STC WDC-MB Blog

This workshop, sponsored and subsidized by the STC Washington, DC and Metro Baltimore Chapter and DC Web Women, discusses content within the phases of the content lifecycle, and illustrates the interdependencies within the user experience. The workshop was a huge success. Photos of the day are available on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150309991531494.343575.86448161493&l=4d6cbe7bda or on [...]

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The inaugural WRTC Day took place on Thursday, September 22 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Harrison Hall. Students interested in WRTC were invited to join alumni, regional STC members, local RSA and STC student members, and internship providers for roundtable discussions and presentations. STC WDC-MB President Charlotte Glenn, JMU Alumni Tiffany Painter Newland, Liz [...]

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This Thursday evening’s chapter event, Government Proposal Writing 101, will be rescheduled due to a scheduling mistake by the restaurant. As soon as a new date is announced, I will post it here. We are sorry for this inconvenience and ask for your understanding.

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Nearly 20 of us attended the chapter meeting last night at the Gaithersburg Hilton, which featured two useful presentations by accomplished speakers Annette Reilly and Carolyn Watt. Annette heads STC’s Standards Council and chairs the US ISO group (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC7 US TAG), which is meeting this week in Maryland to develop an international standard [...]

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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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Thanks to Gabe Goldberg for sharing this article about Senator Charles Grassley’s efforts to eradicate medical ghostwriting. The following paragraph summarizes the point of this article: “Students are disciplined for not acknowledging that a paper they turned in was written by somebody else,” Mr. Grassley wrote. “But what happens when researchers at the same university [...]

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