The Carolina Chapter of STC

Michael Harvey, chapter president, submitted the STC Carolina chapter's activities for the past year to the Community Achievement Award Evaluation Committee. He has received word that the Carolina Community has earned the Excellence award for 2007-2008.

The citation on our certificate will read...

For innovative methods and programs to support the chapter theme of reinvention.

The STC Carolina community will be recognized during the Leadership Day event on Sunday, June 1, at the Summit in Philadelphia. Jenna Moore, currently the chapter's Vice President, will receive the certificate and the feedback comments from the CAAEC judge.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in chapter activities, making this award possible, and special thanks to Michael Harvey, Jenna Moore, Larry Kunz, and others who prepared the application for the award!

Vote for the leaders who'll serve on the Carolina chapter Administrative Council for 2008-2009. To vote now, click here: http://www.stc-carolina.org/tiki-take_survey.php?surveyId=6

You must be a Carolina chapter member, with a valid login account at stc-carolina.org, in order to vote.

Voting closes on May 27.

• Monthly Chapter Meeting: Structured Authoring and DITA
• Getting in Practice for the N.C. Primary (Chapter Elections)
• Getting Involved
• Social Networking Applications
• Coming Events

• Monthly Chapter Meeting: Web 2.0 Show and Tell
• STC Elections
• Getting Involved
• 2008 Competitions: Jennifer Raisig, Presiding!
• Technical Communication Summit Early Bird Rates Extended through April 15
• Website Resources
• Coming Events

The Carolina chapter proudly presents the latest edition of the Carolina Communiqué, the chapter's online newsletter. Articles include the following:

• Book Review: Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools (Amy Olson)
• Change to STC's Fiscal Year to Improve Financial Management (W. C. Wiese)
• Conference Recap: DITA 2007 East (Michael Harvey)
• Dear Viv: Advice for the Discerning Technical Communicator 1Q08 (Viv)
• Documents That No Project Cannot Be Without (David Dick)
• Don't Take This the Wrong Way: Using the Myers-Briggs Personality Types to Avoid Conflict (Andrea Wenger)
• Looking At GUI Libraries: Spotlight On Infragistics (Natalie Flowers)
• Meeting Recap: Myers-Briggs in the Workplace (Christina Eftekhar)
• President's Message: Silver and Gold (Michael Harvey)
• Providing Value: STC Takes the Lead (Larry Kunz)
• STC Leadership Challenge: Reaching Out and Reaching In (Lisa Pappas)

To read the newsletter online or save the articles as PDF for offline viewing, visit http://newsletter.stc-carolina.org.