STC Chicago’s Technical Communication competition is accepting entries for our 2013 Competition until 19 October. The chapter is accepting entries in the following categories: Training Materials Informational Materials Promotional Materials User Support Materials The entry fee remains a low-priced $50 Read more
The Call for Proposals for the 2014 Technical Communication Summit closes on Monday, so get your sessions finalized and submitted! The Summit will be 18–21 May in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The core content of the Summit’s education program address topics that Read more
Owner’s Manual, broadcast on AMC Thursday at 10:00 PM EDT (GMT-4), pits two cohosts against each other in a series of difficult tasks. One, Marcus Hunt, has read the manual; his partner, Ed Sanders, has not. STC, of course, is Read more
The Back to School commercials have invaded the airwaves here at Stately STC Manor, so there’s no better time to invite members to go “Back to School” with an STC certificate course! STC offers three different courses starting in September—on Read more
The Society for Technical Communication is excited to announce the opening of the Call for Proposals for the 2014 Technical Communication Summit. The Summit will be 18–21 May in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The core content of the Summit’s education program Read more
Does your organization use SharePoint as a content management system, yet people work in silos with little collaboration happening? Do SharePoint sites resemble fancy shared drives? Would you like to drive user acceptance for using SharePoint, but don’t know where to Read more
On Saturday, 3 August, STC’s Notebook turns four years old! Yes, the blog you’ve all come to know and love (right? right?) debuted on Monday, 3 August 2009, helmed by Tara Ebrahimi. Now, of course, STC’s Notebook is run by Read more
Guest post by Liz Herman After recently attending the STC Summit in May, I can confidently tell you that I am not a tool. I mean, no one came out and specifically told me that I was not a tool. Read more
Earlier in the week, someone who’d commented an a Cherryleaf blog post emailed me to say he had a feeling the two of us were the only ones participating in the conversation. He went on to say: “It’s funny how Read more
Fans of the NPR show “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me” may have perked their ears up a bit when a contestant on their game “Bluff the Listener” identified herself as a technical communicator. The contestant, Megan Tripp (a former Read more