What's your favorite movie set in Chicago?
- The Blues Brothers (1980) (32%, 8 Votes)
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (28%, 7 Votes)
- A League of Their Own (1992) (12%, 3 Votes)
- Chicago (2002) (8%, 2 Votes)
- The Sting (1973) (8%, 2 Votes)
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) (4%, 1 Votes)
- The Untouchables (1987) (4%, 1 Votes)
- Other (Please tell us) (4%, 1 Votes)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Scarface (1932) (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 25
Start Date: May 7, 2012 @ 10:44 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What kind of SWAG or other incentive would sway your decision to attend a conference?
- Books - real published stuff that I'd have to buy otherwise (22%, 16 Votes)
- Reduced registration fees - My budget needs every penny (21%, 15 Votes)
- Gadgets - I need cool things to entice SMEs to my cube for interviews (19%, 14 Votes)
- Product trials/free consulting - I like to try before I buy (14%, 10 Votes)
- Apparel - Tech Comm needs its own fashionistas (8%, 6 Votes)
- Edibles/Drinkables - because we live on caffeine and chocolate (7%, 5 Votes)
- Office supplies - more pens and post-it notes (7%, 5 Votes)
- Something else (please dish!) (3%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 25
Start Date: May 1, 2012 @ 9:30 am
End Date: No Expiry
What are your most reliable sources of answers to grammar and usage questions
- My style guide of choice (MMoS, Apple, Chicago, etc.) (30%, 25 Votes)
- Websites such as Grammar Girl, Wordnik, and Visual Thesaurus (27%, 23 Votes)
- My bookshelf full of classic references (21%, 18 Votes)
- My authoring tool's built-in grammar and spell-check (5%, 4 Votes)
- Asking and answering questions on a discussion list (5%, 4 Votes)
- Wikipedia (5%, 4 Votes)
- Something else (please tell us!) (5%, 4 Votes)
- My high school English teacher (2%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 44
Start Date: April 24, 2012 @ 10:00 am
End Date: No Expiry
In what other professional communities, besides tech comm, are you active?
- Writing / Editing (25%, 15 Votes)
- Usability / User Experience (15%, 9 Votes)
- Information Design (14%, 8 Votes)
- Content Strategy (14%, 8 Votes)
- eLearning / Training (10%, 6 Votes)
- Marketing (8%, 5 Votes)
- Other (7%, 4 Votes)
- Product Development (5%, 3 Votes)
- Open Source (2%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 16
Start Date: April 17, 2012 @ 10:00 am
End Date: No Expiry
What circumstances prompt you to reach out to your professional community?
- I’m stumped about a particular problem I’m having, usually (but not always) software-related. (29%, 13 Votes)
- I'm the only TW on my team and I need to interact with peers for my sanity. (24%, 11 Votes)
- I want to know what skills are currently in demand and opportunities to develop them. (20%, 9 Votes)
- I'm starting a new project and need advice on putting together a plan. (9%, 4 Votes)
- I'm ready to campaign for a new tool and need recommendations. (9%, 4 Votes)
- Something else (please post a comment). (9%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 21
Start Date: April 11, 2012 @ 11:15 am
End Date: No Expiry
