Category: Education

Nov 10

Becoming an Influencer: It’s Easier than You Think

YOU’VE GOT SKILLS. Mad skills. That’s why you have a job and a career and are respected in your field. You know what to write and which buttons to push and how to meet deadlines. As a technical communicator, you excel at making the complex simple and at adapting to new methods and tools. You seek them. You understand them. But are you successful in implementing them? Are you able to sell your ideas to your company? Do you know how to get the funding and headcount to make change happen?

Oct 07

CPTC Textbook Winners

Last week, the STC membership department had a contest to give away copies of STC’s CPTC (Certified Professional Technical Communicator) textbook, Richard Johnson-Sheehan’s Technical Communication Today, Fifth Edition (a $99 value!), to those who joined STC or renewed their 2017 membership. We had an excellent response to the contest, and we’d like to congratulate the winners!

Sep 29

What’s next for the Summit?

The 2017 Summit Call for Proposals is officially closed. Thanks to everyone who took the time to submit education session proposals for the 2017 Summit. This year, the Summit has a theme – “Gain the Edge to Get Results” – as well as restructured session types, both of which proposers kept in mind as they submitted 200 proposals for review.  So what happens next?

Sep 22

Reminder: Advanced Project Management Begins in One Week

The skills that we refine over time as technical communicators have a critical place in project management: communicating content, identifying audience needs, extracting knowledge from subject matter experts, and ensuring quality deliverables. 

Aug 02

Tips for your best ever Summit proposal

      Todd DeLuca, Conference Committee Chair By now you’ve seen the notice that the call for proposals for the 2017 Summit is open and that there is a theme this year, “Gain the Edge to Get Results.” We Read more

Jul 20

TC Camp is coming to the East Coast!

You may have heard about TC Camp, the techcomm unconference, held for the past 4 years in the San Francisco bay area. Well, they are taking it on the road and holding a TC Summer Camp in the Washington DC Read more

Jul 19

Advance Your Knowledge with TechComm 201

  If you want to focus on soft skills, such as estimating and managing technical communication projects, working with SMEs, and technical skills such as advanced editing, professional tool concepts, and Help Authoring concepts, then this is the course for Read more

Jul 15

Sign Up For Technical Editing Foundations

    Check out one of STC’s brand new online courses, Technical Editing Foundations presented by Li-At Rathbun! Attendees will understand what technical editors are and why they’re needed, the “hard skills” and “soft skills” that technical editors should possess, Read more