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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m pleased to share the news that a new book has been added to the WAC Clearinghouse (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wac.colostate.edu/__;!!DZ3fjg!4Q0KPPAmP8XeW4KJHlRANtaRyMeGaWLppYlLUvP8e5QcLJYofzNfBkvzSeHtPHdF5BTbjZVE3X0rvzN5W0xKu6F9-4XvTjg8_1ix$" target="_blank">https://wac.colostate.edu</a>).
This book appears in the Foundations and Innovations in Technical and Professional Communication book series, which is edited by Lisa Melonçon.
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and Partnerships in User Experience</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212529">Edited by Joy Robinson and Ryan Weber</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Effective UX work is necessarily complex and challenging—and necessarily collaborative. Drawing on their extensive collective experience, the contributors to this edited collection offer valuable insights and practical guidance for UX professionals
seeking to navigate the complexities of collaborative work and create effective, user-centered products and services. <i>Collaborations and Partnerships in User Experience</i> focuses on the importance of building and nurturing relationships, fostering open
communication, and ensuring that all partners benefit from collaborative efforts. The chapters in the collection offer theoretical frameworks, case studies, and lessons learned from successful (and sometimes unsuccessful) collaborative projects. They also
explore the challenges that can arise in UX collaborations, such as differing priorities, vocabularies, and institutional structures, as well as the strategies employed to overcome these hurdles and achieve meaningful outcomes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can find the book at <a href="https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/ux/">
https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/ux/</a><a href="https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/faculty-writing/"></a>.
<span lang="EN">This book, like other books published by the Clearinghouse, will be available in a print edition from University Press of Colorado in the coming months. Thanks to
</span>Joy and Robin and the many chapter authors for their <span lang="EN">work on the book and for the decision to share it with us as an open-access publication. Thanks as well to the anonymous peer reviewers who contributed to its development. </span>All
the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Mike</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">******************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Mike Palmquist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Publisher, The WAC Clearinghouse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Associate Provost</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Colorado State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Voice: (970) 556-1505<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:Mike.Palmquist@ColoState.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">Mike.Palmquist@ColoState.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#24292E;mso-ligatures:none">“Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#24292E;mso-ligatures:none"> - Martin Luther King, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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