A Concise Guide to Technical Communication
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A Concise Guide to Technical Communication

A Concise Guide to Technical Communication


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Table of Contents:
Preface Note to Instructors Note to Students Acknowledgments Chapter One: Audience, Purpose, Genre, and Medium What Is Technical Communication? How Does Technical Communication Differ from Other Types of Communication? Medium: When Does the Media Used for Communication Change It Substantially? Audience Purpose: Why Are You Writing? What Is Genre? Why Does Genre Matter? What Are Genre Sets? Chapter Two: Ethical Issues of Technical Communication Ethics Frameworks Ethics for Students How Is Ethics Related to Technical Communication? Writing Ethically Chapter Three: Researching Technical Subjects Primary Research: Interviewing Primary Research: Conducting Surveys Secondary Research: Libraries and Other Online Sources Summarizing and Citing Researched Sources Chapter Four: Writing Technical Prose Clarity, Cohesion, Concision Defining, Describing, and Explaining Chapter Five: Visual Technical Communication Using Visuals to Communicate Effectively Chapter Six: Essentials of Workplace Communication Audience: Who Are Your Readers? Purpose: Goals for Workplace Communication Genre: Writing Short Messages (Email, Memos, Letters) Writing Messages Chapter Seven: Progress Reports, White Papers, and Recommendation Reports Status or Progress Reports White Papers or Information Reports Recommendation Reports Chapter Eight: Reporting Technical Information The Laboratory Report Chapter Nine: Technical Communication Online Use Structured Documentation Converting Documents to Portable Document File (PDF) Format Sharing Documents Electronically Shared Folders and Documents Posted Online Writing and Digital Media: Online Documents, Video, Screencasts, and Podcasts Chapter Ten: Presenting Technical Information Orally Common Speaking Occasions Common speaking occasions Small group presentations Formal speaking engagements Presentation slide that shows an example Guidelines for Preparing Presentations Guidelines for Creating Slides Guidelines for Giving Presentations

About the Author :
Heather Graves and Roger Graves are Professors Emeriti of English at the University of Alberta.

Review :
“A Concise Guide to Technical Communication packs so much into so few pages. The ten-chapter organization is perfect for courses on the quarter system or as a secondary text in STEM courses. The text covers all of the fundamentals, including visual and online communication and presentations. I like that both the concise and original texts put ethics up front in chapter 2. This concise edition has a visually clean page layout, making it easy to navigate the series of in-class exercises. Graves and Graves have written a clear and concise text, modeling the excellent writing techniques they present.” — Kelly A. Harrison, Stanford University “Your concise format includes exactly the level of involvement my introductory Technical Communication course needs. Other textbooks have been of high quality, but it was challenging to fit so much material into a 15-week semester. Now, I can easily choose what to highlight within my timeframe—I'm picking from the best, most important elements. With 100 students, that is the incisiveness I NEED! Chapter PowerPoints and test questions save me so much time. With the supplemental blog and author's lively podcast, I feel like I have a private tutor guiding me through the text.” — Lane Rhodes, English Department, UNC Charlotte


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781554815487
  • Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1554815487
  • Publisher Date: 30 Nov 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 351 gr


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