technical communications committee (tcc)
groups by type
groups by sector
mission
- to provide an industry forum to collaborate, identify, propose and share emerging solutions to improve and enhance technical and safety communications.
- to provide a network to share ideas related to technical communication challenges.
committee objectives
- coordinate and prioritize goals and objectives for common industry technical and safety publications issues.
- the delivery of technical information technologies
- accelerating innovation, learning and growth
- forum to discuss updated industry standards and regulations that could affect technical publications.
- identify relevant language translations laws, requirements and best practices.
- assist in identifying topics/develop presentations for aem product safety seminar – next planning committee in oct. ideas needed before that time. topics should lean toward safety.
industry challenges/issues
- timing and delivery of up to date content for production
- content management – includes style guides, glossaries
- style inconsistency
- translations
- future delivery of technical materials
- hiring and training resources/employees
- succession planning
- editing and review process of publications
- version control – when do you update?
- international compliance – required documentation to ship products outside of the u.s.
- availability of current technology for formatting and distribution
- controlled authoring
- paper documentation vs digital delivery
group leadership
chairman
josh nicklaus
vermeer corporation
vice chairman
amanda lutey
pettibone/traverse lift, llc
aem staff contact
technical manager, safety & product leadership