STC WDC-MB Blog

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 [...]

[Read more →]

We are now offering STC WDC member pricing to members of the American Independent Writers at next Tuesday’s event, Law and Order: STC WDC. The American Independent Writers is the new name for the Washington Independent Writers, an organization that has been supporting independent writers since 1975. Register for this event! We have also improved [...]

[Read more →]

This article raises a lot of questions. I wonder if this includes corporate sponsors of nonprofit organizations? Is it reportable advertising to have affiliate links such as the Amazon.com Associates Program on a Web site? Is it reportable advertising to have logos and links back to corporate sponsors and donors of chapter sites? If so, [...]

[Read more →]

From STC’s News & Notes, July 2009 issue What if supporting STC could be as simple as using a search engine? Or ordering books online? These daily activities can actually help STC raise money via the innovative website GoodSearch and GoodShop. GoodSearch is a search engine that donates 50percent of its revenue to the nonprofits, [...]

[Read more →]

This Swine widget, courtesy of HHS and CDC, provides a graphic with links to Swine Flu Info. To embed this on your site, use the following code for object: <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/widgets/swinelinks_mini.cfm?javascript”></script><noscript><p><object data=”http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/widgets/swinelinks_mini.cfm” name=”swineframe” id=”swineframe” style=”width: 160; height: 152; border: none;”></object></p></noscript> Or, use the following code for iframe: <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/widgets/swinelinks_mini.cfm?javascript”></script><noscript><iframe src=”http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/widgets/swinelinks_mini.cfm” name=”swineframe” frameborder=0 id=”swineframe” [...]

[Read more →]

News & Resources from the IABC Washington Our thoughts are with Tomeka Rawlings, president of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Washington, DC Chapter, who suffered a stroke last week. She is being treated at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and will remain there until the end of this week when [...]

[Read more →]