Podcasts about Technical communication

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 58:33

Keywords: Dr. Technical Communication, Design, Editor, Publishing, International Scholarship. Jason Tham is an associate professor and assistant chair of the Department of English at Texas Tech University. He is working on projects related design thinking, emerging technologies, collaboration studies, and technical communication pedagogy. He is the incoming editor of Computers and Composition. Episode 164 is another entry in TBR Keystone Perspectives series and serves as the Season 10 Finale. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and @thebigrhet across social media platforms.

Episode 51: Dr. Gerald Pollack - The Fourth Phase of Water

Healing Intentions

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 84:13

In this episode I interview Dr. Gerald Pollack. Gerald Pollack received his PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He then joined the University of Washington faculty and is now professor of Bioengineering. He is also Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal, WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science. His interests have ranged broadly, from biological motion and cell biology to the interaction of biological surfaces with aqueous solutions. His 1990 book, Muscles and Molecules: Uncovering the Principles of Biological Motion, won an “Excellence Award” from the Society for Technical Communication. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor won that Society's “Distinguished Award,” their highest distinction. The latter book went on to receive the World Summit Excellence Award. Pollack received an honorary doctorate in 2002 from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and foreign member and Academician of the Srpska Academy. He received the Biomedical Engineering Society's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2002. In 2008, his colleagues chose him as the recipient of his university's highest annual distinction: the UW Faculty Lecturer Award. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems, and in 2014 he received the Scientific Excellence Award from the World Academy of Neural Therapy, as well as the Dinsdale Prize from the Society for Scientific Exploration. He has presented two TEDx talks on water. In 2015, he won the BrandLaureate Award, previously bestowed on notables such as Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton and Steve Jobs. In 2016 he was awarded the Emoto Inaugural Peace Prize, and more recently the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society. He appears briefly in the 2016 Travis Rice sports-action film, The Fourth Phase, named after his recent book. And, he is included in the 2019 listing, OOOM Magazine, as one of the “World's 100 Most Inspiring People.” In 2020, he presented his work at the “Majlis” by invitation from the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at his Royal Palace, and more recently, in 2023, at the United Nations. or his annual water conference here https://waterconf.org/ Connect with me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@⁠dradrianmehmedi⁠⁠⁠⁠ and let me know what you think of the episode! Subscribe to Healing Intentions: Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/0Br46boiZpBXbdbgLxhk0U⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healing-intentions/id1513511677⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCVBWBzJlgijJyHGJZ_Ziw⁠⁠

EP. 315 - Improving Technical Communication: Ruba Sarris Sawaya on Effective Presentation Skills

Teach the Geek Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 29:13

Improving Technical Communication: Ruba Sarris Sawaya on Effective Presentation Skills Ruba Sarris Sawaya is a woman of many talents, with a diverse work history in government affairs, business development, and clinical affairs. What propelled her to pursue these varied fields? How did she excel in each, and what role did effective technical presentations play in her journey? In this interview, we uncover the secrets behind her success and learn valuable public speaking tips for technical professionals. Whether you're looking to improve your technical communication skills or master the art of giving better technical presentations, Ruba's insights are invaluable. Let's dive in! To get in touch with Ruba, her LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruba-sarris-sawaya-5639332/. __ TEACH THE GEEK (http://teachthegeek.com) Subscribe and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Follow @teachthegeek (Twitter) and @_teachthegeek_ (IG) Get Public Speaking Tips for STEM Professionals at http://teachthegeek.com/tips

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Intentional Words Yield more Impact

The End in Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 18:14

The power of words has become extremely important to my marketing and to the journey of becoming a business owner over the past few years. I have my minor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication, and in college, I learned a lot about words and how they can yield certain energies,especially in marketing. The more I got into running my own business, the more I found this to be true. I am by no means perfect when it comes to using words, and I still find myself questioning and stumbling in certain areas today. However, I can say that the impact of creating safety with words and making my clients and team feel heard has been a valuable skill, allowing me to build a business that can hopefully make an impact for my team and my clients. This week, I am looking forward to uncovering the power of words. So tell me, what is your Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jack Molisani: The Impact of AI on Technical Communication

Content Strategy Insights

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 34:29

As the founder of the long-standing LavaCon conference and the principal at a technical content staffing agency, Jack Molisani gets a deeply informed view of the world of technical communication. While he sees the opportunities that generative AI presents, he raises several concerns for technical content strategy practitioners, among them the inaccuracy of generative AI content and the inability of AI tools to comprehend subtle human communication clues. https://contentandai.com/jack-molisani/

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E93: Queer Techné and Queering A.I. (w/ Dr. Patricia Fancher)

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Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 62:15

On today's show, Alex and Calvin are thrilled to be joined by Dr. Patricia Fancher, a Continuing Lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In her fabulous new book Queer Techné: Bodies, Rhetorics, and Desire in the History of Computing, Dr. Fancher offers a groundbreaking history of how the Manchester University Computer and discourses about it were shaped by queerness, embodied gender performativity, and invisibilized gendered labor in the early 1950s. Some of the figures that Fancher's book offers new understandings of include Alan Turing, Christopher Strachey, Audrey Bates, and Cicely Popplewell, with each case study capturing how technical communication and technology development are about more than just usability, efficiency, and innovation. A recurring theme in Dr. Fancher's rhetorical reading of Turing and his colleagues is that there is something queer, performative, and playful about intelligence, and that these dimensions are mostly ignored by the hype around so-called “artificial intelligence” tools like large language models. To explore this theme, we chat about Christopher Strachey's rudimentary love letter generation program, comparing its output to ChatGPT's for similar prompts. We ultimately explore what Turing might have thought of LLMs, and how we can begin to ask queerer questions of our digital tools to produce more interesting and intelligent discourses and technologies. Works and Concepts Referenced in this EpisodeEdenfield, A. C., Holmes, S., & Colton, J. S. (2019). Queering tactical technical communication: DIY HRT. Technical Communication Quarterly, 28(3), 177-191.Fancher, P. (2024). Queer Techné: Bodies, Rhetorics, and Desire in the History of Computing. NCTE.Fancher, P. (2016). Composing artificial intelligence: Performing Whiteness and masculinity. Present Tense, 6(1).Haas, A. M. (2012). Race, rhetoric, and technology: A case study of decolonial technical communication theory, methodology, and pedagogy. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 26(3), 277-310.Henrik Oleson exhibition about Turing.Matt Sefton and David Link's web version of Strachey's love letter programRhodes, J., & Alexander, J. (2015). Techne: Queer meditations on writing the self. Computers and Composition Digital Press/Utah State University Press.

Love By Intuition with Deborah Beauvais

Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 60:01

DIPG: Eternal Hope versus Terminal Corruption Guests: Dean Fachon, author with wife Wendy Fachon Neil Fachon was a 19-year-old engineering-student at Northeastern University when he was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), an inoperable brain stem cancer. His family was with him at Mass General Hospital when the neuro-oncologist said he had three months to live. “Six, if you start radiation.” With no time to lose, the family searched out every conceivable treatment, as quickly as possible. Neil chose to enroll in a clinical trial at the Burzynski Clinic in Houston. Though dogged by controversy throughout his career, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski has achieved miraculous results treating many patients with “incurable” cancers, including some with DIPG. The medical system designed to protect patients like Neil instead proved as intractable as the disease in his brain. DIPG: Eternal Hope versus Terminal Corruption is the first book of a trilogy, covering the time from misdiagnoses to diagnosis, and from choosing and commencing treatment to being denied treatment. Through a long series of moves and counter moves, Neil was caught in the middle of a life and death chess game, against an opponent that was less than above board. This book is dedicated to everyone who feels abandoned by the very institutions we believed were established to safe guard our rights. Dean Fachon is publishing his son's story to commemorate Brain Tumor Awareness Month (May) and DIPG Awareness Day, which is May 17. Dean Fachon has a Bachelors Degree in English Literature from Colgate University and a Masters Degree in Technical Communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He wrote technical publications for IBM and DEC, and is the author of Grand Illusion a treatise on fiat money. Dean's wife, Wendy,, is a writer for Natural Awakenings magazine, a contributing author of Shining a Light on Grief, Volume 2, author of The Difference Maker, and host of the Story Walking Radio Hour here on D7RN. DIPG: Eternal Hope versus Terminal Corruption DIPG, by author Dean Fachon is the 1st book of a trilogy, covering the time from misdiagnoses to diagnosis, and from choosing and commencing treatment to being denied treatment. Through a long series of moves and counter moves Neil, Dean's son was caught in the middle of a life and death chess game…https://dipgbook.com/ Call In and Chat with Deborah during Live Show: 833-220-1200 or 319-527-2638 Learn more about Deborah here: www.lovebyintuition.com

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156: Dr. Erin A. Clark

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Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 42:47

Keywords: Feminism, Technical Communication, Intersectionality, Deepwater Horizon, Methods and Methodologies. Dr. Erin A. Clark (previously Erin A. Frost) is a technical communication specialist and associate professor at East Carolina University. She serves as Coordinator for East Carolina's PhD program in Rhetoric, Writing and Professional Communication and she is affiliate faculty in rhetoric and composition, gender studies, and ethnic studies. Her scholarly interests center on issues of gender and feminism in technical communication, most often as they manifest in rhetorics of health and medicine, environmental rhetorics, and risk communication. Her new monograph Feminist Technical Communication demonstrates how rhetorical feminist approaches are vital to the future of technical communication. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and @thebigrhet across social media platforms.

Julia Pond on Information Architecture with DITA

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 18:40

Julia Pond, information architect at Trilyon, Inc, joins the podcast to discuss her work using XML and DITA to collect, manage, and publish content. Visit https://tenminutetechcomm.com/ for a transcript of the episode. Email ryan.weber@uah.edu for more information on the show!

The Soil Matters with Dr. Gerald Pollack

The Soil Matters With Leighton Morrison and Dr. Av Singh

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 125:20

The Soil Matters with Dr. Gerald Pollack Today's Guest: Dr. Gerald Pollack Gerald Pollack received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He then joined the University of Washington faculty and is now a professor of Bioengineering. He is also a Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science. His interests have ranged broadly from biological motion and cell biology to the interaction of biological surfaces with aqueous solutions. His 1990 book, Muscles and Molecules: Uncovering the Principles of Biological Motion won an “Excellence Award” from the Society for Technical Communication. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor, won that Society's “Distinguished Award,” their highest distinction. The latter book went on to receive the World Summit Excellence Award. Pollack received an honorary doctorate in 2002 from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences and foreign member and Academician of the Srpska Academy. He received the Biomedical Engineering Society's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2002. In 2008, his colleagues chose him as The recipient of his university's highest annual distinction: the UW Faculty Lecturer Award. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems, and in 2014, he received the Scientific Excellence Award from the World Academy of Neural Therapy, as well as the Dinsdale Prize from the Society for Scientific Exploration. He has presented two TEDx talks on water. In 2015, he won the BrandLaureate Award, previously bestowed on notables such as Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton, and Steve Jobs. In 2016, he was awarded the Emoto Inaugural Peace Prize and, more recently, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society. He appears briefly in the 2016 Travis Rice sports-action film, The Fourth Phase, named after his recent book. And, he is included in the 2019 listing, OOOM Magazine, as one of the “World's 100 Most Inspiring People.” In 2020, he presented his work at the “Majlis” by invitation from the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at his Royal Palace and, more recently, in 2023, at the United Nations. Your Host: Leighton Morrison https://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua... https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/ Executive Producer Ken Somerville https://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/ https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca Contact email itsallaboutthebiology@gmail.com Reach out to Ken for a quick 15-minute call: https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections Help to support the mission: patreon.com/user?u=104510089 Discount codes are available at: https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca/discountcodes #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangardening,#containergardening,#homegardening, Music by The Invisible Gardener (Andy Lopez) https://soundcloud.com/invisiblegardener For Full: Disclaimer

AI-Powered Marketing: Ethics, Efficiency, and Innovation E47

Phoenix Business Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024

AI-Powered Marketing: Ethics, Efficiency, and Innovation E47 The latest episode of AZ TechCast hosted by Steve Zylstra and Karen Nowicki, explores AI’s impact on marketing with guests Stephen Carradini from ASU, Renee Yeager from Yeager Marketing, and Spencer Lee from Intero Digital, emphasizing ethical considerations and regulatory challenges. Spencer and Stephen predict significant changes in […] The post AI-Powered Marketing: Ethics, Efficiency, and Innovation E47 appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

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Effective Design for Team-Based Engineering Experiences with Drs. Robin Fowler and Trevion Henderson

Reflective Teaching In A Digital Age

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 58:23

Engineering design is a technical as well as a social process. Developing an awareness of factors affecting groups' dynamics during the decision-making process can help improve team-based engineering experiences. In this conversation, Drs. Robin Fowler and Trevion Henderson share their research and practical knowledge about ways of supporting equitable collaboration among students who identify with historically marginalized groups.Bios:Dr. Robin Fowler is a Teaching Professor in Technical Communication and an Engineering Education researcher at the University of Michigan. Her teaching is primarily in team-based engineering courses, and her research focuses on equity in communication and collaboration as well as in group design decision making (judgment) under uncertainty. She is especially interested in how power relationships and rhetorical strategies affect group judgment in engineering design; one goal of this work is to understand factors that inhibit full participation of students who identify with historically marginalized groups and investigate evidence-based strategies for mitigating these inequities. In addition, she is interested in technology and how specific affordances can change the ways we collaborate, learn, read, and write. Teaching engineering communication allows her to apply this work as she coaches students through collaboration, design thinking, and design communication. She is part of a team of faculty innovators who originated Tandem (tandem.ai.umich.edu), a tool designed to help facilitate equitable and inclusive teamwork environments.Dr. Trevion Henderson (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. He earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan, as well as his M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs and his B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. Dr. Henderson holds secondary appointments in the STEM Education program in the Department of Education, and he serves on Steering Committee for the Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI) at Tufts University. Dr. Henderson's research is broadly concerned with how students' in- and out-of-classroom experiences affect their learning, focusing particularly on the ways that students' socio-academic relationships shapes their learning in engineering education. Dr. Henderson uses both qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches to student the interactional dynamics that shape students' learning, focusing particularly on teamwork

142. Trends in technical communication for 2024 and beyond

The Cherryleaf Podcast -

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 21:27

It's that time of year for us to gaze into our crystal ball and share your and our predictions for the future of technical communication for 2024 and beyond. We've posted a transcript to the Cherryleaf Blog. About Cherryleaf: Cherryleaf Microsoft's Akash Dubey has created a YouTube playlist that contains a series of interviews with people from Microsoft, Meta, Across Systems, and Cherryleaf, on lessons learnt with AI. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1Utia1tpDy4cceBHsMDZFbyzVMWfijjG Generative AI and Techcomm playlist on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyzNPwCV9rY&list=PLUsv4sNfwtYe3Crhz-ldp8JRoKLIh7k8l&pp=iAQB

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Dr. Jordan Frith on Barcodes

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 41:37

Dr. Jordan Frith discusses Barcode, his new book in the Object Lessons series. Though we take barcodes for granted now, Frith argues that "it's really hard to become mundane." He explains how barcodes shaped the global economy, how controversies nearly derailed them, and how the barcode has taken on so much symbolic weight. Visit https://tenminutetechcomm.com/ for a transcript of the episode. Email ryan.weber@uah.edu for more information on the show!

Episode 145: Dr. TJ Geiger II

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 58:13

Keywords: deliberative rhetoric, invention, religious rhetorics, archival methods, Texas. Dr. T J Geiger II is an assistant professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English at Texas Tech University. He is the author of Faithful Deliberation: Rhetorical Invention, Evangelicalism, and #MeToo Reckonings. A feminist scholar of religious rhetorics and deliberative discourse, his recent work has turned to archives and to the history of the rhetoric of science through a study of the life and work of Lula Pace: a science professor at the center of a pre Scopes trial teaching of evolution controversy that roiled early 20th century Texas Baptist life. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.

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Sara Sánchez on Technical Communication in Spain

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 13:20

Sara Sánchez, a localization lead and technical writer at Onada, talks about her project of spreading the word about technical communication in her country of Spain. Check out https://meetcontent.github.io/ for more about her work! Visit https://tenminutetechcomm.com/ for a transcript of the episode. Email ryan.weber@uah.edu for more information on the show!

Episode 139: Emily Gresbrink

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 49:15

Episode 139 of The Big Rhetorical Podcast features an interview with the 2023 TBR Podcast Emerging Scholar Award winner, Emily Gresbrink. Emily Gresbrink is entering their fifth year at the University of Minnesota (UMN) as a Ph.D. Candidate in Rhetoric, Scientific and Technical Communication. Their work reflects a passion and commitment to technical communication and how that clicks with user voice, social justice, and digital media. During their time as a graduate student, they have published a number of co-authored and solo authored projects found in Programmatic Perspectives, The 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, UX as Innovative Academic Practice, and IEEE ProComm (Forthcoming). These works have covered a range of topics, including technical communication mentorship, COVID- 19 and digital risk communication, graduate student precarity and advocacy, social justice pedagogy, and professional writing. Follow TBR Podcast @thebigrhet.

The Longing Within: Finding Hope, Faith, and God’s Faithfulness in the Waiting with Laura C Brandenburg

Fierce Calling with Doris Swift

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 42:31

Welcome to another episode of Fierce Calling! In this week's episode, I welcome back inspiring author, Laura C. Brandenburg. Get ready for a thought-provoking conversation about operating in our gifts and aligning with God's plan. Laura shares how she walked away from being a full professor to fulfill a bigger dream. She shares her deeply personal story of infertility and God's faithfulness throughout that journey. We dive deep into the relevance of biblical truth in different seasons. Laura's upcoming book explores the experiences of women longing for a child, a dream, a relationships. Join us as we uncover the profound insights and hear the wisdom Laura has to offer. Get ready to be inspired and encouraged with every word. Listen to my previous episode with Laura here: The God Who Sees Me: A Journey Through Infertility Connect with Laura! Website | Instagram| Twitter | Facebook More About Laura ... Happily married mama to three miracles, Laura C. Brandenburg believes even through the hardest chapters, God writes good endings. An author and speaker, she holds bachelor's and master's degrees in English and a doctoral degree in Technical Communication and Rhetoric. A former college professor turned stay-at-home mom, Laura now spends her days in rural West Texas wiping sticky, dimply hands, writing books, and sharing messages from God's Word. Connect with her at www.lauracbrandenburg.com or on social media @lauracbrandenburg. Book Doris to Speak at Your Next Women's Event! I'd love to chat about serving you and your ladies by speaking at your next women's event. I am available for keynotes, conferences, workshops, retreats, including online and in-person events. For more information and testimonials, check out my speaking pages at dorisswift.com/speaking/ and womenspeakers.com and let's make it happen!

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Empowering People with Writing with: David Payne

Lets Have This Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 23:38

As a writer you have the creative freedom to explore the avenues of your imagination which bring you the most joy. You can choose the niche that matches your preferences, from technical writing to creative writing. Job growth: According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the employment of writers and authors may grow 4% from 2021 to 2031, which is similar to the average growth for all occupations. With the support of his partner and children, writer David Payne has been creating stories daily since late 2021. He participates ferociously in Stories on Fire and National Novel Writing Month. His first published story, "Wraith and Specter" appeared in Future's Lens (Jan 2023). "Escape and Transform" appeared in Reality's Lens (May 2023). David writes the story that inspires him in the moment, though he tends to settle into speculative fiction. On stream, he writes each day both as a form of accountability and to inspire others to the craft. His focus is entirely on getting the words on the page and letting the editing table sort out the details later. He's played many different table-top RPGs over the years and has interests in game theory from Poker to Magic the Gathering. To relax, he'll fire up a game of Dwarf Fortress. He likes to joke that if a game was created more recently than a decade ago, he isn't really interested, but the truth is he likes retro-style and turn-based games. Professionally, David is a technical writer and has been a part of the field for over twenty years. He's also presented at Write-the-Docs and the Society of Technical Communication's Summit. Follow: @TelinArtho

S4E7 Bridging the Gap: How AI is Reshaping Technical Communication

Inside Tech Comm with Zohra Mutabanna

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 61:36 Transcription Available

Curious about the future of technical communication in the rapidly evolving AI landscape? Today's episode with our talented guest, Ryan Boettger, a distinguished professor and department chair at the University of North Texas, promises to enlighten you. Ryan is a ‘prompt engineer,' someone who acts as the valuable link between AI and humans. From his unique perspective informed by a rich background in linguistics and technical communication, Ryan brings you the latest on how socio-linguistics can inform research and curriculum related to AI. We discuss the value and challenges of Technical Communication as a standalone department. Ryan shares candid insights on the struggle technical communicators face to be recognized within traditional humanities and other fields, like product management, engineering, and user experience. He sheds light on funding challenges that often put Technical Communication departments on the chopping block during layoffs. But, it's not all gloom and doom. Ryan's passion for ensuring technical communicators are prepared with relevant AI skills sparks hope for the future.Join us for this enlightening discussion with Ryan Boetger that will surely transform your understanding of the technical communication field and its relationship with AI!Guest BioRyan Boettger is a professor and department chair of Technical Communication. He received his Ph.D. and MA in Technical Communication and Rhetoric from Texas Tech University and a graduate certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Pennsylvania State University.His NSF-funded research focuses on content analysis, data-driven learning, English for Specific Purposes, and STEM education.He is the former editor of the Wiley/IEEE Press book series on Professional Engineering Communication and the former deputy editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. He's an active consultant and a Gallup-certified Strengths Coach.Show CreditsIntro and outro music - AzAudio engineer - RJ BasilioShow notes generated by AI and curated by me.

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Jasmyne Epps on Digital Accessibility

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 17:44

Jasmyne Epps, Product Manager at Digital Services Georgia, joins the show to discuss the definition and goals of digital accessibility, plus the ways that digital accessibility contributes to the goals of a robust Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative. Follow @TechCommUAH, visit tenminutetechcomm.com, or email Ryan Weber at ryan.weber@uah.edu for more information about the show.

API documentation: Components and Best practices, with Mark Wentowski, API documentation Specialist, TechWriteX

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 21:54

Mark Wentowski, API documentation Specialist, TechWriteX, talks about various components, challenges, and best practices in API documentation space.

Discussing knowledge sharing and documentation metrics with Mysti Berry, Principal Technical Writer at mParticle

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 19:19

Mysti Berry, Principal Technical Writer, mParticle, speaks about documentation metrics she follows at her organization and explains knowledge sharing across boundaries.

The Soil Matters: With Dr. Gerald Pollack

The Soil Matters With Leighton Morrison and Dr. Av Singh

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 118:29

The Soil Matters: With Dr. Gerald Pollack #geraldpollack,#leightonmorrison,#avsingh,#livingsoil, Gerald Pollack received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He then joined the University of Washington faculty and is now a professor of Bioengineering. He is also the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science. His interests have ranged broadly from biological motion and cell biology to the interaction of biological surfaces with aqueous solutions. His 1990 book, Muscles, and Molecules: Uncovering the Principles of Biological Motion, won an “Excellence Award” from the Society for Technical Communication. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor, won that Society's “Distinguished Award,” their highest distinction. The latter book went on to receive the World Summit Excellence Award. Pollack received an honorary doctorate in 2002 from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a foreign member and Academician of the Srpska Academy. He received the Biomedical Engineering Society's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2002. In 2008, his colleagues chose him as the recipient of his university's highest annual distinction: the UW Faculty Lecturer Award. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems, and in 2014 he received the Scientific Excellence Award from the World Academy of Neural Therapy, as well as the Dinsdale Prize from the Society for Scientific Exploration. He has presented two TEDx talks on water. In 2015, he won the BrandLaureate Award, previously bestowed on notables such as Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton, and Steve Jobs. In 2016 he was awarded the Emoto Inaugural Peace Prize and, more recently, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society. He appears briefly in the 2016 Travis Rice sports-action film, The Fourth Phase, named after his recent book. And he is included in the 2019 listing OOOM Magazine as one of the “World's 100 Most Inspiring People.” In 2020, he presented his work at the “Majlis” by invitation from the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at his Royal Palace, and more recently, in 2023, at the United Nations. Your Hosts: Dr. Av Singh, Ph.D., PAg. https://www.linkedin.com/in/av-singh-... https://www.fs-cannabis.com/ https://growupconference.com/ For a full bio, visit: https://growupconference.com/speakers... Leighton Morrison https://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua... https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/ Executive Producer Ken Somerville https://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/ https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca Contact email itsallaboutthebiologytour@gmail.com Gifts to support the tour: https://www.givesendgo.com/G9AZD Reach out to Ken for a quick 15 min call: https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangarden,

S4E4 AI and Tech Comm - Using ChatGPT Smartly to Enhance Your Career

Inside Tech Comm with Zohra Mutabanna

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 38:17 Transcription Available

Shaughn Kern, my nerdy friend, graces my latest episode. As a technical writer and a code geek, Shaughn has been experimenting with ChatGPT to simplify and automate mundane parts of his day-to-day. In this heart-to-heart conversation, Shaughn shares some great examples that any technical writer can use to move on from the mundane and get creative with ChatGPT's assistance. If you are a technical writer wondering how you can leverage ChatGPT, or for that matter any AI tool, this episode is a must-listen for you.Highlights of the conversation you don't want to miss:Examples of how Shaughn uses ChatGPT to simplify the grind and get creative with his research.What kind of prompts did Shaughn give with his content to benefit from ChatGPT feedback?How to use ChatGPT to track legacy content or convert documents from one format to another?Guest BioShaughn Kern is a technical writer with a background in technical communication, UX/UI design, and presentations. During his career, Shaughn has mostly worked for small research institutes and software companies where he was the only technical writer. This sparked his interest in writing scripts and utilities to automate mundane, complex, or error-prone tasks. He spends several hours a week researching or building tools that make technical communication more efficient.In addition to his technical communication experience, Shaughn has worked as an adjunct lecturer, writing center coach, and Brazilian jiujitsu instructor. He holds an M.S. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University, where he also earned a B.S. in Scientific and Technical Communication with a concentration in Computer Engineering. His non-work time is devoted to parenting, cooking, and martial arts.CreditsIntro and outro music - AzAudio engineer - RJ Basilio

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Navigating Team Dynamics in Technical Writing with Yael Basford, Senior Technical Writer, Akamai

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Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 12:00

Yael Basford, Senior Technical Writer, Akamai talks about how technical writing and psychology are intertwined and share her experiences working in larger teams vs smaller teams.

Episode 133: Dr. Erika M. Sparby

associate professor composition illinois state university technical communication

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 50:19

Episode 133 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Erika Sparby. Dr. Erika Sparby (they/them) is an Associate Professor of Digital Rhetorics and Technical Communication at Illinois State University. Their research interests include memes, digital aggression, ethics, and risk and crisis communication. Their most recent book is titled, Memetic Rhetorics. They also co-edited the book, Digital Ethics, with Dr. Jessica Reyman, which won the Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award. Other work appears in Computers and Composition, enculturation, and Technical Communication Quarterly. You can find them shitpostingon Twitter at @Sparbtastic. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Conversation on Technical communication, Ideal persona, and Integrating writers into development with Avi Chazen, Technical Communicator at Sage