The Society for Technical Communication has long recognized the importance of the hard work and commitment of its community members. Without their energy and enthusiasm, the Society would cease to be the largest, most effective, and most prestigious organization of technical communicators in the world.
For your ability to clearly communicate scientific concepts and your work on how perception and noise affect comprehension and appropriate/expected response, which has influenced learning model theory, accessibility for people with learning and brain differences, usability, user experience, and system design in multiple industries and disciplines.
STC is proud to announce John Carroll as a 2015 Honorary Fellow. John will be accepting the honor at the 2015 Technical Communication Summit.
If this is your first Summit, then you have an exciting adventure ahead of you! Every Summit is a buzz of activity: networking, social outings, educational sessions, and vendors galore! It can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be.
Experience an exciting lineup of exhibits, vendors, activities, and prizes! The Expo Hall is also one of the best venues to socialize with industry colleagues and make new connections!
Has your team started talking about “going mobile”? If you have started talking about content strategy for mobile projects, are you also considering your users’ mobile experiences? Whether you are new to the topic or have been delivering mobile content for a while, we have experts lined up, guaranteed to give you new and exciting perspectives at the 2015 Summit.
A January 2015 Harvard Business Review article, “The Strategic Value of APIs,” illustrates how companies have discovered significant growth opportunities by offering APIs. Previously the purview of the technology industry, APIs are now offered by companies in industries as diverse as fashion, real estate, and retail. Many of us wouldn’t think a Walgreens API exists. Even in technology companies, APIs are being used as a bridge between industries. When we think of IBM’s Watson, we likely don’t think about it as a partner in oncology care.
Past STC President Nicky Bleiel sat down to have a chat with Nancy Duarte, Opening Keynote Speaker for the 2015 Summit. Some highlights from their conversation include:
It’s our job to transform our organizations so we are ready for the future … and there’s really no way to transform without persuading.
You can send out communications all day, but if you don’t empathetically understand who you are talking to, and from their vantage point “walk in their shoes” and understand what they need from you to be successful … then, you’re not resonating.
We’ve just changed so much, how we process and consume information. We’re consuming it in smaller bites.
June is getting closer and closer! Whether you’ve registered for the 2015 Summit or not, do you find yourself wondering how exactly the Summit sets itself apart from all the other techcomm conferences? There’s no shortage of them, that’s for sure. We’re here to tell you what makes the Summit different and why it’s the can’t-miss techcomm event of the year!
Led by industry leaders, this year’s preconference workshops at the 2015 Summit provide an excellent opportunity to develop and practice skills that will help you stay ahead and provide value to you, your employer, and your customers. Explore a topic that will advance your professional development, or challenge yourself with a new topic that can move your career in a new direction:
Information Architecture for Everybody; Abby Covert
Apply Cognitive Science to Your User Assistance; Ray Gallon
Project Management for the Technical Communicator; Liz Herman
Tell Me About Yourself: Promoting Yourself, Your Business; Brenda Huettner
Crash Course in API Documentation; Tom Johnson
Creating Documentation-Centric, Interactive Mobile Apps; Neil Perlin