Social media and technical communicators are a natural fit and now’s the time to stake your claim on the new digital frontier. Learn about social media roles perfectly suited to your competencies as a technical communicator with the live Web Read more
Guest post by Alyssa Fox, STC Secretary The STC Board of Directors meets monthly to conduct business. Following is an overview of what the board discussed in October and November 2013. To see the full summaries, visit the STC website (login Read more
As STC Executive Director Chris Lyons wrote in his blog post last week, STC is working to “expand our partnerships with related associations, giving our members access to additional education and joint events that are relevant to their changing careers.” Read more
Kevin Cuddihy (Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger) made me do this. Last month, he asked STC bloggers to offer one resolution for 2014, so I went public with this: “In gratitude for escaping any damage in the 1,000-year rainfall, 100-year flood Read more
Join user research expert Cory Lebson for the live Web seminar Assess Your Web Content with Qualitative Research on Friday, 17 January, from 1:00-2:00 PM EST (GMT-5). In this webinar, Cory will introduce attendees to a number of tools and techniques Read more
During the holidays, I saw a line of people sitting on the sidewalk in front of Best Buy. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to stand in line for something, I asked the greeter at Best Buy why everyone was Read more
Guest post by Robert Hershenow, who presents the live Web seminar Quality Recordings: Quick and Clean on Wednesday, 15 January, from 1:00-2:00 PM EST (GMT-5). Do you record narration for e-learning, podcasts, video, or audiobooks? Would you like to find Read more
STC Executive Director Chris Lyons joined the organization at the 2013 Summit. Now that he’s had some time to get acclimated, he’ll be blogging periodically about what’s going on with STC. Below is his debut blog post. In my first Read more
Every year around the holidays you see stories that warm your heart and make you believe in the genuine kindness of your fellow human. This year, an anonymous STC member provided just such a story. Shortly before Christmas, longtime member Read more
To start out the new year, I reviewed XML Press book sales for the last three years. The actual numbers weren’t a big surprise; we track sales closely. But I decided to look deeper and see what I could learn. Read more