Carrie Grant
ABSTRACT
In this paper, I argue that technical communication programs can connect with entrepreneurship education to build institutional sustainability and respond to the evolving needs of technical communicators. I offer tactics for implementing entrepreneurship-themed technical communication courses by utilizing community engagement pedagogies and design thinking process scaffolding, which are already shared between technical communication and entrepreneurship methods. I demonstrate this approach using an example engagement project with a fledgling campus rape crisis center.
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Index Terms
- Tactics for Connecting Entrepreneurship and Technical Communication through Community Engagement: Experience Report
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