Ah, the humble adverb. Writers use adverbs to emphasize a point, deepen a sentiment, refine an action. The problem is, adverbs do just the opposite. Consider this sentence. “I am truly sorry.” The adverb “truly” qualifies “sorry.” The listener’s obvious Read more
Lean Guren entered the field of technical communication in 1980. She conducts technical communication training and consulting services for major global high-tech companies. Leah is well known for her lively and engaging presentation skills. She consistently rates as one of Read more
Guest post by the New England Chapter Less than one week remains until the 2014 InterChange Conference, hosted by the STC New England Chapter! Join STC New England at UMass Lowell on Saturday, 29 March, and Sunday, 30 March, for a Read more
Due to a temporary outage of the STC voting website, the deadline to vote has been extended to 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) on Monday, 24 March. Our vendor expects to have the site back up later today. We invite you to Read more
The deadline for communities to apply for the Pacesetter Award is Tuesday, 25 March; has your community applied? The Pacesetter Award recognizes the successful implementation of a single beneficial innovation that may be implemented by other STC communities, as opposed Read more
Karl Stolley is associate professor of digital writing & rhetoric and co-director of graduate studies in the department of humanities at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He regularly teaches courses on Web design and development, information architecture, and Read more
The recent wild winter weather—my area’s first real blizzard since 1999, reawakening memories of the last really big one back in 1966—is making me realize how great it is to be able to work at home. It also has reminded Read more
The Society for Technical Communication is pleased to publish its 2013 Year in Review, a look back at major initiatives and updates to programming, as well as information on the state of the Society. The report reviews the past year Read more
Last year, here on the STC’s Notebook blog, I wrote a series of blog posts on my anticipation about going to my first STC Summit and my experiences from it. If you missed them, just click on my name (Danielle Read more
Topic: Mechanics of Virtual Meetings Speaker: Rhyne Armstrong Date: Tuesday, 25 March Time: Noon-1:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) Rhyne Armstrong will lead a discussion about the mechanics of virtual meetings, the solutions available for virtual-meeting software, and why some of these Read more