On Thursday, September 17th, members of the chapter met for some food and discussion about issues affecting technical communicators. The main topics were the job market and how students can prepare themselves for the profession. This post shares some of the thoughts and ideas given during the discussion.

The latest issue of the Intercom is now available on stc.org. According to the description, here’s what this issue contains:

steps you can take to combat implicit age discrimination in your job search
how you can adapt the lessons of politics to your office politics
an exploration of moving from technical writing to marketing writing
a list of foundation [...]

September board meeting conference callWe met this month using our usual mode: a telephone bridge provided by Quest Software, one of our sponsors. Our main topics of discussion were the October and November chapter events, a tentative program for the year, and polling the chapter members so that we can get your input into what’s happening [...]

Texas STC SummitSTC’s Technical Communication Summit 2010 will be held 2–5 May 2010 at the
Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion, in Dallas, TX.
We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Summit Call for Proposals is now open at www.softconference.com/subs/stc/2010.
You may submit more than one proposal, but each must be submitted separately. Proposals may be submitted [...]

“A Different Perspective on Measuring the Value of Technical Communication,” an article by Ellis Pratt in the July/August issue of the Intercom, provides a nontechnical writer’s perspective of the value of user documentation. As sales and marketing director for Cherryleaf, a technical writing company in the United Kingdom, I want to provide you with some [...]

Have you ever tried to explain your value as a technical communicator and found yourself struggling for the right words? Whether you want to explain your value to a client, a relative or your company manager, the latest issue of Intercom can surely help.
Ann Gordon highlights some of the best articles in the latest issues [...]

In redesigning this site, I wanted to provide a way to let you know who belongs to the chapter — not just a list of names, but also faces, profiles, and contact information. That’s why I created the Member List page.

Everyone who is a member of the chapter (which is about 80 people) can [...]

Although I am a graduate of Utah State University, I am a life-long fan of Utah Athletics. My affections for the Utes began as a small boy. You see, my dad would drag me up to the old Rice Stadium. And I, whenever possible, would drag his old bones down to the hard asphalt in [...]

Me sitting in my chair at home
Welcome to the new Intermountain-STC Chapter website. The chapter board is excited to launch this site and offer chapter members many more resources than we had before. Thanks to Tom Johnson for building the site and to the rest of the board for their contributions. The site provides a [...]

In our attempt to bring the chapter back to life (and out of “the dead zone,” as someone put it today), we decided to revamp the website, building it on a new, more interactive platform. Yes, you guessed it, this site now runs on WordPress. But it’s not really a blog — just a CMS [...]