STC WDC-MB Blog

Many thanks to everyone who participated in our Virtual Town Hall meeting on January 25, 2012. The webinar provided a good opportunity for us to reconnect, celebrate the accomplishments of the past year, and get excited about the opportunities before us in the coming year. Slides from the Virtual Town Hall in pdf format Among [...]

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Administrator’s Note: The following post was written by guest blogger and chapter member Steve Jolivette. Chapter members are welcome to contribute to the chapter’s blog. Contact Carolyn Klinger for more information. I have been encouraged to write here of my somewhat unusual way of entering into the field of technical writing.  That’s right, I am [...]

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Come hear Merry Bruns, Ginny Redish, Mary Wise, and others talk about how they’ve ensured career longevity! http://top5things.eventbrite.com

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On April 20 in Arlington, VA, the WDC Chapter will hold a panel discussion featuring local luminaries in technical communication. Experts in content analysis, education, training, usability, and social media will share how they stay successful in challenging economic times. For details and registration, see Top 5 Things That Further My Career: A Technical Communicator [...]

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The Job Announcements listings have been moved from the main site to a Job Board on the blog. This move allows us to automate many of the processes we used for the job announcements on the main site. We are using the WPJobBoard plugin for WordPress with some additional enhancements for extra fields and usability. [...]

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The “Occupational Outlook and Handbook” (OOH), published by the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), will have an individual report on technical writers in the next edition. The change acknowledges that the requirements of technical writing are sufficiently distinct from all other writing professions to warrant affording technical writers their own report [...]

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