Slides from the Virtual Town Hall in pdf format

Among the highlights of the presentation were

• the map of our chapter members’ geographic distribution,
  
• a summary of the events we attended in 2011,
  
• a preview of some of the events we are planning in 2012,
  
• and an open and honest view of our finances.
  

The group had a few lively discussions about what STC offers to our members, especially the grant from IBM, potential locations for future meetings (come to the wineries in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley), and the STC job bank.

The group expressed a desire to give support to our local student affiliates. Tiffany Newland will be attending the JMU Student Chapter Meeting in February and suggested that we send her ideas and information about events that would appeal to students at the undergrad or graduate level. Email Tiffany at tnewland at woodmark.com.

Many thanks to some of the STC leadership who attended online
Nick Bleiel
Alan Houser
Judy Glick-Smith
and to all our chapter members and volunteers for a terrific 2011.

Here’s looking forward to communicating with you in 2012.

Some folks have expressed an interest in seeing the full slideshow, so I’m posting it here.

STC Social Media Survey powerpoint slide show

What did we say?

We like email
We like face-to-face
We like Facebook
We like the Intercom magazine
Job postings, webinar training are important to younger members
Some of us are overwhelmed by too much social media

We are always interested in your feedback so don’t be shy about speaking up in the language and social media format of your choice:

STC WDC Chapter website http://www.stcwdc.org/
STC WDC Chapter event calendar and blog http://www.stcwdc.org/wdcblog/
STC WDC Chapter blog RSS feed
http://www.stcwdc.org/STC_Washington_DC_Chapter.xml
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/STCWDCMB
Linked In http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=156478
Twitter profile http://twitter.com/stcwdc
Twitter hashtag #stcwdc
Join this email announcement list http://www.stcwdc.org/list_annc.shtml
Join our members-only email chat list http://www.stcwdc.org/list_chat.shtml
MySTC WDC group http://stc.org/mystc/groups/viewgroup/94-Washington%2C+DC

Or feel free to contact me directly by email at any time.

Viqui Dill
Social Media Manager & At-Large Director (2012)

http://www.slideshare.net/cjforms/kantareegesra11

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 our Flickr stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stcwdc/sets/72157627628010989/

Not a facebook or Flickr user? These photos can be viewed by everyone. Just ignore any of  facebook’s requests for you to log on.

Content Strategy in a Day with Rahel Bailie

STC WDC-MB President Charlotte Glenn, JMU Alumni Tiffany Painter Newland, Liz Sonnenberg, and Tandylyn Terry, and STC WDC-MB member Viqui Dill brought their experience and insight to the excitement of the day.

Photos are available on our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150316593881494.344676.86448161493&l=5d4b6dddc2

or see them on our Flickr stream, http://www.flickr.com/photos/stcwdc/sets/72157627637970211/

Not a facebook or Flickr user? These photos can be viewed by everyone. Just ignore any of  facebook’s requests for you to log on.

WRTC Day at JMU

UserFocus, the area’s premier conference for and by local usability professionals, will be held Friday, September 16 at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel. The conference, hosted each year by the DC Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association, is a great place to learn about new trends in usability, share experiences with other local practitioners, and hone the skills in your usability tool kit.

Peter Morville provides the opening keynote on "Ubiquitous Information Architecture: Strategies for Cross-Channel User Experience Design". Sessions for the rest of the day will run on two tracks with presentations of value to seasoned practitioners as well as those new to the field. Topics range from "Making Millions through State-of-the-art Mobile and Desktop eCommerce Usability" to "Running Successful Remote, Moderated, International Usability Studies".

Register now! http://www.upadc.org/userfocus/registration Early bird pricing is in effect through August 16

• $125 for UPA-DC Members
• $150 for Nonmembers

The last UserFocus sold out completely.

Find out more at http://www.userfocus.org or e-mail us at gro.cdapunull@ecnerefnoc.