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Subject:Re: Certification From:"Glanbrok, Slayer of Bluntskulls" <conehead -at- OVERTHE -dot- NET> Date:Sun, 4 Aug 1996 10:41:33 -0400
Diane Williams wrote:
> EEI (Editorial Experts, Inc., in Alexandria, VA, 703-683-0683) offers
> many writing, editing, proofing, QA, indexing, and software courses.
> Perhaps they could put together a test or program that could suffice as
> tech writer/editor certification. I know that it has helped me to get
> work when folks see on my resume that I've worked for EEI as a temp and
> have taken some of their courses.
and Brad Connatser replied:
Someone else suggested this very thing to me, and I thought it was at the
very least a non sequitur for someone who is familiar with their
newsletter. IMO, the EEI newsletter is a mediocre publication that often
gives the wrong advice. I certainly wouldn't place my confidence in such
group to initiate and manage a certification program.
My two bits:
Although EEI started out some years ago with a valuable mission (to commercialize publications skills beyond their traditional homes), their organization has been politicized in recent years. The result of this is, as you might expect, mediocrity in virtually all aspects of their work, which includes providing contractors, doing pubs projects in house using contractors and staff, and training. I worked for them a few times but gave it up because of their overall confusion and paralysis.
So my opinion is: Don't look to EEI for any kind of leadership in any aspect of communications or publications.
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