write. | |
Featured TC: Valérie Genet-GuillouValérie Genet-Guillou is a technical writer with additional responsibilities for handling translations at Aucom Electronics in Christchurch. Rhiannon interviews her about her daily work. | |
Let's Tech Communicate!In this issue – we see how technical communicators can listen to social media to improve technical content, and we find out if marketing is the future of technical communication. Plus we investigate infographics, authoring tools for start-ups and a new section on translation and localisation of technical content. This and a whole lot more from around the Net! | |
From the bloggers...The bloggers (a fluid group that welcomes all comers) have been busy. Read about tech comms terms for '15, and gather ideas about captivating that ephemeral but all-important audience... | |