Category: eLearning

May 04

Using Meetup With Your Community

If you are looking to expand the reach of your community’s activities, consider trying Meetup.com. Meetup is a website where members create profiles listing their interests. Based on their listed interests, various meetup groups are suggested. A Meetup Group is an organization that hosts get-together events on a certain topic. Meetup Groups range from backpacking clubs, to knitting circles, to technical communication groups. If your community creates a Meetup Group, you can potentially draw from a wider audience for your events.

Apr 27

Sharing Community Files in Google Drive

In an earlier post, I suggested creating Google accounts for each of the executive roles in your community. One of the base concepts was creating an Admin Google account that would act as the fallback for all the subsequent chapter accounts. Another service that Admin account can have is to own the rights to the community’s Google Drive.

Apr 05

Writing & Communication Track at the Summit

If you think a track called “Writing and Communication” is just a miscellaneous catch-all where the STC Summit Program Committee offloaded all those sessions that just didn’t fit anywhere else, you would be wrong. Much consideration went into this track as a serious way to not only explore the roots of what practitioners do in the field day in and day out, but also to delve into topics that many have expressed interest in and which STC is uniquely qualified to present.

Apr 01

Enjoy the 2016 Summit from the comfort of your own home with the Virtual Track!

Can’t make it to Anaheim? You can still participate in the Summit live with the Virtual Track option! The Virtual Track (16 and 17 May) offers a way to attend part of the Summit from the comfort of your own home or office and includes 10 carefully selected sessions from a cross-section of the overall Summit education program. During the breaks, you’ll also have a chance to hear from STC about the latest news and programs, and discover technology trends from a selection of exhibitors.

Mar 15

CPTC Certification, REST APIs, Mobile Apps, and more at Summit Precon!

Looking for more reasons to attend the Summit, 15-18 May, in Anaheim, California? Why not come in early and get a jumpstart on your Summit education by taking one of our preconference workshops, or advance your career by attending the CPTC certification preconference prep course and taking the exam? These in-depth half or full day workshops will give you hands on experience and tangible takeaways to implement in your work.

Apr 28

Free Chapter & SIG Webinar This Wednesday, 29 April

To those of you in Chapters/SIGs, STC is pleased to let you know about an exciting learning opportunity!

On Wednesday, 29 April at 2:00-3:00 PM EDT (GMT-4), STC will offer one FREE webinar on structured authoring exclusively to our Chapter/SIG members. This webinar, titled “Learning New Tricks: Transitioning from Unstructured to Structured Authoring Environments,” will be presented by Rachel Houghton. Keep reading for a full description and more details!

Jul 31

Final Days to Register: Learn to Produce Effective Video Documentation

What does it mean to produce video documentation, anyway? What makes it effective? There are a number of tools, methods, and production techniques that make up the answer to that question. Get started on the answers with STC’s multiweek online course Producing Effective Video Documentation, presented by Matt Sullivan every Tuesday for six weeks, starting on 5 August, from 7:00-8:00 PM EDT (GMT-4).