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Design for Cognitive Bias: Using Mental Shortcuts for Good Instead of Evil

For the October Program meeting, STC SoCenTx brings David Dylan Thomas, author of Design for Cognitive Bias and creator and host of The Cognitive Bias Podcast as he shows us how to identify biases and use content strategy and design to reduce the impact of those biases. Users' minds take shortcuts to get through the … Continue reading Design for Cognitive Bias: Using Mental Shortcuts for Good Instead of Evil

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STC Student Volunteers Journey

Join us for this FREE event and hear from three students who will share their STC volunteer and tech comm internship journeys. September 21 Chapter Meeting: Student Experiences Panel STC student members have a wealth of experiences to share. Join us for this FREE event and hear from three students who will share their volunteer … Continue reading STC Student Volunteers Journey

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Get that Interview! How to Beat the Dreaded Applicant Tracking System

Have you ever applied for a job via a company’s website but never received an interview? Chances are you made one (or several) mistakes that kicked you out of the running. An applicant tracking system is a job application platform that uses artificial intelligence to rank how well it “thinks” you match the job for … Continue reading Get that Interview! How to Beat the Dreaded Applicant Tracking System

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2021 MiniConference Schedule

The MiniConference schedule is now available! The Zoom rooms will run continuously so you can keep talking to your fellow attendees between sessions. May 1, 2021 Schedule About the presentations and presenters 8:30 – 8:50am MiniConference Startup9am – 9:50am Teaching Technical Writing to Engineers – What Works? – Noel Atzmiller10am – 10:50am Creating an Online … Continue reading 2021 MiniConference Schedule