Christchurch Branch Event: Muscle Maintenance - Building the Strength to Carry On and On

How strong are your core muscles? These are the muscles that connect your upper and lower body, and if they become weak or inflexible, performing everyday acts such as putting on socks or bending over to pick something up can easily go wrong. As technical communicators, our core muscles are compromised by the amount of time we spend at our computers. Come along to Streamliners and hear Kate Lugtigheid, of Pumped Personal Training, explain how to build core strengthening exercises into your daily routine so that you can remain pain-free and strong.

11/06/2019 | Christchurch | read more...

Workshop - Microsoft Excel, Christchurch

Microsoft Excel is a common tool used by many to better understand and analyse data. This workshop will show you how to take raw data, clean and prepare it, then manipulate and analyse it to create useful information.

12/06/2019 | Christchurch | read more...

Workshop - Microsoft Excel, Auckland

Microsoft Excel is a common tool used by many to better understand and analyse data. This workshop will show you how to take raw data, clean and prepare it, then manipulate and analyse it to create useful information.

26/06/2019 | Auckland | read more...

Workshop - Microsoft Excel, Wellington

Microsoft Excel is a common tool used by many to better understand and analyse data. This workshop will show you how to take raw data, clean and prepare it, then manipulate and analyse it to create useful information.

27/06/2019 | Wellington | read more...

TechCommNZ Webinar: KISS - Keep It Simple and Straightforward: Writing for translation

Is your audience all native English speakers with a high level of literacy? Do you have some readers with English as a second or foreign language?

12/07/2019 | | read more...

TechCommNZ Conference 2019

Come and be inspired at this year’s premier event for technical writers, information designers, content creators and learn more about creating sustainable content.

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

From the President

Lately I’ve been reading a bit about the future of work. I stumbled across this website “ Will robots take my job?” which worryingly predicts that Technical Writers have an 89% chance of being replaced by AI and robots. Weirdly, editors only have a 6% chance, graphic designers 8% and instructional coordinators is 0.4%... which begs the question: "is it our jobs or our skills we need to worry about?" Luckily we've got some fantastic workshops coming up, and some great opportunities to upskill and feel confident.

8:35 AM, 15 May 2019 | read more...

​Registrations are open!

This year’s Conference theme is all about the sustainability of our content and our profession. Join us for an exciting and inspiring three days of presentations and workshops designed to challenge, inform and reignite your passion for what you do.

We’ve got an awesome line-up of international and local speakers presenting a range of topics with an emphasis on sustainable content. Register now and get our earlybird discount.

9:55 AM, 15 May 2019 | read more...

Eithne Sweeney: Trim the mainsail! How speaking a common language helps organisations sustain their course

Our future heavily relies on technical experts but there is a disconnect between the technical experts and the teams that work with them. Half the crew is calling to tighten or trim the sail and the other half is working to take the sail down and put a new one up. Join Eithne as she shows us how to navigate the world of technical communication, using simple, effective ways for every member of your crew to speak the same common language.

10:06 AM, 15 May 2019 | read more...

Filling the gap between Academia and Industry: How to get the relevant skills for jobs in technical writing and localisation

The Master in Technical Communication and Localization (TCLoc ) has been created in response to the high demand for localization experts and technical writers worldwide. It combines part-time online learning with a career-oriented course which aims to help fill the skills gap in the international technical communication market.

10:21 AM, 15 May 2019 | read more...

What's the Evidence? Alt text should be half a tweet long, they say

How would you know what an image was if you couldn’t see it? You’d need someone to describe it to you. That’s what alternative text (alt text) is: a text description of an image. It’s not a caption. It makes information accessible to everyone, including those who are blind or visually impaired, and anyone whose device doesn’t display images properly. But how much should you write?

10:25 AM, 15 May 2019 | read more...