Re: Communicator (was Re: Twitter)

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

At one of my previous employers, the writers lobbied to have the group's name 
changed from "Technical Publications" to "Technical Communications" (prior to my 
arrival).

During my time at this company I went from a situation where half the people I 
met at parties didn't know what a technical writer is and half did to one where 
half the people I met didn't know what "technical communicator" is and half said 
"oh, technical writer."  I did not consider this an improvement.

Since then I have encountered people who prefer "technical communicator," 
"information developer" or "documentation specialist" to "technical writer."  I 
don't know what reactions they get from most people at parties, but mine is 
still "oh, technical writer."

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
> I've not drunk the "communicator" Kool-aid yet because I'm inclined to believe 
> that in the long run what clients and hiring managers want is *writing*... 
> they don't think of it in terms of "communication" even though we may 
> incorporate far more than just writing into our work.

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