Recommended+Books

= Recommended Books - Looking for a little "self-help," here are some suggestions = ====//Technical Communication Today// remains the only text to fully centralize the computer in the technical workplace, presenting how writers use computers throughout their communication process. Each chapter places an emphasis on the //activity// of producing effective documents by following a process approach that mirrors how professionals communicate in the technical workplace and how students learn in the classroom. ==== ====The text incorporates the newest technology-driven changes in workplace communication with in-depth discussions of email, instant messaging, working in virtual teams, making Web sites, blogging, podcasting, incorporating digital audio and visuals in documents, using PDAs, and negotiating ethical situations in electronic communication among many other available strategies and tools. ==== ||
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 * [[image:writing4theweb/Letting_Go_of_the_words_pic.png width="178" height="243" link="@http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Letting-Go-of-the-Words/Janice-Ginny-Redish/e/9780123694867?itm=3&usri=Letting%2BGo%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bwords"]] || == ==

Synopsis
===="Redish has done her homework and created a thorough overview of the issues in writing for the Web. Ironically, I must recommend that you read her every word so that you can find out why your customers won't read very many words on your website — and what to do about it."— Jakob Nielsen, Principal, Nielsen Norman Group“There are at least twelve billion web pages out there. Twelve billion voices talking, but saying mostly nothing. If just 1% of those pages followed Ginny’s practical, clear advice, the world would be a better place. Fortunately, you can follow her advice for 100% of your own site’s pages, so pick up a copy of Letting Go of the Words and start communicating effectively today.”—Lou Rosenfeld, co-author, Information Architecture for the World Wide WebOn the web, whether on the job or at home, we usually want to grab information and use it quickly. We go to the web to get answers to questions or to complete tasks – to gather information, reading only what we need. We are all too busy to read much on the web.This book helps you write successfully for web users. It offers strategy, process, and tactics for creating or revising content for the web. It helps you plan, organize, write, design, and test web content that will make web users come back again and again to your site.Learn how to create usable and useful content for the web from the master − Ginny Redish. Ginny has taught and mentored hundreds of writers, information designers, and content owners in the principles and secrets of creating web information that is easy to scan, easy to read, and easy to use.This practical, informative book will help anyone creating web content do it better. ====

**Features**
• Clearly-explained guidelines with full color illustrations and examples from actual web sites throughout the book. • Written in easy-to-read style with many "befores" and "afters." • Specific guidelines for web-based press releases, legal notices, and other documents. • Tips on making web content accessible for people with special needs. || When most people think of wikis, the first—-and usually the only—-thing that comes to mind is Wikipedia. The editors of //Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom//, Robert E. Cummings and Matt Barton, have assembled a collection of essays that challenges this common misconception, providing an engaging and helpful array of perspectives on the many pressing theoretical and practical issues that wikis raise. Written in an engaging and accessible manner that will appeal to specialists and novices alike, //Wiki Writing// draws on a wealth of practical classroom experiences with wikis to offer a series of richly detailed and concrete suggestions to help educators realize the potential of these new writing environments. Robert E. Cummings began work at Columbus State University in August 2006 as Assistant Professor of English and Director of First-Year Composition. Currently he also serves as the Writing Specialist for CSU's Quality Enhancement Plan, assisting teachers across campus in their efforts to maximize student writing in their curriculum. He recently concluded a three-year research study with the Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research and continues to research in the fields of computers and writing, writing across the curriculum, writing in the disciplines, and curricular reform in higher education. Matt Barton is Assistant Professor, St. Cloud State University, Department of English-Rhetoric and Applied Writing Program. His research interests are rhetoric, new media, and computers and writing. He is the author of //Dungeons and Desktops: A History of Computer Role-Playing Games// and has published in the journals //Text and Technology//, //Computers and Composition//, //Game Studies//, and //Kairos//. He is currently serving as Associate Editor of //Kairosnews// and Managing Editor of //Armchair Arcade//. || Carolyn Rude's and Angela Eaton's Technical Communication guide, //Technical Editing//, offers an excellent resource guide for the professional or aspiring writer, editor, or technical communicator. Well organized and easy to apply,//Technical Editing// offers examples, explanations and thorough, step-by-step guide to many of the editing processes, functions and challenges facing technical communicators today. Following is an excerpt from Amazon.com:
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"This market-leading text, which reflects recent changes in technology, workplace practices and the global marketplace, progresses from concepts and basic copyediting to comprehensive editing, management and production issues. The addition of Angela Eaton of Texas Tech University brings a fresh tone to her updates of content and pedagogy while retaining the authoritative voice of Carolyn Rude." - [|Amazon.com] || Guideline to create a professional risk communication plan.
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The book includes:
 * An overview of the types of risk communication.
 * For each step there are guidelines to determine the best option.
 * In depth discussion on securing buy in

Additionally the book is written in a format that is easy to understand and perfect for a novice risk communicator. ||