March 2017

We have some great reading for you today – meet two of our conference speakers, Jaco Swart and the inimitable Shelly Davies, and get up to date with the Salary Survey data. Then have some fun with Let's Tech Communicate, in which Grant Mackenzie has rounded up some useful tools and insights.

Today's big news is that we've extended the Earlybird so you can still take advantage of great conference discounts if you're quick! Register today.

From the President

Collaborate2017 and the Salary Survey results. Need I say more? Welcome to March!

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Salary Survey results

Thanks to the 139 TechCommNZ members and non-members who took the opportunity to complete the TechCommNZ Annual Salary Survey. Steve Moss, former TechCommNZ President, has kindly collated the raw data for us. The full survey is only available to TechCommNZ members, who need to log in to the site to access the Member Area and Survey.

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Hot-damn Shelly Davies

Shelly Davies, managing director of Hamilton-based Shelly Davies Writing & Training, has recently bounced unconventionally and entertainingly into the communications landscape. Her brand is unapologetically different and her services highly sought-after. She’s one of the presenters at Collaborate2017 where her topic is: Just look at our hot-damn selves. She caught up with Jim Costello this week to discuss her views.

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Jaco, King of Metadata

Jaco Swart's career includes stints in electronic design, user experience design, and digital marketing. He likes to mine for data, concoct impromptu diagrams, and advocate for useful content. He is one of the presenters at Collaborate2017 where his topic is – Web metadata for technical communicators. He caught up with Jim Costello to discuss what this means and why we should care.

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Let's Tech Communicate

Latest trends in technical communication from around the world. In this month's column, we welcome tools for working with outdated browsers and for checking web layouts on different devices. We discuss technical communication as if it were a radioisotope and find out whether we can swear with words like "documentation". This and much more from around the ‘Net!

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Events

Join in, learn, meet new people...

15 March, Christchurch Branch:
Field Trip to CORE Education's Library

9 April, Auckland:
Workshop: Collaborating for Accessibility
Branch Event: Unconference

10-11 April, Auckland:
Conference: Collaborate2017

12 April, Auckland:
Workshop: Getting graphic: overcoming the worst information problems with the best graphic solutions
Workshop: Let's get inclusive. Does your content exclude potential customers?