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The former Society of Technical Communication (STC) chapter in Montreal announced the new name for the organization, Ars Communica, on April 24, 2012, at the “Writing for Narration” event held at Allo Inde in Montreal. President pro tem Andy Gural commented that the name, which can mean “the skill or craft of sharing" was well received by those in attendance, and said that the organization is open to suggestions for a slogan or tagline. Continue reading ...
The Society for Technical Communication has announced the results of its 2012 election Continue reading ...
Rhyme Time: A new memory initiative by Society for Technical Communication is just fine in the sunshine but with the right time it will be devine. Continue reading ...
During its February meeting, the Society for Technical Communication Board of Directors voted to indefinitely suspend the Installment Payment plan for membership dues, first initiated in 2009 in response to the global financial crisis' impact on members, noting that processing installments is manual and increasingly expensive. Continue reading ...
The LavaCon 2011 Lightning Talk session comprised six speakers, chosen to present in random order, who had ten minutes to present a topic of interest that is important in the field technical communication, including social media, wikis and XML, performing demos, certification, and the future of the field. Similar to the lightning talks at the STC Annual Summit in 2011, the LavaCon Lightning Talks took place without the strict ten-minute time period, twenty slide limit, or automatic advancing of slides. Continue reading ...
The Society for Technical Communication’s Certification Commission has announced that the deadline for applying as charter member Certified Professional Technical CommunicatorTM (CPTC) has been extended to February 14, 2012. Charter members are eligible to save $100 on the evaluation fee, and if approved, will always retain the charter member designation. Any experienced technical communicators working in […] Continue reading ...
What have you heard about the new Certified Professionals in Technical Communication (CPTC) credential (aka Tech Writer Certification)? You've probably read about it online, may have received an email, or were in the audience during the announcement at the 2011 STC Summit. Considering the volume on our email discussion group last week there are a lot of questions and opinions on this "new" program. You have questions and so do we, so we organized an hour-long interview with Steve Jong, current Chair of the STC Certification Commission on Sunday, October 23, 2011. Continue reading ...
Editor’s note: The following guest post is from the Executive Director of the Society for Technical Communications, Kathryn Burton, CAE. As the Executive Director of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), thank you for the opportunity to provide a counterpoint response to Robert Desprez’s post (Do you find the STC valuable?) on 19 June 2011. […] Continue reading ...