What IS a "technical communicator"?

Technical communicators ask questions like these...

What is this thing?

What's this good for?

How do these parts fit together?

How does this work?

They find the answers...

Then deliver them in the most effective way possible to people who want to know.

Technical communication is...

Investigating...interviewing...experimenting...

Designing...organizing...interpreting...

Teaching... guiding...illuminating...

Writing...illustrating... editing...

Technical communicators produce...

Plans and proposals...data sheets... white papers...

Assembly instructions... operations and maintenance manuals...

Web pages... online help... text books... trade books...

Reports and presentations... video and audio tapes...

Tutorials... training materials...

Technical communicators work...

In factories... in software houses... in offices...

From home... in banks... in hospitals...

with others... by themselves...

As staff writers... as contractors...

The Society for Technical Communication...

Works to advance the knowledge, skills and stature of this discipline. It also helps to cultivate professional alliances, foster mutual support, and encourage mentoring relationships.

For more information...

There are STC chapters worldwide. Click on the links to the left to learn more about the services and activities offered by the Willamette Valley Chapter.