A hearty hello to everyone on our newsletter mailing list. We have some goodies for members this month, notably the results of the 2014 Salary Survey and Saul Carliner's template for demonstrating your value to your company or clients. (If you're not a member, be warned - you might be tempted to join, so you can access the full version of these treasures.) Emma looks back a couple of decades at a job-sizing exercise that would have been less nerve-wracking if she'd had the aforementioned template.

Emily Cotlier has reported back on a fascinating week of tech comms and bones in Whanganui, and Luke Pivac brings us thought-provoking discussions - and mind-boggling technology - from around the world.

From the President

Emma has a flashback to being a technical communicator in the early 90s, welcomes our new Vice President, and farewells our Comms Coordinator.

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Annual Salary Survey Results

Thanks to the 119 TCANZ members who took the opportunity to complete the TCANZ Annual Salary Survey. Denise Grealish, a senior research and evaluation analyst working in the government sector, has kindly collated the raw data this year. The full survey is only available to TCANZ members, who need to log in to the site to access the Member Area and Survey.

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Featured TC: Emily Cotlier Seeks Moa

This month, we feature a technical communicator who has been off doing exotic volunteer work in Whanganui. Emily Cotlier sends dispatches from a New Zealand museum.

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Ways to Demonstrate Your Worth

In our regular Southern Communicator feature, we showcase an older article from this Australasian journal - one which is particularly relevant in the month of the Annual Salary Survey. Saul Carliner's 2013 article "Communicate the Value of our Products and Services"remains relevant in 2015.

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Let’s Tech Communicate

In this issue, we ask whether the new Apple Watch be used in technical communication? Why does responsive design makes sense? What's the future of technical writing (in one page)? We also look at the importance of structured content for users and see how we can learn to write at 225 words per minute using chorded writing. This and a whole lot more from around the Net!

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Events

Join in, learn, meet new people...

14 April, Christchurch Branch:
Blurring the lines between technical communicating and marketing

20 April, Auckland Branch:
Want a new Tech Writing job?

19 June, Webinar:
Introduction to API Technical Writing

Affiliated Organisations:

IITP: Business Communication for Professionals - various dates and locations starting on 14 Aprilin Christchurch. See the IITP Event Calendarfor more details. Discount applies for TCANZ members if the event is promoted through TCANZ -select ‘Non member’ and then enter the discount code TCANZ to receive a discount.