As employers and managers have to do more with less money and fewer people, the opportunities are ripe for technical communicators who yearn to escape the corporate environment and launch their own businesses, while the challenging economy and corporate cutbacks Read more
The STC community budgeting and funding process for 2013 is officially under way, and the coming year will bring a few changes. On Thursday, 11 October, from 1:00-2:00 PM EDT(GMT -4), join STC Chief Financial Officer Greg Larsen and STC Treasurer Read more
Join STC and Intercom magazine for the Technical Editing Virtual Conference taking place on 16-18 October, from Noon-2:15 PM EDT (GMT-4) each day. This unique, three-day online event will include presentations on all aspects of technical editing from some of Read more
Starting with the September 2012 Board Meeting, we’ll be posting brief summaries of the meetings to keep members informed, with a link to a longer summary. Both the brief summary here and the longer summary are provided by the STC Secretary, Alyssa Read more
Intelligent content has become a banner under which a number of trends have been assembling. Specifically, the use of XML to elevate the “intelligent” of documentation content is a very widespread phenomenon. Also increasingly common is the application of formal Read more
Note: this post is on behalf of Aiessa Moyna, STC Treasurer. I’m excited to announce that the STC Board of Directors has determined that in 2013, STC will provide each chapter and SIG one free registration for the Technical Communication Read more
Learn why resolving conflict and responding to feedback are core professional survival skills with Ann Grove and Barrie Byron as they present Communication Culture: Resolving Conflict and Leveraging Feedback on Wednesday, 26 September, from 1:00-2:00 PM EDT (GMT-4). In our Read more
With the rapid adoption of HTML5, CSS3, and the proliferation of mobile devices, we’re in the midst of the largest Web revolution since the 1990s. Join Alan Houser for Understanding Web Technologies on Tuesday, 25 September, from 10:00-11:00 AM EDT Read more
On-Time Registration Discount and Recruitment Incentives To encourage timely renewals, The STC Board of Directors approved a discounted rate of $195 for members joining or renewing at the Classic Membership level on or before 31 December 2012. With the addition Read more
Do you conduct heuristic evaluations or expert reviews? If so, what’s your method? And how do you report results? If you write a report of some sort, are you satisfied with the results of your efforts? In other words, does Read more