Listen as Debbie Davy, a senior IEEE member and documentation solution leader for DK Consultants, tells you five ways to write better RFP responses, as well as two ways of quantitatively measuring RFP success. A script is also available.

Jon Scharer introduces us to Communities of Practice (CoP) in this podcast. Communities of Practice, both for management and practitioners, have, for a variety of reasons, become more valued of late in the workplace. Listen as Scharer highlights two key factors necessary for ensuring the establishment and maintenance of an effective CoP.

This training podcast provides examples as well as explanations and tips for dealing with a few grammar or usage problems that occur for many engineering and technical professionals who have to communicate in a hurry, via, for example, email. Listen for ways to know when to use can or may, affect or effect, it's or its, and also me, myself, or I.

Jean-luc Doumont, a world-acclaimed expert in oral presentations and a senior member of IEEE, addresses in his informative podcast the key methods you can employ to create effective presentation slides.

What's the best way to compose an effective e-mail?

Listen as George Hayhoe, an award-winning senior IEEE member and fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, offers six valuable tips in this first ever PCS Training Podcast.

After listening to George's podcast, you'll know who to target with your email, how long it should be, and what should and shoudn't go in it so that it can be an effective means of communication for you.

Brenda Huettner provides us with the basics for making our web sites accessible in this training podcast (view the script). Huettner is an STC Fellow, a Senior IEEE Member, and the author of a number of informative books, including most recently Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools.