STC RSS Feeds

STC has a number of RSS feeds for its publications. With the revamp of the STC website, the RSS feed addresses have been updated.  If your community website has links to these feeds, you’ll need to update them.

STC Website Update

As some of you have noticed, the STC staff has recently taken on the enormous task of redesigning the STC website and upgrading our association management software. In an effort to complete the new website as quickly as possible, our Read more

Organizing Meetings Using Eventbrite

Note: This article originally appeared on the Community Affairs Committee website. One of the more challenging aspects of running a community can be running events. To successfully pull off an event, you need a venue, food and drink, a presenter, Read more

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.

Simplifying Your Community Finances with Quicken

Keeping track of your community’s finances can be a chore, especially if you’re using a written checkbook or homebrew Excel sheet. When it comes time to do your STC budget or financial report, guessing at the expenses and income for all the budget categories can be tricky. We recommend you use Quicken to track your community expenses. Quicken is a software application for both the PC and Mac.