Re: quotation needed

[Binion Amerson <aba -at- OC -dot- COM>]

Kathleen Walch wrote:

>I am a graduate student in the Technical Communication program at
>North Carolina State University.  I am updating the Home Page for
>the MS in Technical Communication program at NCSU, and  I am
>looking for a quotation that would reflect what technical
>communicators do or what technical communication is about.  Can
>anyone help?  If you have something that I may be able to use,
>please contact me.

Here is a phrase that I wrote which you might want to consider.  I think it
is useful in telling others what we professional technical communicators
do.   It is:

      When Communicating Technology Is Critical To Your Success:
        *  Become a complete technical communicator.
        *  Keep up with trends and technologies.
        *  Join the technical communication profession.
        *  Support STC.
        *  Join STC.

Simply put, we technical communicators communicate technology.  Of course,
technology may involve high-tech, medical, science, and environmental
information--to name some of the fields with which we are involved.

The phrase "When Communicating Technology is Critical to Your Success . .
." can be followed with a variety of endings.  The above are just a few.
In your case, you could use:  "When Communicating Technology is Critical to
Your Success, Earn a Master of Science Degree in Technical Communication
from North Carolina State University."

I have successfully used the "When Communicating Technology is Critical to
Your Success . . ." phrase in several lectures that I have presented.  And,
I'll be talking on the subject "When Communicating Technology is Critical
to Your Success: Keeping Up With Trends and Technology" at the STC Region 3
Student Conference to be held March 30 at Mercer University in Macon,
Georgia.

You will find the phrase several times on my WWW site at:

     http://www.daylilies.com/daylilies/aba.html

I am sure that there are many other quotes that you can use in your NCSU
Technical Communication Program.  I happen to like the one I've suggested.
Hope this helps.

Regards,

Binion Amerson
Director-Sponsor STC Region 5



******************************************************************
Binion Amerson, Senior Technical Writer, OpenConnect Systems, 2711 LBJ,
Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75234, Ph 214/888-0447; Fax 214/484-6100;
E-mail (B): aba -at- oc -dot- com  (H): aba -at- unicomp -dot- net  STC URL  http://stc.org
Director-Sponsor, Society for Technical Communication (STC) Region 5.
Candidate, STC Second Vice President
URL  http://www.daylilies.com/daylilies/aba.html
******************************************************************