Organizations

Is user experience merely a fad or buzzword?

September 8, 2010 techcommdood

An interesting conversation on the STC Management SIG‘s mailing list about what to name a department that does more than just technical writing has produced some interesting comments about user experience. Comments mainly indicate that the term isn’t understood enough to name a department after it. “If it weren’t so jargony, I’d go for the [...]

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STC’s Project Phoenix – The Rebirth and Renewal of STC

August 25, 2010 techcommdood

Before I begin this post, I’d like to take a moment to apologize to many of my regular readers, to Mike and to STC. I’d posted about this project yesterday and then quickly deleted the post after truly stepping back to look at it (my bad for not “allowing the ink to dry” before publishing), [...]

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Determining the fate of the STC TechValley chapter

March 31, 2010 techcommdood

The TechValley chapter of the STC is in a precarious position. People have renewed their membership for 2010 but there is no one at the helm of the chapter to organize a return on investment to the members. I am organizing a meeting of technical communication professionals interested in maintaining the chapter to determine what [...]

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Conflicting views of STC member value and a unified body of knowledge

March 29, 2010 techcommdood

This post plays off some of the feedback I’d received back when I wrote about what people want to get out of professional organization, and also plays off a rather energetic discussion that has grown into one about the STC body of knowledge in STC Ideas. It seems there is a strong divide over the [...]

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What people want out of their professional organizations

February 24, 2010 techcommdood

Earlier this week I asked the Twitterverse a very basic question: What do you want to get out of membership in a professional organization? I asked this of both the technical writing community and again generally to anyone/everyone. The responses were strikingly similar. People join professional organizations to network and engage with others in their [...]

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