One of the best at his (and our) craft
The genre is called creative nonfiction, and nobody does it better than John McPhee. This year marks the 50th anniversary of McPhee’s first published work, a portrait of basketball star Bill Bradley....
View ArticleWhat’s your leadership story?
In the run-up to last June’s Brexit referendum, J.K. Rowling wrote a brilliant piece about storytelling: “I’m not an expert on much, but I do know how to create a monster,” she began, going on to say...
View ArticleBack to school: enhancing my technical communication skills
Here where I live it’s back-to-school time: a reminder that no matter how long I’ve worked in technical communication, there are always new things to learn. The skills I’ve already mastered, while...
View ArticleMy hopes for STC’s new leader
Originally posted 24 September 2016. Updated 7 April 2017. STC (Society for Technical Communication) members recently received word that CEO Chris Lyons will step down. A search for a new CEO will...
View ArticleI love the challenge of describing things
I enjoy turning the spotlight on people who are great communicators. One of the best is about to retire. This weekend, Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play announcer Vin Scully will call his last game....
View ArticleLiving and learning: 2016
Merriam-Webster picked surreal as its 2016 word of the year, and…yeah. At times this year I’ve felt like Alice in Wonderland, and I’ll bet you have too. One thing remains as true as ever, though: if...
View ArticleTwo ideas a month?
Today I learned that, in the view of one pundit on Kinja, all newspaper columnists stink at their jobs. First, because they’re trained to report and not persuade. Second, because no one can come up...
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