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• Best of Show
• Distinguished Technical Communication
• Excellence
• Merit
Congratulations to all the winners in the STC Online Communication, Technical Art, and Technical Publications Washington, DC Chapter competitions!
The competition rules and judging criteria are described on the Competitions page.
Winners of the Distinguished Technical Communication Awards go on to the International Online Communication Competition (IOCC). Winners of the IOCC are presented at the STC Annual Conference in May.
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marks the winning entries in the International Competition.
There was one International Competition award given to our Online Communication entries this year.
| Entry title | Contributors | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Best of Show | ||
CD-Rom Safety Integrated — Hazards are only neutralized when safety networks are truly seamless
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Johanna Angela Gebhardt, Sabine Stengel, and Peter Keil | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM 3 |
| Distinguished Technical Communication | ||
| CD-Rom Safety Integrated — Hazards are only neutralized when safety networks are truly seamless | Johanna Angela Gebhardt, Sabine Stengel, and Peter Keil | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM 3 |
| Excellence | ||
| Cognetics Corporation Web Site | Paul S. Hoffman and Charles B. Kreitzberg | Cognetics Corporation |
| The Creative Network—Calendar of Events | Julie Perlmutter | Creative Network |
| Kaiser Permanente J-Point Online Help | Molly Golubcow and Marcus Jessup | Kaiser Permanente |
| Knox County Animal Shelter Web Site | Brad Connatser, Karen Lively, and Taylor Slemmer | Knoxville-Knox County Animal Shelter |
| Documentation Set Explosion Protection | Bernhard Wöll | Siemens AG, Aft. A&D CD MS 3 |
| Space Academy Web Site | Alysen Regiec, Linda Butler, and Kerri Beisser | The JHU Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Merit | ||
| Fast Track Help System version 2.0 | W. S. Faye Newsham | ActioNet, Inc. |
| FERC Intern Survival Guide | Grace Lewis | FERC |
| Live Manual for LG-RD7230 Cellular Phone | Mi-Seon Kim and Gi-Sang Han | LG Electronics |
| National Science Foundation's New Formulas for America's Workforce | Pat McNees, Ruta Sevo, and Jennifer Krako | National Science Foundation |
| SIMATIC Guide for Technical Documentation | Diethart Bischof | Siemens |
| SoftMed Electronic Documentation Libraries | Kelly Martin, Daemon Price, Beth Bartel | SoftMed Systems, Inc. |
| Global Ultraviolet Imager Gallery | Anne Sola, Michelle Weiss, and Daniel Pauley | The JHU Applied Physics Laboratory |
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