Northeast Ohio Society for Technical Communication
It’s that time of year again: STC membership renewals. If you need a reminder of the STC memberships and benefits, check out: https://www.stc.org/membership/. Don’t forget everything your NEO STC Chapter membership provides you: Membership in an award-winning community Networking and social opportunities with other industry professionals Training and educational pportunities Community newsletter Slack community and … Continue reading…
Paul is a past president of the NEO STC community and winner of the NEO STC Distinguished Chapter Service Award (DCSA). The DCSA award recognizes STC members for service to a specific geographic community. In 2012, shortly after moving back to Ohio from Dallas, Texas, Paul was tapped to work with the NEO STC team … Continue reading…
A Leadership Symposium was given on October 5 with Toastmasters International. It was divided into three parts with speakers: Part 1: Characteristics of Effective Leaders (David Yung) Part 2: Developing Your Leadership Skill (Deborah Bonner) Part 3: Working in the Team Environment (Craig Gerlock) David Yung shared with us the Asian words for leader which … Continue reading…
There are a couple of regional technical communication competitions being held: the STC Carolina 2019-20 Technical Communication Competition and the STC Regional TechComm Competition. Each competition has an approaching deadline: 26 October 2019 and 6 December 2019, respectively. For more details, check out https://www.stc.org/wiki/international-summit-awards/. If you have questions, contact the individual competition managers. Also, submissions … Continue reading…
Representatives from EAC Product Development Solutions presented on how to take advantage of technological advances in Augmented Reality (AR) and head-mounted displays during the NEO STC meeting on Thursday, September 12. They showed us how you can marry classical technical publications with these new technologies. Two main approaches are either 2D or 3D: The 2D … Continue reading…
Teachers, researchers, and practitioners should find something of interest in Developing Writers in Higher Education. In addition to the paper book, of particular interest for Developing Writers in Higher Education is the friendly and well-executed companion web site at https://www.developingwritersbook.org/ where you can “…find out what 169 students can tell you about writing.” The site organizes its content … Continue reading…
It is my honor and privilege to step into the President role (again) for NEO STC. I say again, because I took this role in the 2007-2008 year, when I was really scared and green. This time around, I feel better prepared and more confident, but still take the challenges seriously. Let’s take a moment … Continue reading…
Kelly Schrank, the current President for the Rochester chapter and a Co-Manager of the Technical Editing SIG, stays busy but generously took the time to answer several of my questions! Kelly has been an STC member for 10 years and earned the honorary rank of Associate Fellow. In her time as an STC member, she … Continue reading…
Amber is a new member of NEO STC, having joined early this year. “I’ve attended several programs and the member picnic in May, and have enjoyed getting to know some of you already,” she says. This year, Amber is serving on the Board of Directors in the role of Communications. “I’ve been on the chapter’s … Continue reading…
STC is delighted to announce a $500 scholarship to assist students who are pursuing an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree or graduate certificate program in some aspect of technical communication. The award is for the 2020-2021 academic year and will be awarded in February 2020. Applications will be accepted through November 30, 2019. Students do not have … Continue reading…
Are you active in your STC chapter? Have you held office or worked on a committee? Have you judged publications competitions, locally or internationally? Do you speak at chapter meetings? Or maybe you write articles for the chapter newsletter or for Intercom? You can be twice rewarded for your labors: first, by all of your … Continue reading…
New job? New industry? Moving? Wondering if you are fairly compensated? Those are some of the reasons webinar host Jim Bousquet notes could make the the STC Salary Database of interest to you. In looking at the database, consider that industry and geography matter greatly. For example, if the cost of living is high as … Continue reading…
Teachers, students, and anyone else interested in the study of literature, rhetoric, and composition should find The Two Cultures of English a good read. Author Jason Maxwell is a Clinical Assistant Professor of English at the University of Buffalo. He tackles in The Two Cultures of English the general topic of how today’s universities ask … Continue reading…
It’s amazing to me how fast the NEO STC calendar year is drawing to an end. We hope you’ve enjoyed the activities as much as I have enjoyed presiding over them as your president. As promised, we had some unique activities: from walking through a spooky corn maze, learning from a dozen or so Legos, … Continue reading…
Google Cloud director Peter Scocimara provided an intriguing, thought-provoking presentation on “The Fourth Industrial Revolution – Preparing for an AI World” at the April NEO STC monthly meeting. Scocimara intertwined cultural and societal ramifications with the sweeping changes that smart machines bring forth today. “60% of kids born today will do jobs that do not … Continue reading…
“For consistent contributions to the Northeast Ohio Chapter (NEO STC), unwavering loyalty to the Society and its members, and promoting the technical communication profession through teaching and writing.” These are the reasons why Lynn Nickels has achieved the rank of STC Associate Fellow as stated at https://www.stc.org/notebook/2019/03/18/introducing-the-2019-class-of-stc-fellows-and-associate-fellows/. Join us in sincerely congratulating wonderful Lynn on … Continue reading…
Have you watched a webinar through BrightTalk yet? They have hundreds of one-hour webinars available for you to watch on demand, and they are all free! You do need to register for a BrightTalk account to access the content, but it’s easy to manage your subscription and they don’t send spam emails. General topics on … Continue reading…
Many companies claim to be forward-thinking and innovative, but are they really? As we head into the fourth industrial revolution, developing a creative and innovative culture is necessary for a company to survive as we head into the fourth industrial revolution, and company culture starts with the leadership team. If the leadership team values and … Continue reading…
Associate Professor Kelly Webb Bronstrup’s engineering and engineering technology students are learning the value of how technical communication and engineering fields are intertwined by experiencing out of classroom educational real-world opportunities such as joining in on the Sr. Director, Cloud Support, Google Cloud’s Peter “SCOTCH” Scocimara’s webinar Artificial Intelligence (AI) The Fourth Industrial Revolution on … Continue reading…
This could be almost any engineer. Nothing could stop you once you had that fine engineering education, society kept telling you when you were a student. Then you began your first job, and it did not take long to learn those years of academic struggle left your engineering education incomplete, in fact with a gaping … Continue reading…