To register for either webinar, please send an email to Cindy Pao. She will send the URL and handout approximately two days before the webinar.
Title: Using STC Resources to Find Employment
Presenter: Dr. Jackie Damrau
When: Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Time: 12:30–1:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
In this session, attendees will learn how to use STC website resources to help them in finding their ideal job. We start off by covering the 10 Tips to Your Ideal Dream Job with the associated STC website resources used to supplement each tip. We then conclude by quickly walking through 4 Career Search Tips for What Not To Do and the 80/20 Rule During Interviews. Come and learn how you can take advantage of your STC membership and the STC website resources to guide you in finding your ideal job.
About the Presenter
Dr. Jackie Damrau is a senior business systems analyst at CBRE. In her current role, Jackie models business processes and other department workgroup processes using BPMN modeling notation for determining workflow automation of existing paper-based processes or improving existing business processes. Jackie has more than 25 years of technical communication experience. She is an STC Fellow, member of the STC North Texas Lone Star Chapter and the Instructional Design & Learning SIG, and the book review editor for Technical Communication. Jackie’s past international positions have been as a SIG manager for the Instructional Design & Learning SIG, assistant SIG manager of the Management SIG, elected member of the Nominations Committee, and general manager of the STC International Summit Awards (2010–2012). Jackie enjoys reading literature, sociology, linguistics, and philosophy. Find her on LinkedIn or on Twitter.
Title: Honoring Our Own: Creating and Running a Community Recognition Program
Presenter: Lori Meyer
When: Thursday, 27 February 2014
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
STC communities do great things, thanks to their hard-working volunteers. Recognizing those volunteers is an important part of a community’s success. In this webinar, we will talk about how your community can expand its opportunities to honor your volunteers through creating and maintaining a community recognition program.
About the Presenter
Lori Meyer designs, writes, and edits software documentation and online user assistance. She currently serves as president of the East Bay Chapter, secretary of the Washington DC-Baltimore chapter, director-at-large for the Carolina Chapter, and as membership manager for the Rochester Chapter, San Diego Chapter, and the Technical Editing SIG. In 2009, Lori received the Distinguished Chapter Service Award, and in 2012 was named an STC Associate Fellow.