Today we bring you another look “Inside the Board,” from members of the STC Board of Directors on various topics of interest. Today, Steven Jong discusses the latest with the STC Certification Task Force. Certification The STC Certification Task Force Read more
Guest post by Ben Minson If I asked you to name one of the most oft-repeated phrases of 2009 in the technical communication field, what would you say? “Nobody reads the manual”? Most of us have heard or read that Read more
The offices of Stately STC Manor may be closed due to the impending Snowstorm of Dooom (the extra O stands for “Omigosh, we need milk and bread and TP!”), but Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger is still on the job. At Read more
I want to (re)set the expectation that reinventing STC is not an event, it’s a process—and one that will take years, if ever, to complete. I say this because while we’ve made dramatic change already, we continue to seek more Read more
If you missed Leah Guren’s webinar yesterday, “Ten Things You Thought You Knew about Writing,” you’ve got a second chance! Leah has graciously agreed to do a second showing of her popular seminar on Tuesday, 9 February from 1:00-2:00 PM Read more
The below is from the Washington DC Chapter, posted at their request. On Saturday, 13 March, the WDC Chapter will hold a social media seminar featuring Curtis “Bob” Burns, manager of the Transportation Security Administration’s blog. The TSA blog was Read more
Last week we put out a call for questions about Sarah O’Keefe’s article, “XML & Lone Writers: Can They Go Together,” in the December Intercom. You can read the article again at the Intercom site (don’t forget that you must be Read more
Guest post by Leah Guren. Two New Ideas I do training. Lots of training. I work with engineers and SMEs, product managers, doctors and researchers, newbies who want to break into the field of technical communication, and more. Each group Read more
We’re back again with more Links of Interest! (Note: Interest not guaranteed. Hopefully you are, though.) If you have any links you’d like me to include in future LOIs, send me an email at kevin.cuddihy@stc.org. A List Apart offers a Read more
In December, MadCap offered to pay for Basic Membership in 2010 for any customer who purchased MadCap’s Flare or MadPak by 31 December. An impressive 31 members took them up on this generous offer, so they’ve extending it through 31 Read more