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Entries from July 2009
Associate Fellow Nominations Due 5 October
July 12th, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off
TranslationFrom STC’s News & Notes, July 2009 issue The Associate Fellows Nominating Committee invites STC communities and members to recommend senior members for the rank of STC Associate Fellow. This honor recognizes members who have: (a) been responsible for important work in our field; (b) done notable, original work that has contributed to the advancement [...]
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Tags: Associate Fellow, nominate, nominations, recommendation
Raise Money for STC Simply by Searching Online
July 12th, 2009by Cyn · 2 Comments
TranslationFrom STC’s News & Notes, July 2009 issue What if supporting STC could be as simple as using a search engine? Or ordering books online? These daily activities can actually help STC raise money via the innovative website GoodSearch and GoodShop. GoodSearch is a search engine that donates 50percent of its revenue to the nonprofits, [...]
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STC Webinars in July 2009
July 12th, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off
TranslationDesigning and Implementing Embedded Help presented by Nicky Bleiel Wednesday, 15 July, 1:00–2:30 PM Embedding Help into your software application is the ideal way to give users relevant information exactly when they need it, making them successful and increasing the usability of your application. Learn how to integrate and deploy a dynamic, embedded Help pane [...]
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Tags: Agile, agile documentation, best practices, blogging, Education, embedded Help, Megan Leney, Nicky Bleiel, readability, Tom Johnson, Web seminar, webinar
Changes Coming to STC International Competitions
July 12th, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off
TranslationFrom STC’s News and Notes, July 2009 issue STC chapters organize dozens of technical communication competitions and those winners who receive ratings of Excellence and Distinguished are eligible to be entered in the international competitions. However, changes are in store for the International competitions in 2010 and 2011. The first difference between the 2010 competitions [...]
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Tags: changes, Competitions, deadline
APEX 2009 Grand Award Judges’ Comments
July 3rd, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off
Translation The APEX Awards attract many outstanding entries. Of the nearly 3,800 entries in APEX 2009, just 100 Grand Award Winners were selected The judges’ comments for the APEX 2009 Grand Award winners are now posted at http://www.apexawards.com/apex2009grandawardcomments.htm Here are the judges’ comments for the STC Washington, DC Chapter Web site: “Good gods! This isn’t [...]
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Tags: APEX, Grand Award, judges' comments, winner