Jon Scharer introduces us to Communities of Practice (CoP) in this first of a three-part podcast series. Communities of Practice, both for management and practitioners, have, for a variety of reasons, become more valued of late in the workplace. Listen as Scharer highlights two key factors necessary for ensuring the establishment and maintenance of an effective CoP.

Listen as Debbie Davy, a senior IEEE member and documentation solution leader for DK Consultants, tells you five ways to write better RFP responses, as well as two ways of quantitatively measuring RFP success. A script is also available.

Consider submitting a paper proposal before the December 1, 2008 deadline on a topic related to technical communication and usability studies. A special issue of the PCS Transactions on Professional Communication will feature articles that describe and analyze approaches to teaching, testing, analyzing, or managing usability studies approaches that involve technical communicators making unique or novel contributions to usability studies.

Bill Darnall explores how to create effective information architectures, and Michelle Labrosse discusses how good project management principles aid companies and organizations. All this and more in the November, 2008 Newsletter.

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