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		<title>Should You Get a Technical Communication (or Writing) Certificate, or Diploma?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2010 Ugur Akinci Here&#8217;s a question TCC readers ask me often: &#8220;Should I get a diploma or certificate in technical writing/communication?&#8221; I&#8217;m big on education and training. But my answer to this question is always: &#8220;It depends.&#8221; Let me explain. First off, if your current or prospective employer demands that you get a certificate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Technical Writer on &#8220;Secular Identity and Interfaith Cooperation&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And today here&#8217;s something totally different&#8230; In this blog we don&#8217;t touch religion but today&#8217;s Sunday and technical writers are human too, like everybody else. So we thought it would be interesting to read a well-written account of how a technical writer struggled with his own approach to religion and secularism&#8230; Here is Jeff Pollet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your Technical Communication career dying? How to revive it</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great article that I&#8217;m sure applies to the careers of some technical communicators. It&#8217;s got some valuable advice for sagging careers. It starts with asking the following list of signs which might mean that you career is in trouble: You are unhappy with the nature of your work You aren’t growing You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does It Take to be a Technical Writer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joseph Stutzman A Technical Writing career can be quite lucrative, but in today&#8217;s economy it is important to not only have the skills, but be willing to take a lesser salary in order to get your foot in the door and to improve your chances of having a long term career. The job seekers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technical Communication Community has lost Prof. Dan Marder</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/06/28/technical-communication-community-has-lost-prof-dan-marder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By TIM STANLEY World Staff Writer When Dan Marder took up the fight against bad writing, not even his fellow academics could escape the wrath of his critical pen. Or as the former professor might put it — especially not his fellow academics, since they were often some of the worst offenders. Marder, a decorated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 Great Search Engines for Serious Writers</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/06/21/60-great-search-engines-for-serious-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding the information you need as a writer shouldn’t be a chore. Luckily, there are plenty of search engines out there that are designed to help you at any stage of the process, from coming up with great ideas to finding a publisher to get your work into print. Both writers still in college and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nancy Coppola Receives Top Honor From Technical Communication Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy Coppola, of Mountain Lakes, a professor in the department of humanities at NJIT and the Director of the Master of Science program in Professional and Technical Communication, received the Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication from the Society for Technical Communication. Coppola received the honor for outstanding achievements in promoting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Questions from a Reader, and My Answers</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/06/18/four-questions-from-a-reader-and-my-answers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2010 Ugur Akinci A reader who has just received his Bachelor&#8217;s degree (congrats!) sent the following letter the other day: &#8220;I would like to break into the technical writing/communication field, though I have some questions: 1) What should I have as an entry level technical writer? That is, what should my portfolio contain? 2) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Gain Local Clients for a Writing Business</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/06/16/how-to-gain-local-clients-for-a-writing-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/06/16/how-to-gain-local-clients-for-a-writing-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Excerpts) by Owen Clark Writing is skill and can be made into a viable business. A lot of commercial activities involves written communication and documents. Website content, advertisements, press releases, technical manuals &#8211; all these require a skilled writer. Here are some tips on how to gain local clients for such a business. 1. Delineate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply and Demand in Technical Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/06/01/supply-and-demand-in-technical-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joseph Stutzman If you are considering technical writing as a career you might want to read the U.S. Department of Labor&#8217;s Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2009 Edition. Some of the information is valuable and some of it just makes for interesting reading. For example, it states that most professional writing jobs still require a college [...]]]></description>
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