We’ve got a new community webinar coming up from the Community Affairs Committee: “Community Budgeting” with STC Treasurer James Bousquet. In this webinar, you’ll learn about requirements for requesting community funding, guidelines for your budgeting process, and key dates.
We’ve got a new community webinar coming up from the IDL SIG: “Your Brain on Powerpoint: Better Presentations Through Science” with Robert Hershenow. This 101-level course should prove useful to anyone who struggles with creating effective and engaging PowerPoint presentations.
By Nicky Bleiel | STC-WTC SIG Manager STC has a new Special Interest Group (SIG) this year, Women in Tech Comm. All 2018 STC members are invited to join this new community. Why do we need a Women in Tech Read more
Each year, STC’s communities sponsor competitions through which technical communicators have the opportunity to receive recognition for their work. Entries in the community competitions may receive an Excellence, Distinguished, or Merit Award. Each entry is judged against criteria that measure the degree of technical content, achievement of purpose, and technical execution, whether online or in a printed deliverable.
STC is proud to announce that one STC community and the STC staff recently were named winners in APEX 2017, the 29th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence. APEX Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability to achieve overall communication excellence.
There were many opportunities between presentations to take a break in the halls and have more in-depth conversations about the newly gleaned information or get some more background on new connections. I even braved the Speed Networking event and, despite my hesitations, really enjoyed myself. I found it interesting to meet so many people in various aspects of the field, and I was really relieved to find out that Speed Networking was nothing like my single days of Speed Dating, which was a disaster!
The presentations were extremely informative and I walked away with new things to research and much bigger understanding of many topics about which I was clueless beforehand. The session “Breaking Down Silos: Combining Marketing and Technical Content to Deliver a Consistent Customer Experience” by Dustin Vaughn from Adobe beefed up my understanding of merging the two fields, as I’m doing at my new position. I found Dustin’s session helpful in giving me a head start.
An exciting announcement from the IDL SIG: Crista Mohammed, IDL SIG Newsletter Manager, has recieved the STC Distinguished SIG Service Award. From the IDL SIG’s blog:
Community leaders will be glad to hear that once again, the STC Community Affairs Committee (CAC) has got their back in 2016-2017. If you need help, feel stuck, or just want ideas, look to the CAC as your connection to STC resources, Board of Directors, and staff.
Community leaders will be glad to hear that once again, the STC Community Affairs Committee (CAC) has got their back in 2016-2017. If you need help, feel stuck, or just want ideas, look to the CAC as your connection to STC resources, Board of Directors, and staff.
Who’s There for Communities? Meet the CAC Team for 2016 -2017 Community leaders will be glad to hear that, once again, the STC Community Affairs Committee (CAC) has got their backs in 2016-2017. If you need help, feel stuck, or Read more