Take a quick look around your office—do you see four or more technical communicators? If so, your company may be interested in STC’s Corporate Value Program!
STC’s Corporate Value Program (CVP) membership level provides companies the ability to register their technical communication employees as a group in the Society, saving money on membership dues and gaining extra benefits as well. Join organizations like ADP, Oracle, Wells Fargo, Boeing, CA, MailChimp, SAS Institute, GE Software, Honeywell, and dozens more.
All CVP individual members (i.e., the employee) receive full Classic level benefits from STC: discounts on education, online subscriptions to Intercom and Technical Communication, a copy of the Salary Database, over 140 free archived seminars, and more. And the organization benefits, too, with:
- A copy of STC’s All-in-One Salary Database Kit, including the PDF and Excel workbooks to allow for detailed exploration of the data
- 10% off job postings on STC’s Job Bank
- The ability to transfer memberships if an employee leaves the company (e.g., if Joe Smith leaves and is replaced by Jane Doe, you can transfer Joe’s membership to Jane)
- Your corporate logo and link to your site on STC’s CVP page
- Discounts on marketing, advertising, blast emails, and exhibiting at the Summit
- And other publicity opportunities through STC
You also get one free webinar for every five your company purchases, providing extra savings while you train your employees!
“The discounted CVP membership will enable more joining/participation by Oracle writers in general,” explained Mari Wozny of Oracle when asked about the program. “My particular department will benefit most from the STC reading materials and webinars.”
Individual members of CA’s CVP membership agreed, with Kathy Snow McKinstry pointing to STC education, specifically webinars, as the biggest benefit, stating that “I share the information from these with my team members” so the entire organization benefits.
And while the minimum number of employees required for a CVP membership is five, the more members you join with, the more you save! Membership dues for five to nine members are just $185, a $40 savings over the regular Classic membership rate of $225. Ten or more members? Save $50! Twenty-five or more? It’s now $60 off per member. And if you join with 51 members or more, dues are just $155 each. (Chapters, SIGs, and other à la carte items can always be added.)
If your company doesn’t pay for association memberships, you can still coordinate with coworkers to join together and save. Simply designate one person as the contact person and coordinate one payment through that person. The more people from your company you recruit, the more you save on your own membership as well—and you still get all the extra benefits a CVP membership brings.
STC is happy to speak with your management as well to fully explain the program and how your organization can benefit. With the CVP savings and extra benefits added onto everything the individual Classic members get, the ROI your company receives is tremendous. Wozny stated, “Oracle is committed to driving innovations and improvements across all its organizations. Joining STC is another way to drive awareness of writing trends, etc., along with possible improvements in the technical communication areas within Oracle.”
Learn the value of the STC Corporate Value Program. For more information, contact STC’s Director of Member and Corporate Engagement Stacey O’Donnell at stacey.odonnell@stc.org.
