Professional Writing, like other types of writing, takes various forms and serves different functions depending on the environment and the audience of the type of writing. The audience is the driving force behind the different forms and styles of Professional Writing.
It is important to understand that the profession based audience, work environment, and content are determining factors in choosing the medium of writing. Each professional community: Healthcare, Education, Engineering, Accounting, and other various professions have their own unique form and style specific to their field.
There are Professional Writing Conferences in 2009-2010 that are profession specific and intensive and also those that are general. Professional Writing is commonly referred to as technical writing.
Below is a list of Professional Writing/ Technical Writing Conferences found globally for 2009-2010
If you have any questions or would like to know more, I suggest going to Society for Technical Communication webpage.
STC-PMC Conference and Workshop
Philadelphia: March 27-28, 2009
• Speaker
• Four Workshops
• Jean-luc Dumont, author of Trees, Maps, and Theorems- Effective
Communication for Rational Minds
Maximizing the Value of Internal Communications
Brisbane, Australia: April 2-3, 2009
• 8 step process in evaluating and enhancing internal communications
• Case studies
• Group Exercises
Technical Communication Summit
Atlanta: May 3-6, 2009
• 100 Speaker Presentations with audio and visual aids.
• Last year, 1300 technical presenters showed up to the event last year.
Business Conference: “Discovery meets Innovation”
Chicago: September 16-19, 2009
• The conference will display the new and improved methods and technologies specific to the business community.
• Those that attend will perform at a higher, faster, and more efficient level than was previously attained.
http://www.astcnsw.org.au/
http://www.stcpmc.org/
http://www.stc.org/
http://conference.stc.org/
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Nice selection of conferences to go to. I liked how you gave a quick summary of each one. This is helpful for me as I am given professional development funds to go to conferences. Unfortunately, I don't think my department will send me to Brisbane, Australia even though I have a friend who lives there and could stay at her house for free.
ReplyDeleteVery good, maby you should include what types of forms and styles of professional writing are offered at the conferences.
ReplyDeleteI think it would definitely benefit us all if we had a chance to go to one of these conferences. It would provide us with sufficient information on how to improve our work ethic and learning how to use new technology to our advantage. Great post.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is interesting as it incorporates examples within conferences around America. It seems Steven has done great research in order to come up with these ideas and examples. Knowing how to communicate with your audience is very important and it seems you have covered this.
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