How to Improve Your Writing by Standing on Your Head
By Philip Yaffe
You may not have thought about it, but newspapers provide the best examples of clear, concise, dense (factual) writing you can find anywhere. Otherwise, people wouldn't read them.
Journalists not only write superbly well, they do so extremely rapidly. When a news event occurs, they don't have the luxury of spending several days to put together their text. At best, they have a few hours....Read more.
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Presentations: Part 3 of 3
Creating Presentations
What makes people nervous about giving presentations differs: some find presenting to peers worse than presenting to a roomful of strangers; others would rather speak in a large room than in an intimate setting...Read more
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History
Joseph Chapline
Did you know that the man who wrote the first user manual for a computer was one of the founders of the IEEE Professional Communication Society? In 1957, he helped to start the IRE's PGEWS, which eventually became the IEEE-PCS....Read more.
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Write Right
Mechanics
As we have said before, good writing is grammatically correct writing, at least for technical papers. This section is not a comprehensive guide to English grammar. We urge you to acquire several grammar references and to consult them on a regular basis as you write. ...Read more.
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Mentors Needed
Mentoring Connection
The IEEE Mentoring Connection is looking for "online" mentors to help guide younger IEEE professionals in career planning and professional development. Currently, 989 mentees, but only 440 mentors have registered to participate. .... Read More.
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