Welcome
| TC-Forum
is a service (first issue December 1996) offered by
technical communicators for their colleagues worldwide.
The idea for TC-Forum evolved during Forum 95. Forum 95 was an international conference organized by the international umbrella organization INTECOM, the International Council for Technical Communication. Forum conferences take place every five years. The first one was held in Malmö, Sweden, in 1975, the last one in London in 2000, and the next one will be in Italy in the year 2003.
The extraordinary
character of Forum conferences is that there are no
papers or speeches. Instead there are Idea- Markets. In
an Idea- Market, the presenters are called
"activators": they don't read their papers to a
rather passive audience but motivate the audience - to
discuss their subjects with them. The subjects are
published in a conference handbook and sent to registered
conference participants prior to the conference.
Lively professional discussions
among both presenters and participants characterize Forum
conferences. Participants contribute with their knowledge
to the success of the conference, as much as the
activators themselves. TC-Forum follows a similar path. It is not a magazine like many others. Its contents largely depends on the participation of its subscribers. Subscribers send in comments on articles published in ealier issues or offer new contributions to an existing or new subject. TC-Forum is a non-profit activity supported by INTECOM. |
Our Sponsors
The production and printing of TC-Forum is sponsored by Daimler Chrysler AG,
Stuttgart/Germany.
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