"If you would not be forgotten, when you are dead and rotten, either do something worth the writing, or write something worth the reading." Benjamin Franklin
   

Presentations

 

Conference Presentations

  • "Print-on-Demand for Fun (if not Profit)" (presented at STC Austin Program Meeting, September 2006).

  • "Public Relations Best Practice Forum" (presented at STC Annual Conference, Las Vegas, May 2006).

  • "Evaluating the Usability of Corporate e-Portfolios" (presented at STC Annual Conference, Las Vegas, May 2006).

  • "Newsletter Best Practices Forum" (presented at STC Annual Conference, Seattle, May 2005).

  • "Public Relations Best Practices Forum" (presented at STC Annual Conference, Seattle, May 2005).

  • "Earning Your Black Belt in Employment Skills: Lessons from the Martial Arts" (presented at STC Houston Employment Share-the-Knowlege Seminar, January 2005).

  • "Measuring Our Value Added with the Balanced Scorecard" (presented at STC Fort Worth satellite group meeting, February 2004; STC Houston program meeting, March 2004, and STC Brazos Valley satellite group/College Station student chapter meeting, December 2004).

  • "Measuring Value in Technical Communication" (presented at Graduate English Society Conference, Texas Tech University, February 2003).

  • "Creating the Definitive Chapter Web Site" (presented at STC Annual Conference, Nashville, May 2002).

  • "Ethics du jour: A Model for Ethical Decision Making in Technical Communication" (presented at STC Annual Conference, Chicago, May 2001).

  • "A Proposal for Redesigning the STC Houston Chapter Web Site" (coauthored with Joelle Hallowell; presented to STC Houston Administrative Council, March 2000).

  • "Redesigning the STC Houston Chapter Web Site: A Feasibility Study" (coauthored with Joelle Hallowell; presented to STC Houston Administrative Council, February 2000).

Articles and Reviews

  • "The Author's Handbook, Second Edition." (Book review.) Technical Communication, Volume 54, Number 1 (2007), p. 105.

  • "Market Matters: Applied Rhetoric Studies and Free Market Competition."' (Book review.) Technical Communication, Volume 53, Number 1 (2006), p. 102.

  • "George Bush: A Lifetime of Service." (Book review.) Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume CVII, Number 3 (2004), p. 403.

  • "Beyond Our Control? Confronting the Limits of Our Legal System in the Age of Cyberspace." (Book review.) Technical Communication, Volume 50, Number 3 (2003), p. 412.

  • "In the Boat with LBJ." (Book review.) Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume CVI, Number 1 (2002), p. 132.

  • "Balcones Heights: A Crossroads of San Antonio." (Book review.) Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume CV, Number 2 (2001), p. 382.

  • "Perspectives on Electronic Publishing: Standards, Solutions, and More." (Book review.) Technical Communication, Volume 41, Number 2 (1994), p. 304.

  • "The Copyright Book: A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition." (Book review.) Technical Communication, Volume 40, Number 3 (1993), p. 736.

  • "Technical Writing for Private Industry: The A-to-Z of O&M Manuals." (Book review.) Technical Communication, Volume 39, Number 3 (1993), p. 116.

  • "Guidelines for Preparing Proposals, Second Edition." (Book review.) Technical Communication, Volume 39, Number 3 (1992), p. 414.

Other Publications

  • Co-authored Tales from the Emperor's Kitchen: An Anthology of Poetry, Short Stories, and Essays (Appleton, Wisconsin: Brookfield Press, 1992). Limited editions of this book are still available. Contact George to place your order today.

  • Bylined work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Houston Chronicle, Green Bay (WI) News-Chronicle, and Neenah (WI) Citizen newspapers.