• DocumentCode
    3146430
  • Title

    Technical Communication & the Needs of Small Nonprofit Organizations

  • Author

    Walton, Rebecca

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Washington, Seattle
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    1-3 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    This paper focuses on the intersection of two fields: technical communication and nonprofit management. Specifically, the focus is determining what needs in small 501(c)(3) organizations can be met by the specialized knowledge of technical communicators. To explore this issue, I conducted an exploratory study to answer the following questions: ldr What organizational needs do small 501(c)(3)s have that are relevant to technical communication ? ldr How are small 501(c)(3) organizations attempting to meet these needs? Which of these attempted solutions are ineffective?
  • Keywords
    education; organisational aspects; Internal Revenue Service; small nonprofit organizations; technical communication; Animals; Art; Collaboration; Documentation; Ground support; Humans; Pregnancy; Professional communication; Safety; Testing; documentation; nonprofit organizations; organizational needs; service learning; technical communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Professional Communication Conference, 2007. IPCC 2007. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1242-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1243-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464065
  • Filename
    4464065