atw: Presentation for ASTC Conference 2007

 Dear all,
 
I'm preparing to deliver a session on the technical communicator's place
in the organisational hierarchy at the ASTC conference this year. This
session will focus on our working environments and will involve a
presentation followed by a general discussion and perhaps the drawing of
some conclusions as a group. I would appreciate your help with some
initial research in order to put this together.
 
Would you please answer some or all of the following questions for me:

        1. Do you prefer contract or permanent work and why?
        
        2. Do you prefer to work in a technical writing team, a
development team, as a sole writer or in another type of team/work
environment?
        

        3. What do you like best about your preferred environment?
         
        4. Do you feel there are chances for development or promotion
where you work or do you feel you would need to go elsewhere to advance
your career?
        
        
         
        5. Do you feel your management considers you to be a
professional with a unique professional contribution to provide to the
group/company/departmental endeavour or are you just the person who does
the documentation and of lesser importance than the developers,
engineers or project managers?
        
        6. Do you think something needs to be done to improve the
professional standing of technical communication and if so, what?
        
         
        7. How do you feel about conflict and ongoing feuding in the
workplace? Does it affect your job?
         
        8. How do you feel about gossip about and between workmates?
         
        9. What is the difference, in your opinion, between a good place
to work and a bad place to work?

I'd appreciate your help with this. I'm also interested in people
volunteering to attend the session with contributions. Probably 2-3
minutes would be enough. If you register with me beforehand I will make
sure you are heard.
 
Please email any answers or interest to Michelle Hallett (
michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <BLOCKED::mailto:michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> )
 
Much thanks,
Michelle
 

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        Michelle Hallett | IT Trainer & Support Analyst

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