The following table provides a quick guide to the themes and deadlines for Intercom articles in 2015. Thanks are due to the Intercom Editorial Advisory Panel for their advice and suggestions on these themes. See something of interest that aligns with your area of expertise? Consider submitting an article to the editor, Liz Pohland, via email at liz.pohland@stc.org.
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Intercom Issue |
Submission due date |
Description |
Keywords and Writing Prompts |
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January 2015 |
11/1/2014 |
Technical Communication and Professional Writing |
writing in the workplace, translation, writing primer/basics, plain language, writing jobs and essential writing skills |
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February 2015 |
12/1/2014 |
Repackaging, Rebranding, and Reinventing Technical Communication |
reinventing ourselves beyond technical writing, industry skills for growth, do “technical communication” jobs really exist in industry? What jobs do technical communication skills align with? |
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March 2015 |
1/1/2015 |
Megatrends,Trending Now |
big data, analytics, machine translation, cloud computing, natural language processing, internet of things |
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April 2015 |
2/1/2015 |
Learning Ecosystems |
academic and professional learning, instructional design, gamification, elearning, new types of learning models, what learning does a TC student need to succeed in industry? |
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May 2015 |
3/1/2015 |
Facets of the Profession |
core TC skills, editing, regulatory writing, standards, core areas of study |
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June 2015 |
4/1/2015 |
The Power Issue: Gaining Organizational Influence as a Technical Communicator |
personal career management, organizational power, soft skills, resource allocation, the value of memberships and volunteering, leadership, culture change, succession, peer-to-peer relationships |
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July/August 2015 |
5/1/2015 |
Content Primer: Curation Is Not Just for Museums |
managing content, silos, organizational content, different roles of technical communicators, metadata and categorization, the “nitty gritty” of content design, repurpose and reuse |
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September 2015 |
7/1/2015 |
Change Happens: Are We Ready? |
change management, leadership, transition, culture change, succession, how jobs change, people change, cultures change, tools change |
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October 2015 |
8/1/2015 |
The Social Issue: Building Networks and Social Business Strategies |
how are companies delivering content through social media, community-driven content, new roles for TCers, volunteering and mentoring via social activities, how social activities advance your business, social marketing |
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November/December 2015 |
9/1/2015 |
State of the Industry |
bellwethers of the profession, state of the discipline, related fields (usability, medical, information architecture, usability and UX, information development) |
