Communication World articles from August 2002

Communication World archives from August 2002

A look in.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... This issue is a wrap--in several ways. Profile 2002 is included, which wraps up the latest information on the state of the profession along with current demographics, salaries and related statistics. We also take a look at profile surveys from...

Profile 2002: a survey of IABC membership; the latest research on job satisfaction, salaries and opinions about the profession.(International Association of Business Communicators)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2002... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE GOOD NEWS? * Communicators' overall job satisfaction has remained positive since the last survey was conducted in 2000. * Most communicators surveyed have consistent and frequent access to senior management....

Analyzing the data: some (not so) random thoughts on IABC Profile 2002.
August 1, 2002... Provocative. That's the word that comes to mind when exploring the results of IABC Profile 2002, the most recent version of a study that through the years has been a continually evolving bird's-eye view of the health of the profession--and its...

A history of IABC communicators: forty-six years of shaping the corporate word.
August 1, 2002... Anybody remember the "house organ?" "Operation Tapemeasure," carried out in 1956, was one of the first surveys of members. IABC then was called the International Council of Industrial Editors (ICIE) and focused primarily on company...

Blurred standards: when corporate ethics fall by the wayside, so does the public's trust.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Third in a series on ethics in business communication. This series originally appeared in IABC Toronto's Communicator. We may never know the role business communicators played behind the scenes at energy giant Enron and its Chicago auditing...

Chic-ahhhhh-go! Messages profound and clear came home from the IABC international conference.(International Association of Business Communicators)
August 1, 2002... As countries of good will wage war on terrorism, IABC fights the good fight to win a righteous place for communicators at the executive table and to bring creativity, insight and truth to the words of businesses around the globe. A rich...

Looking back: outgoing board chairman John G. Clemons, ABC, APR, reflects on his term.(International Association of Business Communicators)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... At IABC's international conference in June, John G. Clemons, ABC, APR, spoke with Communication World editor Gloria Gordon about his year as chairman of the association's board of directors. Gloria Gordon: When you assumed the chairmanship...

On EXCEL-lence: an interview with the recipient of the 2002 EXCEL award.(Best Buy Chairman and CEO Richard M. Schulze)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... The No. 1 specialty retailer of digital technology and entertainment products, Best Buy Co. Inc., operates 1,900 stores internationally, generates US$20 billion in annual revenues and was ranked by The Wall Street Journal as the best-performing...

The camera as a 'time machine': still photography's unique asset. (Photocritique).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... All four of this month's examples depend on freezing or blurring moments in time to express ideas about various forms of energy. It is no accident that these photos all appeared in stories related to energy in SCANA Insights, a magazine...

Could you care less whether or not you could not care less? (Wood on Words).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... "As military fighter jets rain bombs on Afghanistan, Americans still do not know if the White House is truly keeping passenger planes from becoming bombs." This Boston Globe lede from the editorial page of 2/27/2K2 will prompt a prompt...

Don't make 'em come looking for you and your message on the web. (Digital Knowledge).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... When you are hunting for something on the Internet, you might casually invoke your favorite search engine then type in key words. There is nothing casual about the list returned to you. Site managers methodically design their content and links...