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Practical Strategies for Technical Communication Mike Markel

Practical Strategies for Technical Communication By Mike Markel

Practical Strategies for Technical Communication by Mike Markel


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Ideal for students taking Technical Communication, Professional Writing or Professional Communication courses, as well as Writing for Engineers, or Business Writing/Communication courses.

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Practical Strategies for Technical Communication by Mike Markel

In today's constantly changing workplace, it's important to keep up with strategies for successful communication, whether it happens through email, websites, presentations, social media, or cover letters. Practical Strategies for Technical Communication helps get students up to speed with a concise, accessible guide to everything they need to know about audience and purpose, document design, research, style, and more. In the third edition, noted scholar and teacher Stuart A. Selber joins the author team.
Ideal for students taking Technical Communication, Professional Writing or Professional Communication courses, as well as Writing for Engineers, or Business Writing/Communication courses.

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About Mike Markel

Mike Markel was director of technical communication at Boise State University. The former editor of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, he is the author of numerous articles and six books about technical communication, including Ethics and Technical Communication: A Critique and Synthesis.

Stuart A. Selber is Associate Professor of English at Penn State and Director of The Penn State Digital English Studio. He is a past president and Fellow of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, a past president of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, and a past chair of the CCCC Committee on Technical Communication. Selber is the author of Multiliteracies for a Digital Age, co-editor of Central Works in Technical Communication and Solving Problems in Technical Communication, and editor of Rhetorics and Technologies: New Directions in Writing and Communication and Computers and Technical Communication: Pedagogical and Programmatic Perspectives. He has received several national awards for outstanding research publications.


Table of Contents

Part 1 Working in the Technical-Communication Environment.- 1 Introduction to Technical Communication.- 2 Understanding Ethical and Legal Obligations.- 3 Writing Collaboratively.- Part 2 Planning and Drafting the Document.- 4 Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose.- 5 Researching Your Subject.- 6 Writing for Your Readers.- Part 3 Designing User-Friendly Documents and Websites.- 7 Designing Print and Online Documents.- 8 Creating Graphics.- Part 4 Learning Important Applications.- 9 Writing Correspondence.- 10 Writing Job-Application Materials.- 11 Writing Proposals.- 12 Writing Informational Reports.- 13 Writing Recommendation Reports.- 14 Writing Definitions, Descriptions, and Instructions.- 15 Making Oral Presentations.- APPENDIX Reference Handbook.- A Documenting Your Sources.- B Editing and Proofreading Your Documents.- References.- Index.

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CIN1319248217G
9781319248215
1319248217
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication by Mike Markel
Used - Good
Paperback
Macmillan Learning
20190124
560
N/A
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