Christchurch Branch Event: The Tech Comm career ladder and you

Are you preparing to take the first step up your chosen career ladder? Are you preparing to jump ladders? Are you getting back on the ladder after a break from it? TechCommNZ and the Student Outreach Programme are coordinating this month's branch event to bring you tips and tricks for a successful start.

21/08/2018 | Christchurch | read more...

Wellington Branch Event: The Tech Comm career ladder and you

This important event is being held in Wellington and in conjunction with our Christchurch branch.

21/08/2018 | Wellington | read more...

Auckland Branch Event - Creating tech comms in an Agile environment

Do you work in an Agile environment? Do you find it a challenge? Would you like to know more?

06/09/2018 | Auckland | read more...

TechCommNZ AGM

Join us at our 2018 AGM being held in Christchurch to hear what we have done in the past 12 months, and what we are planning for 2018-2019.

23/09/2018 | Christchurch | read more...

Hamilton Branch Event: Networking with Colleagues

02/10/2018 | Hamilton | read more...

TechCommNZ Conference 2019

Save the date for our next biennial conference.

16/10/2019 | Tauranga | read more...

From the President

Hi everyone. I hope you’re enjoying the year and not feeling too dismayed at the way it seems to slide past so quickly. I’m rather pleased to see the end of July, which is usually so cold, and start looking forward to spring. Don’t worry, give it a few months and I’ll be moaning about the hot weather, the flies, and the kids not wanting to go to bed because it’s too light! I really have only two messages this month. And they’re both equally important...

12:17 AM, 13 August 2018 | read more...

Reppin the TCs at ITx 2018

So, it’s now four weeks since the ITx conference and I think I’ve finally recovered. My hangover’s gone too but I still have some blisters from our dancefloor antics.

Of course it wasn’t all boozing and glamour. We did some work too. It really was an amazing experience and I’m thrilled that we got to be a part of this amazing conference. I know we left our mark and I get the feeling we’ll be welcome back next time!

12:51 AM, 13 August 2018 | read more...

What's the evidence? Asking about gender

Do technical communicators need to think about gender? I think so. We may be asked to review wording in forms or surveys, we may need to develop personas, and we need to ensure our writing doesn’t alienate readers and give them a bad user experience.

3:34 PM, 13 August 2018 | read more...

Christchurch Branch Report: Technically not technical writing

Bernadette Cooney discovers the role of a technical writer is an ever evolving one at the July branch meeting of TechCommNZ in Christchurch, where seasoned communicator Claire Mahoney took her audience of 30 people through the rigours of managing organisational knowledge as well as content…

3:05 PM, 13 August 2018 | read more...

Let's Tech Communicate

This month it is fonts, finance, free features, and we go Back to the Future. The questions are as follows:

1. The Swiss have Helvetica and the French have Garamond but is there such a thing as a New Zealand typeface?
2. We all know what Bitcoin is but do we understand blockchain technology and how it could be applied to technical communication?
3. If you can’t code and you need to interact with APIs, what tools exist to help you and how can you avoid common API documentation mistakes?
4. Who said “Docs? Where we’re going we don’t need docs” and why did they say it?

We should be told. Read on.

1:11 PM, 13 August 2018 | read more...