Membership
Technical communication encompasses a wide range of activities, all with the common thread of communicating complex or important information in the most effective way for the reader. Technical communicators create information that has an impact on people in virtually every industry and area of society. Examples of roles that may be involved in technical communication are:
- Technical writing
- Technical illustration
- Indexing
- Editing
- Instructional design
- Information architecture
- Single source publishing
- Environmental, safety and health communication
- Management
The ISTC offers several grades of individual membership. There are two corporate grades, Member (MISTC) and Fellow (FISTC), and two non-corporate grades, Associate and Student. Corporate grades are entitled to vote at the ISTC's AGM. Members cite a sense of community as an important factor in their continued membership.
Organisations can join the ISTC as Business Affiliates.
Read more about this topic: Institute Of Scientific And Technical Communicators
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