Title :
Technical Communication & the Needs of Small Nonprofit Organizations
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464065