STC WDC-MB Blog

Translation The STC Washington, DC Chapter is pleased to present the lists of winners for our local competitions for which we had 36 entries this year. Entry titles, contributors, and the organizations they represent are listed on the following pages. Online Communication winners: http://www.stcwdc.org/0910owinners.shtml Technical Publications winners: "Our Changing Planet: The View from Space" is [...]

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TranslationThe MIT Club of Washington, DC, which is listed in our Events from Related Organizations page, has new dates for events that were affected by the snow storms. Tuesday, February 9 — Seminar Series — Postponed to Tuesday, April 6. Thursday, February 11 — Norm Augustine — “U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans” — Kenwood Club, Bethesda. [...]

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Translation(Press Release from http://www.maryland.gov/) ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 5, 2010) –Governor Martin O’Malley this morning issued a Declaration of Emergency as another major winter storm took aim on Maryland and the Middle Atlantic region. The declaration will give the state flexibility to activate the Maryland National Guard and provide assistance to local emergency managers. “Maryland National [...]

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TranslationPress Release from Baywood Publishing Company CONGRATULATIONS to the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (JTWC) for earning an AWARD OF MERIT IN THE 2009 STC Philadelphia Metro Technical Communication Competition Examine three award winning articles from Volume 39. Click the article link to read the abstract. Article earning an Award of Excellence "Frames in Reports [...]

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TranslationRegister by 15 February at http://stcwdcseminarandcelebration.eventbrite.com to be entered in a raffle for a FREE registration to the WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance on March 21-24. That’s a $995 value! On Saturday, 13 March, the WDC Chapter will hold a social media seminar featuring Curtis “Bob” Burns, manager of the Transportation Security Administration’s blog. [...]

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TranslationCarolyn Kelley Klinger’s handout for the "Designing Accessible Documents for Everyone" workshop held on 23 January 2010 is now available. This is an accessible PDF file. Making Word or FrameMaker Files 508 Compliant for PDFs

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