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Re: STC chapter question -- what should an employer expect?
Subject:Re: STC chapter question -- what should an employer expect? From:"T.W. Smith" <techwordsmith -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:48:22 -0500
You took the easy way out <g>.
So, what could the STC do to get you there, such that you, as boss of
the pubs manager, would be happy to let each member of the pubs dept.
sign up for the STC on the company dime?
That is, some managers consider STC as professional development and
are happy to let interested technical writers sign up for it, because
those writers are showing an interest in their profession and now
those writers feel better about their job because of the company's
support for their STC membership.
But, what about tangible improvements in writing, etc.? I mean, tool
stuff is easy to arrange, and gets old. I suppose there could be
grammar symposiums, meetings on outlines and structuring content.
But, as the boss of the pubs manager, what would you expect your
writers to get from their STC membership that you, the boss 'boss,
paid for?
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:43:44 -0500, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > What would you, as the employer (meaning the boss of the pubs manager)
> > want to get in return for signing your crew up for the STC?
>
> Boss of a techpubs manager? That is, a manager of managers?
>
> That's easy!
>
> Heightened productivity and happier customers.
>
> Anything else isn't important at that level. Productivity is
> downward-looking into the organizations they manage, and happy
> customers is upward-looking into the c-level sphere of influence. Both
> tie directly to the heaviest influence of all... the bottom line.
>
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