technical communication

Photo Group Collections to Illustrate Your Blogs and Other Writing

October 5th, 2008by Cyn · No Comments Yet

Our Flickr account holds photos from conferences, banquets, and meetings. These are collected in photo albums on the Photos page. In addition to the chapter’s photos, we are connected to several groups in Flickr that contain interesting images to use for your blogs and other writing related to technical communication. Scroll to the section on [...]

The Joy of Entering the Competitions
Deadine is 20 October

September 30th, 2008by LinaSc · No Comments Yet

[ October 20, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] [caption id="attachment_401" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Put your best work on the map! Photo credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center."][/caption]In the fall, STC chapters hold local competitions. As the 2008-2009 Competitions Manager of the Washington DC chapter, I am continuing the tradition of presenting some of the reasons that technical communication professionals might enjoy entering the competitions.
Would [...]

The Joy of Judging

September 30th, 2008by Ann Ray · No Comments Yet

The STC Washington, DC Chapter’s annual Technical Publications, Online Communication, and Technical Art Competitions are open to receive entries. Would you like to see them? Are you ready to help evaluate them? If you think you may be, here’s the gist of what’s in store.
The Call for Entries in over 20 categories of technical communication [...]

Web 2.0 and Technical Communication - How the New Internet is Increasing Communication Requirements

September 23rd, 2008by Carolyn Kelley Klinger · No Comments Yet

[ November 18, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] (Speaker: Dick Davies; Location: La Madeleine, Library Room, 7607 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, Maryland. Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Click here to register and pay. Cost is $5 for everyone and does not include refreshments, which may be purchased at the restaurant.)

“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed” - William Gibson. [...]

WDC Chapter Open House & Competition Winners Exhibit

September 8th, 2008by Cyn · No Comments Yet

[ October 2, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Join us for the STC Washington, DC Chapter’s 2008 Open House and Exhibit. Be inspired by winning entries from the 2007-2008 STC International Technical Art and Technical Publications Competitions, meet new people, and reconnect with old friends.

Our Open House is an informal event during which you can mingle with other chapter members and guests, learn [...]