STC WDC-MB Blog

Did you know all of this about us? It was published on 12/3/09 in STC’s Notebook. Thanks to Lina Scorza for the excellent PR! When did your chapter originate? The Washington, DC chapter is one of the oldest chapters in the STC. It was founded in 1955. At the time, its parent organization was the [...]

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The following is from STC… How come I’m not listed? We’re sorry that some members and companies missed the opportunity to be listed in the STC Online Buyers Guide & Consultant Directory. We tried to give every vendor who has advertised or exhibited at the STC annual conference, and every member who considers themselves a [...]

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by stc-office on 2 September 2009 Check the STC website for its newest addition—an online buyers guide and consultants directory. In addition to companies that provide technical communication products and services, the names and contact information of more than 650 technical communicators are listed who undertake single projects, ongoing programs, or perform contract work. Many [...]

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Tom Johnson of the STC Intermountain Chapter interviewed Ginny Redish at Tech Summit 09 about her award winning book, Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works. A podcast of the interview is posted on his blog at http://tinyurl.com/cse72w. Tom writes about the latest trends in technical communication in his blog, "I’d Rather [...]

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A review of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style on its 50th anniversary. The Chronicle of Higher Education Section: The Chronicle Review http://chronicle.com/review Volume 55, Issue 32, Page B15 Excerpts from an article by Geffrey K. Pullum, head of linguistics and English language at the University of Edinburgh and co-author (with Rodney Huddleston) of [...]

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Location: George Mason University, Johnson Center, Campus Cinema Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sponsored jointly by George Mason University Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program and American Independent Writers Schedule: 8:00 a.m. Registration opens and continental breakfast available 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks: William Miller, GMU and John Curry, [...]

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