The STC Washington, D.C.-Baltimore (WDCB) Chapter is sponsoring 10 STC student memberships for the 2021 membership year (January 1st, 2021 to December 31st, 2021) through a random drawing of applicants that respond to their form. The STC student membership is valued at $75 USD, and applicants must submit their completed responses by Sunday December 6, … Continue reading STC WDCB Chapter’s Student Membership Sponsorship Raffle
Program Meeting: How to hack repetitive publicity tasks and get your life back!
Join us as we share tips for maintaining a more constant, professional presence while taking less time doing it! Through a combination of freely available tools we all have on our desktops, you can automate repetitive tasks, creating entire campaigns in minutes.
STC TechComm Roadshow and Kick-off
STC Alliance Competition (Atlanta, New England, New York, Rochester, South-Central Texas and Washington, DC-Baltimore) present the STC TechComm Roadshow and Kickoff November 11, 2020 from 5:00-7:00 pm. EDT. Top winners from recent STC TechComm Competition Time to regroup, recharge, and celebrate our winners of the 2019-2020 Competition Season! The STC Alliance Competition is back and … Continue reading STC TechComm Roadshow and Kick-off
The Single Reason Why People Can’t Write, According to a Harvard Psychologist
Glenn Leibowitz, Inc. Magazine "Why is so much writing so hard to understand? Why must a typical reader struggle to follow an academic article, the fine print on a tax return, or the instructions for setting up a wireless home network?" These are questions Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker asks in his book, The Sense of Style: The Thinking … Continue reading The Single Reason Why People Can’t Write, According to a Harvard Psychologist
STC Alliance Competition 2020
STC South-Central is participating in the 2020 STC Alliance Competition. We are looking for the best and brightest in TechComm today. Did you or your company produce great instruction, user support, or promotional content for the web and mobile devices in the past year or two? You could be a winner! Deadline for Entries: January … Continue reading STC Alliance Competition 2020
Oct 13 Program Meeting – What Harry Potter Professors Teach Us About Instructional Design
Presented by Jamye Sagan At Hogwarts, the school where Harry Potter and his friends study magic, we witness several examples of instruction in action. Each of these instructors has important lessons to share with us regarding effective instructional design and training delivery. In this presentation, we will profile several Hogwarts instructors, and analyze the effectiveness … Continue reading Oct 13 Program Meeting – What Harry Potter Professors Teach Us About Instructional Design
Candidates for 2020-2021 STC SoCenTx Admin Council
STC SoCenTx will hold its annual election starting July 17 through July 31. Cast your vote here: STC SoCenTx 2020-2021 Ballot The following candidates are running for office of the Society for Technical Communication, South Central Chapter : For President: Lara Tellis Lara Tellis joined STC in 2009 as a student in the Master of … Continue reading Candidates for 2020-2021 STC SoCenTx Admin Council
Women in Leadership
by Lara Tellis, STC South-Central President I first joined STC as a graduate student when the Clemson Master of Arts in Professional Communication (MAPC) program started a student chapter. That was back in 2009, and I went to my first Summit in Atlanta that year. Ever since, I have made sure to renew my membership. … Continue reading Women in Leadership
Get the support you need in the field of techcomm
by Erika Frensley, Immediate Past President Why I Value STC Membership: When I started my career as a technical communicator in the 1990s, I was unaware of any classes or programs specific to technical communication. I fell into technical writing and learned on the job. As soon as I learned about STC, I joined. STC … Continue reading Get the support you need in the field of techcomm
STC South-Central Admin Council: Call for Candidates
STC South-Central TX will hold its 2020-2021 annual election this summer (no later than July 31). If you would like to nominate yourself or another chapter member for office, please send an email to president@stc-Houston.org. Include the candidate’s name, contact information, and office for nomination. Each admin year, the following positions become available. PresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurerDirector: … Continue reading STC South-Central Admin Council: Call for Candidates