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Tag Archives: STC
Profession Realignment
Today I’m comparing the list of program tracks at the STC Summit for 2011 and 2012. Notice the difference in names of tracks. Maybe that’s telling us something about the profession. Here are last year’s tracks (“Before”): Usability and Accessibility … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Criticism, Profession, Professional Association
Tagged STC, Summit, trends
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Vision Day 2011
You just can’t miniaturize or automate some things. You can’t miniaturize time spent with friends, time working through what a local chapter should do in one year, or time sharing ideas for reaching a new and changing demographic. Even with … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Association, Resources, user group meetings
Tagged Andrea Wenger, Carolina Chapter, STC, Vision Tag
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Top 5 Reasons to Avoid a Tech Comm Conference
Warning: There is some ranting in this post that may sound like STC bashing. I intend it solely as constructive criticism and fodder for brainstorming sessions for the benefit of the profession and of STC. Once again, Tom Johnson fulfills … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Criticism, Information Architecture, Profession, Professional Association, Social Networking
Tagged conference, STC, Vision
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Judgment Day in STC Competition Land
Yes, today was the last day for us judges (for the STC Carolina Chapter competition) to have our evaluation forms submitted. I got my forms in just in time and our team leader is probably glad that’s over with. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Practices, Process, Professional Association
Tagged award, competition, evaluation, event, feedback, judging, STC
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Vision Day 2010
I attended this year’s Vision Day of the Carolina Chapter of STC (Society for Technical Communication). Terry Smith, the incoming president did a fine job of laying out her vision of the year, with some major innovations (in the tradition … Continue reading
