Society for Technical Communication

GCASTD Workshop

Louise Tincher — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:21:57 +0000

Title: GCASTD Workshop
Location: Cincinnati, OH
URL: Click here
Description: Beyond Survival: Thriving in Today’s Environment

Start Time: 5:30 pm
Date: Tuesday, 2008-12-09
End Time: 8:00 pm

How to Put On a Webinar, presented by Jane Smith

Louise Tincher — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:57:30 +0000

Title: How to Put On a Webinar, presented by Jane Smith
Location: STC IDL SIG, Web-based
URL: Click here
Start Time: 6:45 pm ET
Date: 2008-11-18

WOASTD Breakfast Meeting

Judy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:42:56 +0000

Title: WOASTD Breakfast Meeting
Location: Dayton, OH
URL: Click here
Description: Show Me the Money:
How to Determine ROI
in People, Projects, and Programs, presented by Tom Broslawsky, Certified ROI Consultant, ROI Institute
Start Time: 7:00 am
Date: 2008-11-20
End Time: 9:30 am

Indiana Chapter STC Meeting

Judy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:37:47 +0000

Title: Indiana Chapter STC Meeting
Location: Indianapolis, IN and online
URL: Click here
Description: Wanda Worley of Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will present.
Start Time: 5:30 pm
Date: 2008-11-19
End Time: 7:30 pm

NEW MEMBER BENEFIT!

Judy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:18:48 +0000

New Member Special:

The October meeting is designed to help members get the most from their STC memberships. It will be especially valuable for new members. If you joined STC after 08/30/07, bring your membership card for $5 off the meeting cost.

What Is Technical Communication?

Judy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:53:32 +0000

What is technical communication? The answer to that question is like the storied definition of an elephant—it all depends on whom you ask.

For Ron May, technical communication is maintaining computer-based training and Flash-based software demonstrations to enhance the software documentation suite for a large medical equipment company.

For Nancy Dodsworth, technical communication is developing Web-based security & risk awareness courses for employees at a large regional bank.

For Mindy Hoffbauer, technical communication is writing software manuals, online help systems, along with developing Web pages and documenting procedures, processes and policies.

The intriguing fact is that the definitive definition of technical communication lies in this multiplicity of definitions.

Working in many different industries - software development, hardware manufacturing, research, training, electronics, and telecommunications—as consultants, employees, and independent contractors, we— the Southwest Ohio community of the International Society for Technical Communication and our colleagues around the world–we ARE technical communication.

We organize, write, develop, illustrate, script, produce, and publish printed and online manuals, training courses, proposals, broadcasts, and white papers that help employers and clients get work done.