A comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to key workplace communication skills. Survivor's Guide to Technical Writing presents all of the essentials of workplace communication in an easy-to-read and easy-to-use format. The content is comprehensive and universal, and emphasizes the most practical and useful information, making the concepts relevant to each user. Integrating the most current technology, users will discover the usage and resources available to them through a number of different media. Survivor's Guide to Technical Writing reflects the most current topics and issues in technical communication and includes many cases, activities, and features to engage and enrich learning.
Sincerely yours , Robert J. Bogard 5. Discuss the effectiveness of the following reply to the letter quoted in Exercise 2. Here , the letterhead and inside address are omitted : Dear Mr. Bogard : I regret that I am unable to send ...
255 Robbins Place Edmonton AB T5H OK7 ( 403 ) 555-1850 August 19 , 19XX Mr. David Larsen Larsen Supply Company 311 Anderson Avenue Calgary , AB T3J 1 E6 Dear Mr. Larsen : As steady customers of yours for over 15 years , we came to you ...
Known for its treatment of the rhetorical situation and coverage of usability and persuasion, this edition contains new chapters and an innovative, visually oriented design that will engage today's students.
What are you going to say to Wells ? You do not know how you are going to compare his data with Bergman's stuff . You cannot do anything about the fact that Wells's figures are for 1982 and Bergman's for 1983.
This is a core textbook suitable for undergraduate courses in technical and professional communication.
All descriptions of and instructions for creating technical documents are accompanied by clear, annotated model documents. In addition, graphic illustrations appear throughout the book to make abstract concepts easy to understand.
At the same time, we are seeing remarkable growth in jobs devoted to these other content-centric skills. This book provides a roadmap including best practices, pedagogies for teaching, and implications for research in these areas.
Divided into two flexible parts--Principles and Applications--the text lays a strong foundation in the rhetoric principles before examining the principle types of workplace documents with checklists for use in preparing them.
In the workplace, no one wants to read what you write. This book gives students the tools that they will need to get their message across in today's busy and complex workplace.
If you can write clear, concise instructions, then you can be a technical writer.