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• Still Time to Register for the Social Media Seminar and Celebration! 0
• David Dayton Wins WritersUA conference registration! 0
• WDC Chapter’s Technical Communication Competitions Winners Announced 2
• MIT Club of Washington, DC Rescheduled Events 0
• Governor O’Malley Signs Emergency Declaration as Maryland Prepares for Another Major Winter Storm 0
• Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Wins Awards 0
• TSA Blogger to Present Social Media Seminar at WDC Chapter Awards Celebration 0
• Handout Available for Designing Accessible Documents for Everyone 0
• Webinar: Implementing the ISO Standard for Software Technical Documentation in Your Workplace 0
• User Assistance Salary Survey Closing 0
• IDL SIG Announces Scholarship Opportunities 0
• Center for Plain Language ClearMark and WonderMark Awards 0
• Congratulations to New STC Fellow, David Dick! 1
• Last Day to Get Early Early Bird Conference Rates @stc2010 0
• MadCap Extends Offer for Free STC Memberships! 0
• STC WDC Competitions News 0
• Save the Date – 13 March 2010 – for Competitions Awards Celebration & Seminar – UPDATE 0
• Steven Jong, Candidate for STC Secretary 0
• New Deadline and Qualifications for STC Membership Payment Awards 0
• Rachel Houghton, Candidate for STC Secretary 0
• Candidate’s Statement: Nathaniel Lim, Candidate for Nominating Committee 1
• STC Board Election Candidates & Guidelines 0
• Strengthening STC – from W.C. Wiese, Candidate for STC Director 0
• Designing Accessible Documents for Everyone 1
• New Chapter Members Joining April through December 2009 0
• MadCap will Pay for New or Renewing STC Membership 0
• STC Live Web Seminars Schedule for 2010 0
• Updating Your Business Card for the New Decade? 0
• 31 Dec. Deadline to Apply for Membership Dues Awards 0
• STC WDC in the Spotlight 1
• Deciding Whether or Not to Renew 1
• Member Testamonial #2 0
• Member Testamonial #1 0
• Ghostwriting and Plagarism 0
• The WDC Chapter’s CafePress Online Store is Now Open! 0
• There’s still time to participate in the Washington, DC Chapter’s Technical Communication Competitions 0
• Law and Order: STC WDC 0
• Ask Me About the Chapter 0
• Call for Judges – STC Washington DC Chapter 2009-2010 Competitions 0
• Law and Order: STC WDC 0
• Full-Time Students: Win an $800 Scholarship! 0
• The Joy of Entering the 2009-2010 Competitions 0
• The Joy of Judging in Competitions 0
• FTC says bloggers must disclose payments and freebies when reviewing products or risk being fined $16,000 1
• WDC Chapter’s New Partner: the National Museum of Crime & Punishment 0
• Accessibility Camp DC 0
• Zen and the Art of Negotiation 0
• WDC 2009-2010 Technical Communication Competitions are Now Open! 0
• SDL Round Table Event: Best Practices & Localization Networking Event 0
• Metro Baltimore 2009 Networking Event 0
• STC Technical Summit 2010 Call for Proposals Deadline Nears 0
• STC Introduces the New Content Strategy SIG 0
• STC to Allow Revisions and Additions to Buyers Guide 0
• Europe and International SIGs to do a joint progression at 2010 Technical Summit 0
• Announcing the Chapter’s New Job Board 0
• 2009 Annual Symposium on Plain Language and Usability 0
• STC Launches Online Buyers Guide & Consultant Directory 0
• STC Offers Four Online Certificate Courses 0
• STC Live Web Seminars in August and September 0
• U.S. Government Acknowledges Technical Writers As Distinct from All Other Writing Professions 0
• Announcing STC’s Job Seeker Boot Camp 0
• STC Presents Government Data on the Job Market for Technical Writers 0
• Applications for Fellow Due 5 October 0
• 2010 Summit Call for Proposals 0
• STC SUMMIT@aClick is now available 0
• STC’s Notebook Blog 0
• STC WDC Open House 2009 0
• How to Write an Instruction Manual 0
• 2009 STC WDC Chapter Election Results 0
• Are You an STC Member or Employee Listed as an Employee of the Saudi Telecom Company? 0
• W3C’s Editor/Browser, Amaya 11.2, is a Free Cross-Platform Editor 0
• LavaCon Conference on Professional Development in New Orleans: Receive free performance coaching with early registration 0
• Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) Conference 0
• International Society of Logistics (SOLE) Conference 0
• Plain Language Association InterNational (PLAIN) Conference 0
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Conference 1
• American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Conference 0
• Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Conference 0
• American Translators Association (ATA) Conference 0
• 2009-2010 STC WDC Chapter Elections Now Open 0
• LCR Calendar for Community Leaders 0
• A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the STC Summit 0
• Congratulations to Our Int’l Tech Pubs Competition Winners! 0
• Associate Fellow Nominations Due 5 October 0
• Raise Money for STC Simply by Searching Online 2
• STC Webinars in July 2009 0
• Changes Coming to STC International Competitions 0
• APEX 2009 Grand Award Judges’ Comments 0
• DC Chapter 2009 APEX® Grand Award Winner! 2
• STC is Looking for Ideas on How to Help the Financial Crisis 0
• UPA-DC Event on June 24: iPhone Ergonomics and Designing for a Dynamic Form Factor 0
• Conversations in Public Relations Video about STC WDC 0
• Managing Successful Web Seminars 0
• Congratulations to New Associate Fellow, David Dayton 0
• Link to the We Love DC Blog Added to the Chapter’s Blog 1
• Social Networking: Not Just for Humans 0
• Navigating the Job Search Today 1
• Escaping Solitary Confinement: More Networking Tips for Freelancers, Work-at-Homers and Other Professionals 0
• Photos from 2009 STC Tech Comm Summit, Atlanta, GA 0
• Ginny Redish – Letting Go of the Words (Podcast Interview at STC Summit) 0
• Recording of Similar David Pogue Keynote Found 1
• RSS Feeds Added to Job Announcement Pages 0
• You’re Invited! And It’s Free! 0
• Swine Flu Info from the CDC and HHS 2
• Headline: “Laid-off boomers having trouble finding jobs Many of them are years away from retirement” 0
• STC Moves into New Offices, 29 April 09 0
• Career Makeover Institute Sessions Added to the Conference 0
• Changes to Employment Booth at the Conference 0
• Twitter Tips: Be Both Professional and Conversational 0
• 23 April, Talk Like Shakespeare Day 0
• Early Bird Deadline Extended to 24 April 0
• Unnecessary Quotation Marks 0
• Job Booth at the Technical Summit 0
• 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice 0
• IABC/Washington president, Tomeka Rawlings 0
• Welcome to Our New Chapter Members 1
• STC WDC Wins Community of Distinction Award 0
• Chapter-sponsored Scholarships & Stipends for the STC Summit 0
• Reduced Room rate extended to 15 April! 0
• Two Technical Editing SIG Scholarships Available for 2009 0
• Our LinkedIn Group’s Job Board 1
• Looking for Work? 0
• STC Wikinomics presentation available 0
• Admin Council Nominations 0
• Summit-At-A-Glance Updated 0
• STC Wants Your Opinion on Twitter and Virtual Conferences 0
• It’s STC Election Time! 0
• Medieval Help Desk Call 0
• What is a Technical Writer? 0
• Drastic Typos Call For Creative Measures 0
• STC Offers 250 Summit Scholarships to Members Who Have Been Laid Off 0
• Technical Summit 2009 Tweme is #stc09 0
• STCWDC on Twitter 0
• Technical Summit 2009 Room-Share Forum 0
• Conference Program Updates & Other News 0
• Split-payment Option for Conference Registrations 0
• STC Offers Split-payment Option for Members’ Dues 0
• Let us know if you are attending the STC Annual Conference in May 0
• Don’t Give Up Hope! (U.S. Tax Tips) 0
• Here Comes Another Dot.com Bubble 0
• Sandi Harner, Candidate for Nominating Committee 0
• Karen Baranich, Candidate for STC Director 0
• Makarand Pandit, Candidate for STC Director 0
• Brian J. Lindgren Running for STC Treasurer 0
• W.C. Wiese Announces Candidacy for Second Vice President of STC 0
• We’re Hiring. (Really, We Are.) 0
• Aiessa Moyna Announces her Candidacy for STC Treasurer 0
• Suzanne Guess announces her candidacy for the STC Nominations Committee 0
• Hillary Hart announces her candidacy for 2nd Vice-President, Society for Technical Communication 0
• Defining a Body of Knowledge 1
• STC Extends Early Bird Conference Registration for Members 0
• IDL SIG 2009 Scholarship – Applications Deadline Extended 0
• Notice: Scheduled Maintenance of Member Access System Thursday, 19 February* 0
• Webinar: Providing Effective Editing Comments 0
• How WE Are Smarter Than ME: An In-Depth Look Into Wikinomics 0
• MadCap Promotion for Unemployed & Skills Building STC Members 0
• Photos from the Competition Awards Celebration 0
• Fiction Writing Seminar 0
• The Elements of Internet Style 0
• ADP’s Award-Winning Solution to Streamlining Training Module Production 0
• An Elite Technical Publication: "Pictures of the Future" by Siemens 0
• What is "Content Strategy"? Who is a "Content Strategist"? 0
• Yellowstone quake story leaves grammarians ’strucken’ 0
• 15 February Deadline for STC Scholarship Application 0
• Much Lower Room Rates for Conference Hotel 0
• Attend All Sessions—Even Concurrent Conference Sessions 0
• NEW: More Summit Detail—Earlier Than Ever 0
• Early Bird Rates for Conference Ends 18 Feb 0
• Interested in DITA Workshop Training? 2
• Changes for Checking Color Contrast 0
• Inauguration Day, 20 January 2009 0
• Browsershots: A Cross Platform Browser Test Tool 0
• Competition Winners Announced 0
• Accessibility Enhancements to the Chapter’s Main Site 0
• Looking for DC-area space in which to offer computer training? 0
• Happy New Year’s Membership Appreciation Event Discount 0
• Competition Awards Celebration: 7 Feb. 2009 1
• Calling All International Judges 0
• Renew your STC membership by 17 Dec 2008* to enter to win one of five iPod Shuffles! 0
• STC Member-Get-a-Member Campaign 0
• An Overview of Trends, Tools, and Technologies in Software User Assistance 0
• Chapter Member Bloggers 0
• Metro Baltimore Chapter Event: PhotoShop for Writers 0
• Photo Album Updated 0
• Redesign of the Chapter’s Web Site 1
• STC to Record Entire Conference in Atlanta! 3
• Networking, Virtual Networking and LinkedIn 3
• Photo Group Collections to Illustrate Your Blogs and Other Writing 0
• The Joy of Entering the 2008-2009 Competitions 0
• The Joy of Judging 0
• Web 2.0 and Technical Communication – How the New Internet is Increasing Communication Requirements 0
• Metro Baltimore STC 2008-2009 Season Kickoff and Networking Event 0
• Yarrr! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! 0
• Sigma Tau Chi, Alpha Sigma Applications Due 1 Nov 2008 0
• Webinar: DITA for Conditional Text 0
• STC Chooses One of Its Own for Editor Position 0
• Call for Proposals for Technical Communication Summit 2009 0
• WDC Chapter Open House & Competition Winners Exhibit 0
• WDC Chapter’s Technical Communication Competitions are Now Open! 0
• Chapter Salary Survey is Live 0
• De-Stress DC? Free Yoga and Meditation Session 0
• Announcing the Chapter’s LinkedIn Group 1
• Welcome to our new members 0
• STC 2007 Salary Database Available 0
• Memories of the Philadelphia Conference 0
• New Centralized NASA Imagery Archives 0
• NASA Goddard Gets on iTunes 0
• Stop-Motion Animation Example 0
• Madcap Flare Training – Baltimore, MD 2
• STC Tweets at Twemes & Live Blogging 0
• Future STC Conferences 0
• Technical Support Ended for Netscape Browser 0
• Welcome to May 2008’s new members 0
• Challenging all Conference Attendees 0
• Photos from Philadelphia 0
• Web 2.0 & Accessibility for Disabled Users 0
• Congratulations to Our International Competitions Winners! 0
• Chapter Newsletter is Now Online 0
• Webinar: Words, Words, Words! 0
• WDC Chapter Earns Excellence Award for 2007-2008 0
• Jennifer Reed Receives a Distinguished Chapter Service Award (DCSA) 0
• New Chapter Members 0
• Congratulations to the 2008-2009 Chapter Officers 0
• The Reading Railroad Terminal Market 0
• STC Technical Summit 0
• Administrative Council Conference Call 0
• Job Announcements for Chapter Members Only 0
• ‘Seam carving’ photo resizing now for video 0
• New EEI Training Schedule 0
• STC Bylaws Approved 0
• Getting to the 2008 Conference in Philly 0
• Localization Forum at tcworld 2008 0
• Let’s Recognize Our Volunteers 0
• Book Review: “Access by Design” 0
• Tutorial: Building Accessible Static Navigation with CSS 0
• Draft of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act 0
• How Do You Build a New Internet? 0
• Administrative Council Meeting 0
• Chapter Members’ Recent Publications 0
• New Book: Microsoft Word for Medical and Technical Writers 0
• How to Verify a Work-at-Home Jobs Web site is Valid 0
• Why I Didn’t Hire You: Mental Notes From This Side of the Interview Table 1
• The STC 2008 Conference Accessibility Guide is now available 0
• STC’s new COO and Director of Community Relations 0
• Nominations are Open for Chapter Admin Council 0
• STC Board Elections 0
• LCR and SIG Advocate as Your Main Contacts for Community Services 0
• Visions of the Competition Awards Celebration 0
• Can You Renew? 0
• What’s Your Story? 0
• Why I belong to STC 0
• Special Offer for STC WDC Chapter Members 0
• Webinar: Modular Writing and Reusability 1
• Come join us for the annual WDC Competition Banquet… 0
• WDC’s Competitions Awards Celebration 0
• STC Competition Awards Banquet – It’s for You, too! 0
• Cocktails at the Ritz 0
• Amazon.com Gift Cards 0
• Snap Shots Blog Tool Update 0
• Administrative Council Meeting 0
• Webinar: Cool Tools for Tech Writers for Less Than $100 0
• So, What Can You Copy? 0
• Blogs in Plain English 0
• How Copyright Affects What You Post on a Web Site 0
• STC WDC’s 2007 Holiday Party 1
• Chapter Member Helps New Orleans Rebuild 0
• Administrative Council Teleconference 0
• Advanced Documentation Project Management Workshop 0
• Administrative Council Meeting 0
• Ginny Redish’s New Book Reviewed in “Communicator’s eNEWS” 0
• “Blogging for Search Engines” Handout Available 0
• Ban Negativity 0
• Don’t Give Out a Business Card Until You Listen to This! 0
• It’s the Last Impression That Counts 0
• Meetings: Who You Know Can Be As Important As What You Know 0
• Good news for our STC members! 1
• Usability Professionals Assemble in Washington DC for User Focus 2007 0
• Finding and Posting Job Announcements on the Web 0
• Who’s afraid of the Mailman list? 0
• STC WDC and Freelancer’s Lunch Bunch… 0
• Web Content Management – CM Pros Fall 2007 Summit – Register Early! 0
• Related Seminars and Workshops In DC Metro Area 5
• Related Seminars and Workshops Outside DC Metro Area 4
• John Travolta and the WDC Chapter Open House 0
• Metro Baltimore STC Kickoff and Networking Event 0
• Washington Independent Writer (WIW) Monthly Pubspeaks 0
• What Frustrates Blind Users on the Web: Research on 100 Blind Users 0
• When to Wiki, when to Blog 0
• Chapter Competitions are Open! 0
• Deadline for Competition Entries 0
• WordPress webapp framework. More than a blogging engine. More than a CMS. 0
• “Web 3.0″ History and Debates 0
• Etymology of “Web 2.0″ 0
• Welcome to 9 new chapter members 0
• Northeast Ohio Regional Conference 0
• Chapter Year Summer Planning Meeting 0
• NISO/BISG Announce Agenda for Information Standards Forum 0
• Survey of Former Members Launched 0
• New Members in April 2007 0
• Area Independents Unite! 0
• Highlights from the Volunteer luncheon on Saturday 0
• STC Membership Renewals by 30 June 0
• Administrative Council Teleconference 0
• Conference Photos May07 0
• Calling all Freelancers, Work-at-Homers, and Other Independent Professionals 0
• Conference Recap and Volunteer Recognition Luncheon 0
• Report: Most Aren’t Rushing Into Web 2.0 2
• Congratulations to David J. Dick… 0
• Congratulations to Dr. Thomas E. Pinelli… 0
• New Chapter Funding Model… 0
• Monday at the Conference 0
• Chapter Wins Excellence Award 0
• Photos from the Annual Conference 0
• The Fredericksburg area STC lunchers… 0
• Chapter Adds 7 New Members 0
• The Spring 2007 edition of Capital Letter is now available 0
• WDC CIC SIG Event: Breaking Out of Solitary Confinement: Networking Tips for Freelancers, Work-at-Homers and Other Professionals 0
• Conference Recap and Volunteer Recognition Luncheon 0
• STC’s (Online) Sharing Corporate Knowledge Institute – the site is now LIVE 0
• Announcing the results of the 2007 Society election 0
• Weekly Announcements 0
• Scholarship Fundraising 0
• Northeast Ohio Chapter Regional Conference: Call for Proposals 0
• Membership news… 0
• Amazon.com & the chapter’s scholarship fund 0
• Living On Words: Get Inspired, Get Writing, Get Published! 0
• STC Telephone Seminar: Choosing the Right Usability Technique (to answer the right question) 0
• STC’s 54th Annual Conference 0
• Evolution: From Paper to an Interactive Web 2.0 0
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