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Coping in Chaos and Crisis: Maintaining your balance and sanity in today’s TechComm jobs

  • Fachvortrag
  • Karriere & Junge Technische Redakteure
  • 05. November
  • 09:00 AM (MEZ) - 09:45 AM (MEZ)
  • C5.1
  • beendet
  •  Leah Guren

    Leah Guren

    • Cow TC

Inhalt

There has never been a time of such rapid change in our profession. This change is causing uncertainty, stress, and a volatile job market. Whether you are a new TechComm practitioner, or a professional with decades of experience, you may feel overwhelmed trying to cope with a moving target.

What can you do as an employee, a manager, or a self-employed contractor to maintain some balance and sense of proportion as companies are redefining our purpose and roles?

This session explores short-term coping mechanisms, techniques, and long-term strategies to help you do more than just cope from one crisis to the next.

Das lernen Sie

  • Recognize that our career is going through a stressful, rapid transformation.
  • Learn how to identify on-the-job stress and perform effective triage.
  • Choose techniques for long-term self-investment.

Vorkenntnisse

basic TechComm understanding

Referent:in

 Leah Guren

Leah Guren

  • Cow TC
Biografie

Leah Guren is the owner/operator of Cow TC (technical communication training and consulting). Her career spans over 40 years of working with some of the leading hi-tech companies in the world. She has trained a generation of new TechComm professionals through her courses and workshops. In addition, she provides consultation services to help companies solve their documentation usability problems. She is a popular speaker at many TechComm conferences and a regular contributor to TC World magazine and other TechComm journals.

Leah Guren is the owner/operator of Cow TC (technical communication training and consulting). Her career spans over 40 years of working with some of the leading hi-tech companies in the world. She has trained a generation of new TechComm professionals through her courses and workshops. In addition, she provides consultation services to help companies solve their documentation usability problems. She is a popular speaker at many TechComm conferences and a regular contributor to TC World magazine and other TechComm journals.