Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication Who is eligible: A nominee must be a regular member of the Society for Technical Communication at the time of application. Nominees must have been involved in post-secondary education for at least fifteen years and Read more
Nominations now being accepted through 8 December! The Distinguished Community Service Awards recognize the hard work and commitment of STC’s community leaders. The three awards-Distinguished Chapter Service Award, Distinguished SIG Service Award, and Distinguished Service Award for Students-recognize an individual’s Read more
Associate Fellows, Fellow is an honor bestowed on Associate Fellows who have continued to make exemplary contributions to our profession and our organization. Each year, the Society invites Associate Fellows who meet the requirements to present their credentials Read more
STC is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2022 Ken Rainey Award for Distinguished Research Ken Rainey was a professor at Southern Polytechnic State University (now Kennesaw State University) and STC Fellow who produced major research studies Read more
Late last month the website Mashable put up a blog post titled “10 Crazy Jobs That Will Exist in the Future,” with entries such as “nostalgist” and “rewilder” and “end of life therapist.”
Nestled in the 10, however, were a couple positions that don’t need to wait for the future—and really aren’t that crazy, either. They’re just part of technical communication.
Thanks once more to the chapter and SIG leaders for filling Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger in on what’s going on in their neighborhoods. Click the Community Events tab above to see the full listing, in chronological order and with links Read more
What do technical communication, science, and M*A*S*H have in common? They’re all a part of Alan Alda’s Third Annual Flame Challenge, encouraging scientists to learn how to explain complex concepts “in ways that would interest and enlighten an 11-year-old,” according Read more
What do technical communication, science, and M*A*S*H have in common? They’re all a part of Alan Alda’s Third Annual Flame Challenge, encouraging scientists to learn how to explain complex concepts “in ways that would interest and enlighten an 11-year-old,” according Read more
The Center for Plain Language issued their second annual “report cards” earlier this week grading government agencies on how well they’re complying with the Plain Writing Act of 2010, in both the letter and spirit of the law. This year, Read more
Recent STC webinar presenter Mark Baker (author of Every Page is Page One, on which the webinar was based) posted an extremely interesting blog post the other day attempting to explain “why content jobs are never well defined.” In it, Read more