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STC extended the deadline for the Early Bird Rate for registering for the Technical Summit to 24 April.
Special conference room rate $159.00 (plus 15 percent tax) for single or double accommodations. Make your reservations at the Hyatt: http://atlantaregency.hyatt.com/groupbooking/atlrastco2009. (Note: the Hyatt booking page has not been updated with the new rate, but you will be given the new rate if you specify you are registering for the STC conference.) Recognizing how the [...]
The Summit At-a-Glance PDF file was updated. This updated link will give you a view of the overall structure of each day’s offerings. (.pdf)
Recognizing the impact the economic downturn has had on technical communicators, STC will grant 250 scholarships to members who have been laid off, let go, downsized, or have been forced to take a pay cut of 10 percent or more. Scholarships of $400 will be given to members wishing to attend the STC Technical Communication [...]
Conference attendees are already sending Twitter.com tweets. The Twemes.com site collects all related tweets containing the same hashtags or Twitter memes, which they call “twemes”. Use the tweme of #stc09 for tweets related to planning for and attending the 2009 Technical Summit. Twemes.com also pulls in any Flickr and Del.icio.us bookmarks that contain the hashtag [...]
Alan Houser, head of the program planning committee for the STC conference, shares the news about a room-sharing forum just posted to the STC Forum. If you share a room at the Summit hotel, you can cut your travel costs. The forum is at http://stcforum.org/viewtopic.php?id=1659 Post your arrival and departure dates to the forum. Identify [...]
Preliminary Program Updates The STC Live Learning Center database of sessions, speakers, and descriptions is updated frequently as information is received almost daily. You can view the most current listings for sessions within each of the six tracks, or choose to view those that are offered as part of the preconference certificate programs or workshops [...]
STC members may choose to spread their registration payment by paying half with their registration form and half onsite. Eligibility Available upon request to all members in good standing with the exception of students who are encouraged to volunteer and retired members who have a special rate. Process Download the conference registration form (.pdf) Payments [...]
STC officials have initiated an option for members to split their dues into four equal payments spread over four months. This optional payment plan is available for both new and renewing members and for all categories of membership except students. Payments must be made by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or AMEX). Checks are not accepted [...]
It’s election time in STC! Who will be STC’s next… 2nd Vice President? Treasurer? Board Members? Nominating Committee? Do you know the candidates? Take this opportunity to get to know the individuals running for elected office at the Society level. We have posted candidates’ biographies here on this blog. You can also visit the Candidates’ [...]
STC’s 2009 election begins on 10 March 2009 and runs until 9 April 2009. The following message was submitted by a candidate for office. You may review the candidates’ biographies, ask them questions, and view their responses to questions posed by other members on the Candidates’ Page of the STC website at http://www.stc.org/candidatesFAQ/index.asp. Information on [...]
STC’s 2009 election begins on 10 March 2009 and runs until 9 April 2009. The following message was submitted by a candidate for office. You may review the candidates’ biographies, ask them questions, and view their responses to questions posed by other members on the Candidates’ Page of the STC website at http://www.stc.org/candidatesFAQ/index.asp. Information on [...]
Hello, and thank you in advance for taking the time to read this message. As per the heading, I am a candidate for STC Treasurer. Two questions that come to mind are “Why are you running for a seat on the board?” and “Why are you running for treasurer?” The simple answer to both: I [...]
STC’s 2009 election begins on 10 March 2009 and runs until 9 April 2009. The following message was submitted by a candidate for office. You may review the candidates’ biographies, ask them questions, and view their responses to questions posed by other members on the Candidates’ Page of the STC website at http://www.stc.org/candidatesFAQ/index.asp. Information on [...]
by Aiessa Moyna Associate Fellow, STC moc.onujnull@anyoma Office Phone: 212-640-2020 Home Phone: 201-963-7970 ………………….. STC 2009 Election Statement from Aiessa Moyna, Candidate for STC Treasurer When I was asked to consider running for STC treasurer several months ago, the outlook for our global economy was uncertain. Today, it seems downright bleak. Then, layoffs were rare [...]
Here’s a great webinar offer from STC’s Usability and User Experience SIG! Mary Deaton, the SIG manager, writes: After months of planning, UUX is ready to jump into the business of offering Web seminars to members of the community, STC, and other UX practitioners. To celebrate, we are offering special pricing for both STC and [...]
Here’s a great webinar offer from STC’s Technical Editing SIG. Meredith Kinder, co-manager of the SIG, writes: The STC Technical Editing SIG is pleased to co-sponsor a webinar with the Washington, DC, chapter. The webinar, titled “Providing Effective Editing Comments,” takes place on Wednesday, March 18, from noon to 2:00pm Eastern US time*, and Michelle [...]
by Suzanne Guess Candidate for Nominating Committee, 2009-2011 210 Communications 506 – 3rd Street Suite 210 Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: 515.237.0681 Fax: 515.237.0684 E-mail: ten.mmoc012null@ennazus URL: http://www.210comm.net STC: Closing the Gap Managing the Expectations At a recent committee meeting for a non-profit organization I volunteer for, our discussion centered around how to capitalize on [...]
by Hillary Hart Candidate for 2009 2nd Vice-President, STC E-mail: ude.saxetu.liamnull@trah URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/hart/ Phone: 512-471-4635 I am a candidate for STC 2nd vice-president in the upcoming election (voting starts March 9, 2009). Here is why I am running. As an active participant in STC at the local and international level for 21 years, and currently [...]
by Hillary Hart STC Director at Large Candidate for 2009 2nd Vice-President E-mail: ude.saxetu.liamnull@trah URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/hart/ STC has meant a lot to my professional growth over the past 20+ years as a teacher and practitioner of technical communication, and I want to help STC expand its educational mission for all technical communicators. It is time [...]
***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***
Did you know that the STC Technical Summit being held in Atlanta next May will be recorded? Tom Johnson interviewed Lloyd Tucker, STC’s Director of Education and Membership to learn more about this new service. What did Tom ask Lloyd? Why did the STC decide to record all the sessions this year? Won’t the cost [...]
I was asked to prepare a persona on what users over the age of 50 may need to maximize their use of the STC Body of Knowledge portal. The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is currently developing a Body of Knowledge (BoK) portal where Technical Communicators can share their areas of expertise with each other. [...]
Lori Gillen, incoming Co-Manager of the SIG, put together some useful tips for participants attending this year’s STC conference in Philadelphia. These tips can be used at any presentation, anywhere, of course! The tips are provided to help conference participants hear better and get much more out of their conference experience. Sit next to one [...]
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