About the Professional Communication Arts Enterprise

* PCAE Curriculum
* PCAE Business Plan

Sponsored by the Department of Humanities at Michigan Technological University, we are a team of professional writers and designers who solve communication problems and develop technical and creative solutions for a wide range of on- and off-campus clients. Team members apply theoretical and academic work on projects as one way to prepare for careers in communication, design, media, business, and for work in their communities

Inspiration

• STC
• IDEO
• Coudal
• 37 Signals
• Carson
• A List Apart
• AIGA & Voice
• Writers House
• Interactive
• Sustainable
• Is design political?
• Presentation Zen
• Powerpointless
• Veer
• We Feel Fine
• 3x3

Recent Entries

• Client Presentation
• Last Day of Classes, Spring 2008 -- Busy Day!
• Time this week
• Professional Development Resources for 2008-09

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Affiliations

• Michigan Technological University
• Michigan Tech Humanities
• Michigan Tech STC program
• Michigan Tech Enterprise program

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Client Presentation

We concluded the year with Rae Suter -- our VP of Client Relations who we'll miss as she graduates and goes to live an interesting life -- presenting our year-long project on Sexual Harassment training materials for our MTU clients.

The project was an integrated approach, using brochures, video, and a web site to update the university's training materials, and our presentation demonstrated how the deliverables work together to support a coherent, reliable, ethical approach to sexual harassment training and education.

Last Day of Classes, Spring 2008 -- Busy Day!

Rom LaPointe (STC '92), President of the MTU Alumni Association Board and President of 13logic came by the office for a visit; we had our team dinner; and Kali Jeter was awarded Team Member of the Year.

Time this week

Many aspects of environmental rhetoric and discussions about climate change and sustainability occur right in our domain of work and expertise: technical communication.

This week's issue of Time is interesting for any number of those reasons, and the cover's typography is also compelling: it's the first issue of Time ever to appear without its recognizable red border and the remediated Iwo Jima iconography has immediately become the source of controversy.

Professional Development Resources for 2008-09

Team members will be required to own a copy of Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management -- previously titled The Art of Project Management, which many team members may still have from HU2640/3640/4640. This selection will help to round out our professional-development resources, which now include a premium subscription to Lynda.com and several good technical communication and usability articles appended to our Operations Manual.

The first few weeks of the fall semester will be spent developing a shared vocabulary and collective expertise in the area of project management.