Judy Glick-Smith

Judith (“Judy”) L. Glick-Smith is a Fellow and Past President of STC. She is STC’s 2006 recipient of the President’s Award and original architect of STC’s Leadership Community Resource (LCR). She currently serves as a member of the Community Advisory Committee’s (CAC) Outreach Team and a member of the Fellows Nominating Committee. She regularly presents at STC conferences. She has been active in the Society since 1988, including serving as president of the Lone Star Chapter and on the Currents Conference Planning Committee for the Atlanta Chapter. Her first Society level position was Manager of Leadership Training and Development. She has been involved in leadership activities ever since. Her network is extensive and international.

Judy is founder and President/CEO of MentorFactor, Inc. She has been a technical communicator, entrepreneur, and business consultant since 1983. MentorFactor focuses on technical communication, business analysis, leadership development, organizational development, executive and life coaching, change management, conflict management, and transformative strategic planning for both organizations and individuals. She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Communication at Kennesaw State University.

Judy has a Ph.D. in Transformative Studies with a concentration in Integral Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her research and dissertation focused on the decision making ability of firefighters while in a “flow” or “zone” state in the midst of critical events. In August 2011, she presented her findings at the International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire Rescue International 2011 conference. She is currently reworking her dissertation into a book focused on the importance of experiential and experimental learning in organizational development

Judy has a Master’s of Science in Conflict Management from Kennesaw State University and a BBA in Accounting with a minor in Information Systems from Georgia State University. She is trained in the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture and the Technology of Participation® facilitation method. She is certified to administer the EQ-i®, an emotional intelligence assessment tool.

Over the years, she has also been involved with the American Society for Training and Development, Toastmasters International, the Association for Systems Management, the Society for Information Management, Association of Information Technology Professionals, the Dallas-Fort Worth Knowledge Management Forum (co-founder), and the Technology Association of Georgia (multiple special interest groups).

Judy was an instructor at Richland Community College in Dallas from 1991 to 2004. She has published in numerous technology-related journals and has regularly presented at professional organizations and conferences since 1988.

Candidate Statement:

STC has been through great change in the past few years. Moving into the future successfully requires visionary leadership. I have been committed to leadership development since the mid-1990s when I became the Manager of Leadership Training and Development Committee. I have since conducted many chapter leadership and Society leadership workshops. As a result, not only is my network is extensive and global, but I know what it takes to be an effective leader in STC.

I will be looking for people with vision, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to service. It is important, too, that STC leaders see the field of technical communication as an evolving profession—never static, always changing. Future leaders must be open to the possibilities and technological drivers of our profession. Innovation is the cornerstone of the future. To grow the profession, we need to be open to new ways to serve our membership and the community our membership serves.

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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/judyglicksmith