Thanks once more to the chapter and SIG leaders for filling Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger in on what’s going on in their neighborhoods. Things are picking back up, with other 30 events listed below. Click the Community Events tab above to see the full listing, in chronological order and with links where provided, or see the list below the jump.
If you’re a community leader and didn’t get my email, or if you didn’t get a chance to respond, feel free to email me and I’ll add your events to the below as soon as I can. If you weren’t able to send your event due to the holidays, please send now and I’ll add it to the list.
All members are invited to attend any of the below meetings, many of which are virtual. See the websites for more information or to sign up.
And if you’re looking for a cheap and easy community event, don’t forget that STC members have access to over 140 free, archived seminars. No need to schedule a speaker; just gather together, network, and watch an STC seminar!
1 November: Washington DC-Baltimore, accepting entries for the chapter’s Summit Competition for Technical Communication, Entry deadline: Saturday, 30 November 2013, 7:00 PM EST (GMT-5), entries are welcome from members and nonmembers
http://wdcb.stcwdc.org/prof-dev/competition/
2 November: Carolina, Competitions Training and Judging Day, 8:30-4:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://stc-carolina.org/tiki-index.php?page=Judge+Corner
4 November: Community Affairs Committee, Expose Yourself Online: Websites, Wikis, Email, and Social Media Webinar Part I: Digital Communications with Roger Renteria, 2:00-3:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
Email Cindy Pao to register
6 November: Santa Barbara, Monthly Schmoozing Lunch and webinar/live presentation (locals, brown bag your lunch), “Saving Your Sanity Through Better Client Relations” webinar by Alisa Bonsignore, Goleta Hampton Inn, Noon-1:00 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://bit.ly/1aapyff
7 November: East Bay (CA), Unhappy Customers are Just the Beginning: Potential Costs of Inadequate Technical Documentation, 5:45-8:00 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.ebstc.org/chapter-meetings.html
7 November: Carolina, Chapter Social, 6:30-8:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
http://www.stc-carolina.org/tiki-index.php?page=Chapter+Social%3A+November+2013
7 November: Suncoast (FL), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), presentation by Gen Whitt, 6:30-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stc-suncoast.org
12 November: Europe SIG, Phone/VoIP chat on “Working successfully with localization service providers,” with invited guest David Sommer of Net-Translators, 17:00-18:00 CET
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/9036202525
12 November: Eastern Iowa, “Classical Rhetoric and Technology,” 5:30-8:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-easterniowa.org/
12 November: Twin Cities, Ginny Redish on Purposes, Personas, and Conversations, 5:30-7:30 CST (GMT-6)
https://bookwhen.com/stctc
12 November: Houston, Papers, Presentations and Perceptions: Technical Communication for Oil & Gas Conferences (program meeting), 5:30-7:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
http://www.stc-houston.org/programs/
12 November: North Texas Lone Star, Chapter Elections and Lightning Talks, 6:30-8:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
Contact North Texas Lone Star
13 November: New York Metro, Ray Gallon presents Cognitive Science and the Architecture of User Assistance, 5:30-8:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
https://sites.google.com/site/stcnychapter/home/upcoming-events/gallon-2013
13 November: Philadelphia Metro, Chapter Meeting, “Accessibility and Communication,” 6:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
https://stcpmc-nov2013.eventbrite.com/
13 November: Rocky Mountain, Northern Colorado Satellite meeting, 7:00-8:30 PM MST (GMT-7)
http://www.stcrmc.org/documents/open/meetings-upcomingnorth
14 November: Community Affairs Committee, Expose Yourself Online: Websites, Wikis, Email, and Social Media Webinar Part II: Social Media-Seven Social Media Outlets!?!? with Viqui Dill, 2:00-3:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
Email Cindy Pao to register
14 November: Technical Editing SIG, “Wrangling Text, Wrangling People—The Life of a Technical Editor” webinar by Beth Agnew, online, 4:00-5:00 EST (GMT-5)
http://bit.ly/HhYG6T
14 November: Instructional Design & Learning SIG; Virtual Open House; 6:00-7:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stcidlsig.org/wp/
19 November: Puget Sound, Chapter Meeting, Networking and Using Story for Content that Sticks, 6:00-8:30 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://www.stc-psc.org/wp/upcoming-events/
19 November: Orlando Central Florida, Social event, join us and purchase your meal to eat with the chapter, Culpepper’s Restaurant, 6:30-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://stcorlando.eventbrite.com
19 November: Canada West Coast, Networking Made Easy (webinar and in-person event), 6:30-8:30 PM PST (GMT-8)
http://stcwestcoast.ca/?p=1581
20 November: Instructional Design & Learning SIG; Practical Game Mechanics for Engaged E-Learning; 1:30-3:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://www.stcidlsig.org/wp/news-and-events/upcoming-webinar-112013/
20 November: Washington DC-Baltimore, Designing Your Future Career in UX, 6:30-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8832733945
20 November: New England, From Unicycle to Jumbo Jet: Moving to a Modern Collaborative Toolset, presented by John Garison, program will be offered as both a sit-down program and a webinar, 6:00-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://stcnewengland.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1350148&eventId=754423&EventViewMode=EventDetails
21 November: Rocky Mountain, Webinar: Single-Sourcing Strategies, featuring Michael Hamilton of MadCap Software, 7:00-8:00 PM MST (GMT-7)
http://www.stcrmc.org/documents/open/meetings-2013-11-2113
27 November: Houston, STC Galleria Networking Lunch, Bring your elevator speeches, bios, job leads, tips, and announcements when you attend the lunch, 11:30 AM-12:30PM CST (GMT-6)
https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=aWYyaDZwc2JhMTVxNDY2cWthdXRkZTYxYTRfMjAxMzExMjZUMTczMDAwWiBzdGMuaG91c3RvbkBt&ctz=America/Chicago
28 November: Toronto, Learn about technology strategy for the Enterprise Content Ecosystem with a preview of Lightweight DITA, the emerging content standard for modular content, with Michael Priestley, one of the founders of DITA! 6:30-9:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
http://bit.ly/1bSkiiZ