Archives for February, 2009
This year, Knowbility’s John Slatin Access U training institute launches a professional training program on Web accessibility evaluation! The Web accessibility evaluation curriculum is offered May 11-12 (with post-conference sessions at AccessU on May 13th.) It’s all happening in Austin, Texas at St. Edward’s University. Registration is open! Our own Whitney Quesenbery, together with Sharron [...]
STC is sensitive to the impact of a downward economy on members’ ability to attend the 2009 Technical Communication Summit, 3–6 May, in Atlanta, GA. As part of its own economic stimulus plan, the Society will extend the Early Bird discount rate for members until 21 April. “I am so proud of our Finance Committee [...]
From: Jackie Damrau, STC Fellow Manager, STC IDL SIG cell: 214-505-0100 email: jdamrau3@airmail.net ============================== Are you currently pursuing an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or certificate in the area of Instructional Design? If so, apply for the 2009 STC Instructional Design & Learning SIG Scholarship today! We will award: One (1) $500 scholarship for undergraduate students [...]
***ATTENTION*** On the main STC site, stc.org, no member/nonmember services including: access to member management, conference registration, Career Center Jobs, remote authentication, and other protected services will be accessible. This outage should last for at least 3 hours between 5p.m.-8 p.m. eastern time. ***ATTENTION***
Working with technical communication means keeping our minds open to the diversity of our audience “out there” in the real world. This is especially the case when we spice things up with accessibility. There are many stories that expand our horizon and make us rethink our attitudes. The New York Times posted such a story [...]
MadCap, an STC Corporate Value Program (CVP) member, is looking for ways to support the technical communication community in this recession. MadCap has a promotion for folks who are unemployed, or looking to build upon their skills. Flare + Free Jumpstart training+ Free certification for $499. It is a way to give folks a chance [...]
The Washington Post reported that a local hospital in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (Holy Cross in Silver Spring, Maryland) has initiated a new service for older patients to make their visit to the emergency room (ER) a better experience. Holy Cross chief executive Kevin Sexton said the idea for an emergency room for older [...]
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