SOCIETY FORÂ TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Creating more usable law documents and recruitment Materials
As a member of STC as a whole, and as the secretary of the STC TTU Chapter, I focus on collecting information for the governing body, as well as for the current and future members of STC. As a smaller version of a much bigger organizations, we have a variety of standard documents that help us recruit as well as organization guidelines.
The constitution and bylaws, as well as recruiting materials are documents that while present seem inaccessible due to their location. While these documents are available in a google drive, they could be more accessible and interactive, as well as available in a more public space for all members of the organization.
THE PROJECT
I will be editing the STC constitution, bylaws and recruitment PowerPoint to bring it up to date. At the moment, officer duties are not clear within the organization, and recruitment information is outdated. This documentation project aims to update and redevelop these documents into more its usable, accessible, useful documents.
The project plan includes the project overview, schedule, development strategies, project dependencies and assumptions, and project resource requirements.
I created a basic, well-formed XML document based on a webpage I intend to create as part of this project.
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This exercise focused on listing some possible careers for Technical Communicators.
The project presentation is a 7 slide presentation that discusses the project overview, product features, technical challenges, and lessons learned.
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A website
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A brochure
The first of the final deliverables is a website repurposing some information from the legacy documents, as well as new information needed by the audience.
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The second of the final deliverables is a brochure repurposing some materials from the recruiting legacy document. It also includes new information based on research on audience needs.
"The best way to predict the future is to create it"
Abraham Lincoln
About Project Lead
My name is Jelilat Adesiyan. I am a 2nd year PhD student in the Technical Communication & Rhetoric program at Texas Tech University. I am also the current Secretary of the Texas Tech University (TTU) Society for Technical Communication (STC), hence my passion for this project.I am an Instructor, Editor, Instructional Designer, design fiend, conceptual creative.
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I am interested in researching the software design cycle in order to investigate the positionality and assigned workplace value of the technical communicator, usability, graphic design and instructional design.