I was very impressed by Ellis Pratt’s presentation at the 2012 STC Summit, “What Should Technical Communicators Do When Products ‘Just Work’?” (If you missed it, and you didn’t purchase Summit@aClick, he’s repeating it as an STC-sponsored webinar on July 10.) He identifies a product trend away from “big and scary and likely to break”Continue reading “New Models for Technical Communication”
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STC Summit 2012: The certification perspective
Ever since last year, when we announced that the STC certification program was “open for business,” I have been thinking of this year’s Summit. My goal was to step up to the podium at the opening general session and announce the first Certified Professional Technical Communicators™. It motivated me through a year of committee meetings,Continue reading “STC Summit 2012: The certification perspective”
Certification at the STC Summit
Want to hear first-hand how certification is going? Interested in applying yourself? Come to the STC Summit in Rosemont, IL, just outside of Chicago. I will be reporting on certification and offering a workshop for applicants. Come and visit members of the Certification Commission at our booth in the exhibit hall!
Certification: Open for business!
STC first discussed certification at the Annual Conference in San Diego—in 1964. We’ve discussed it, on and off, ever since, mainly because many people felt it was impossible to certify technical communicators. Well, thanks to the selfless efforts of a dedicated team that was my privilege to work with, I was pleased to announce atContinue reading “Certification: Open for business!”
STC Associate Fellow
(photo courtesy Rick Lippincott) At the STC Summit this week I was honored to be named an Associate Fellow. Here I am at the Honors Banquet, receiving my certificate from Immedate Past President Cindy Currie-Clifford and President Hillary Hart.
Off to the Summit! (And I do mean “off”…)
Tomorrow I leave for the STC Annual Summit in Dallas, Texas and my last meeting as a Director at Large. I am finishing my term and rolling off the Board after Monday’s annual business meeting. It will be a little strange not being tremendously busy at the conference this time. (For the record, the SocietyContinue reading “Off to the Summit! (And I do mean “off”…)”
Come to the Summit!
The economic downturn has affected us all, and this year’s Annual Summit (May 3-6) may seem like an expense you can live without. But I think that this is the best time in many years to invest in yourself and your career. And like many investment opportunities these days, you can pick it up forContinue reading “Come to the Summit!”
Steven Jong 