Christchurch Branch Event: How to speak effectively in public

As technical communicators, we are all able to express ourselves effectively and engagingly in writing, but being able to do so in speech, in front of people, is quite a different kettle of fish. Public speaking, or glossophobia, is one of the most common fears people have, so chances are a lot of you will be at least a little uncomfortable with the idea.

Enter Jordon Jones: technical writer by day, theatre junkie by night.

23/05/2018 | Christchurch | read more...

Auckland Branch Event - Editing for technical communicators, without all the boring grammar stuff

Whether you’re a dedicated editor or not, if you’re a technical communicator, you’ll end up editing other people’s writing—and your own. And you need to know how to do that as effectively and efficiently as you can.

29/05/2018 | Auckland | read more...

Webinar: Seeing our way - Accessibility for the web and print

Many people would like to make their material accessible to readers who have low vision, but finding how to do that isn’t easy.

06/06/2018 | | read more...

Liquid Learning PMO Leadership Conference

TechCommNZ is supporting Liquid Learning as they bring us their 3rd PMO Leadership Conference, June 25 to 29 Crowne Plaza Auckland.

25/06/2018 | Auckland | read more...

ITx2018 Conference

ITx is New Zealand's Technology mega-conference. This year’s collaboration of thirteen tech-focused conferences will be the largest ITx conference ever.

We’re thrilled to host our own TechCommNZ stream this year on the last day – Friday July 13.

11/07/2018 | Wellington | read more...

Christchurch Branch Event: Technically not technical writing

There are so many things we do as technical writers that are technically not technical writing. In this presentation Claire Mahoney discusses our sideways growth as a profession, with its relationship to content strategy, knowledge management, technical storytelling, content curation, and content management.

18/07/2018 | Christchurch | read more...

Liquid Learning 2nd Women in Tech and Telco Leadership Conference

TechCommNZ is supporting Liquid Learning as they bring us their 2nd Women in Tech and Telco Leadership Summit, July 23 to 26 Crowne Plaza Auckland.

23/07/2018 | Auckland | read more...

From the President

Kia ora and welcome to May! A highlight of my April was attending the Shelly Davies webinar on Māori Cultural Competency for Technical Communicators, and subsequently purchasing her lovely book, which I think would make a great asset to anyone’s library. If you like Shelly’s work (and who doesn’t!), you can hear more from her at our stream of the ITx conference, held in Wellington on Friday July 13. I'm also excited to say TechCommNZ is supporting Liquid Learning as they bring us their 3rd PMO Leadership Conference (June 25 to 29) and 2nd Women in Tech and Telco Leadership Summit (July 23 to 26) this year in Crowne Plaza, Auckland.

2:17 PM, 4 May 2018 | read more...

Register now for TechCommNZ @ ITx this July

We’re thrilled to host our own TechCommNZ stream at ITx this year on the last day – Friday July 13. Keynote speaker Doug Kim is joined by a superstars Tony Self, Dr Catherine Caudwell, Shelly Davies, and an unconference facilitated by Abhay Chokshi, – wow!

Plus, TechCommNZ is delighted to announce the first Excellence in Tech Communications award to recognise outstanding contribution to our industry. Nominations now open!

2:53 PM, 4 May 2018 | read more...

What's the evidence? ​Deciding between words and tables

Looked at the Super Rugby results lately? A bus timetable, perhaps, or the TechCommNZ subscription rates? Chances are, you’d have looked at a table. How should technical communicators decide when to use one?

3:06 PM, 4 May 2018 | read more...

Webinar review: Māori Cultural Competency for Technical Communicators

Did you miss "Māori Cultural Competency for Technical Communicators"? Worried about your level of understanding with things Māori? Many of us find ourselves feeling culturally out of our depth at one time or another. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. If you worry about the possibility of getting things wrong and causing offence, here's a great place to start - knowing the right questions to ask when engaging with Māori stakeholders and clients. Katie Haggath reviews Shelly's recent webinar and repeats her plain language tips for working with Māori words and names.

3:45 PM, 4 May 2018 | read more...

Let's Tech Communicate

In this month’s issue of Let’s Tech Communicate, Katie decided to shake things up a little bit and share some of the webinars she has been listening to. Unfortunately, she got a bit carried away and filled the whole thing with them… oh well! As the great members of Monty Python say…

And now for something completely different...

4:05 PM, 4 May 2018 | read more...