OMG! We are proud to announce that the STC Washington, DC Chapter’s Web site won a rare Grand Award in the 2009 APEX® Awards for Publication Excellence in the "Web & Intranet Sites; Nonprofit Small Office" category! Information about the competition is available at http://www.ApexAwards.com/.
(Some of you may remember we won a 2005 APEX® Awards [...]
Entries from June 2009
DC Chapter 2009 APEX® Grand Award Winner!
June 25th, 2009by Cyn · 2 Comments
Tags: APEX, awards, excellence, Grand Award, grand award winner, publication excellence
STC is Looking for Ideas on How to Help the Financial Crisis
June 22nd, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off
[Repeating a post on the AccessAbility SIG's blog by Karen Mardahl]
Your society needs your input yesterday!
Last week, Cindy Currie, STC President, sent out a message to all STC members asking for input to help resolve the financial crisis that the Society is facing. The Society really does need your input now!
STC is asking all members [...]
Tags: Cindy Currie, David Farbey, financial crisis, ideas, Karen Mardahl, M. K. Anderson, Sarah O'Keefe, Tom Johnson
UPA-DC Event on June 24: iPhone Ergonomics and Designing for a Dynamic Form Factor
June 14th, 2009by Leslie Reed · Comments Off
[ June 24, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] This talk will discuss ergonomic concerns related to the iPhone application design and enumerate the various contexts where applications are typically used. Assuming the NDA is lifted following WWDC, details about the 3.0 release of the iPhone OS and its implications on emerging classes of iPhone applications will also be given.
The event will be held [...]
Tags: DC, dc metro chapter, Events, iPhone, UPA
Navigating the Job Search Today
May 12th, 2009by Cyn · 1 Comment
[ June 4, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Speakers: Barbara Herzog, James Dittbrenner, Sylvan Von Burg, Susan Musich, Renée Barnow, and Tom Dezell
Location: NRECA Conference Center Directions to the event.
http://www.stcwdc.org/directions_to_nreca.shtml
Register for this event through Cvent. Download a PDF of the event description and registration information.
Cost:
* $5 for STC WDC Members and IEEE Members (this is a joint event)
[...]
Tags: Barbara Herzog, employment, James Dittbrenner, jobs, NRECA, progression, Renee Barnow, Susan Musich, Sylvan Von Burg, Tom Dezell
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