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Re: Client woes: a question to ask yourself...

Subject: Re: Client woes: a question to ask yourself...
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 12:03:06 -0800

Charles E Vermette wrote:

Bruce Byfield wrote:
<<<why do most technical writing programs almost entirely ignore the
business aspects?>>>

Because business savvy is more art than science, and I'm not sure how
much of it can be taught. Sure, you can teach someone about W2 versus
1099, or how to use Quicken, but you can't teach someone when to start
talking money in a client meeting.


True, but you could say the same thing about tech-writing and several dozen other subjects. About the best you can do is forewarn people of the various possibilities. An imaginative teacher could even set up a series of role-playing games to hammer home some of the difficulties students would face in negotiation - the exercise wouldn't totally prepare students, but they would at least go away with some sense of what to expect.

Of course, preparing this sort of exercise would require imagination, to say nothing of time and energy. So, you're not likely to see it - speaking as an ex-teacher, I can assure you that, when you have one of these traits peaking, the others are generally in decline.

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