The time of year has come to begin our chapter elections process. I welcome all of our chapter members to become involved. As a chapter officer or committee member, you can accomplish a lot for the chapter and for yourself professionally. This year’s officers have worked hard to offer STC members and other technical communicators in [...]

If you missed Lyn Worthen’s presentation last night on Riding the Tide of Technical Communications consulting, we recorded it. You can listen to the audio directly on the site or download it to your MP3 player.
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We had a lively and informative meeting on a snowy Saturday at Weber State’s Davis campus. If you couldn’t be there, I’ll give you my impressions and offer you some links to further information.
Joe Christensen began with a presentation about Linked In. His takeaway message: “Be careful what your online presence looks like.” Good advice, [...]

Hey fellow chapter members. This is Paul Pehrson, chapter vice president.
I’m sitting right now with 13 fellow chapter members listening to Grant Skousen’s presentation at our October meeting.
I thought I’d give you my thoughts on the meeting, for those of you who are unable to be here tonight. This is sort of a “live-blog” post, [...]

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.

It’s competitions time! In the current economy, it’s even more important to have quality documentation that sets your product or service apart from the crowd. And, as the economy improves and spending restrictions relax, you want documentation that can help swing a purchase decision (or service renewal) in your favor.
Intermountain STC invites writers, editors, web [...]

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 [...]

STC’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 and updated [...]

“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.
This month in the Intercom magazine (July/August 2009):
These are some of the [...]