Tag: conference

May 09

At the Summit Tuesday Evening: The Honors Reception

The stars came out a little early Tuesday evening in Washington. D.C., as STC held its Honors Reception to shine a light on the best and brightest in our profession and in our community. Fellows and Associate Fellows shared the limelight with honorees for the Jay R. Gould Award and Ken Rainey Award. Publishing excellence came forward with the Frank R. Smith honorees as well as the Intercom awards for both article and guest-edited issue. And student honorees and winners of the International Summit Awards walked the metaphorical red carpet.

May 09

At the Summit Tuesday Afternoon: Language and the F Word, Clutter, and Collaboration

Tuesday’s afternoon sessions started with a pair of “Spotlight Talks,” shorter presentations paired together for one session. Chyrstal Mincey, in Know Your Client’s Language, spoke about the need as a government contractor to know your client in depth. “Client needs can vary from project to project and agency to agency,” she said. In addition to knowing the client, you almost must try to understand the full context: your client’s bosses, any conflicts of interest, goals, and expectations. She advised attendees to make sure they know the client’s guidelines and style guides and encouraged them to learn more about the client as a person and how they work.

May 09

At the Summit Tuesday Morning: An App and Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

How does a technical writer conceive, plan, create, and publish an app for both the web and mobile? That’s the lesson within the Tuesday morning session A Tech Writer, A Map, and an App, presented by Sarah Maddox. Sarah is the mind behind the app Tech Comm On a Map (see https://ffeathers.wordpress.com/tech-comm-on-a-map/), a repository of events of interest to technical communicators, from idea to coding to finished product.

May 08

At the Summit Monday Afternoon: Social Media, Ultramarathons, and Crowdsourcing

The magic of social media, said Rahul Prabhakar in the first Monday afternoon session, Social Media Can Be Part of Your Set of Tech Comm Skills, is that you might never know just how many people you’re touching. That ability to touch untold numbers is part of what’s made social media the biggest and best way of acquiring customers today. And one way anyone can be a part of that is through influencer marketing.

Mar 17

What is happening at the #STC15 Leadership Program?

The Leadership Program at the STC 2015 Summit http://summit.stc.org/ will be Sunday, 21 June, from 8:00 AM to noon EDT. The program offers an opportunity for STC community leaders past, present, and future to get together for sharing and learning. This year’s program will be a little different and for good reason.

Sep 23

STC Members Receive Special Discount to AMWA’s 74th Annual Conference

The conference program offers an outstanding educational experience and opportunities for writers and editors in a wide variety of fields—from health writers to continuing education writers to regulatory writers to publications professionals to scientific editors and beyond. No matter what type of writing or editing you do in the medical or health setting, the AMWA Annual Conference will help you move your career forward and achieve, and maintain, success in medical communication.

Sep 02

Summit Topic Tango: The Dance of the Summit Call for Proposals

18 August 2014. There it was. Sitting in my email inbox. STC’s Call for Proposals for its annual Summit. How was it possible? I was still basking in the glow of the Summit in Phoenix, fondly remembering the dry heat, the networking, the plethora of informative sessions, the camaraderie of like-minded technical communicators, and my off-note karaoke singing at the TweetUp. I checked the inbox again. Yes, the message was still there. It was time to shake off the summer daydreaming and get to work on a proposal.