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Past Events
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Recap: STC Summit 2021 Tech Comm Conference
Each year, the Society for Technical Communication (STC) hosts the annual Summit conference for all things related to technical communication. As with last year, the conference was virtual this year, which means that attendees get the added value of online...
Recap: STC Rochester Spectrum Conference 2021
The STC Rochester chapter hosted a suite of speakers at their annual Spectrum conference to address the following questions. How do we sustain our practice of technical communication and career growth in this challenging time? How do we stay flexible? How...
Recap: SIGDOC 2020 Conference
In October 2020, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group Design of Communication (SIGDOC) held its 38th annual conference. But as with most conferences this year, the format was virtual, which means that you can still...
Recap Part II: Portfolio 101 Panel
The next session in the Portfolio 101 workshop was a roundtable discussion with Alexandra Dermigny, Catherine Sprankle, Lois Shank, and Tony Russo who discussed what makes an outstanding portfolio in their respective industries. Panel speakers: Alex Dermingy...
Recap Part I: Portfolio 101 Workshop
Technical writer positions are being advertised even amidst the pandemic. You’ll see postings for full-time positions, internships, contractual, and freelance roles across various industries. Many employers are now asking for writing portfolios before even...
Event Recap: SpeedCon 2020
From home offices, kitchen tables, and guest rooms, around one hundred registered attendees joined SpeedCon, the annual conference hosted by NC State University’s Technical Communication Association (TCA). In compliance with current safety guidelines, the...
Event Recap: From Job Description to Job Offer
We all know the difficulties of writing a resume—explaining our accomplishments and skills in a stylish one- or two-page document is hard! You know what's even harder? Writing a resume that gets you an interview. Luckily, Christina Mayr, Information Architect and...
Event Recap: Freelancing as a career option
Look around the job boards and you'll see postings for freelance roles across many sectors. More and more, projects like books, websites, and software documentation require a short and sustained effort through publication. Many companies produce this...
Event recap: Virtual Reality eLearning with Adobe Captivate
As technical communicators, we share a goal with our peers in instructional systems design (ISD): we want our work to help the audience learn how to do something. At the October STC Carolina chapter meeting, Kevin Siegel of IconLogic demonstrated a Virtual...
Mentoring Meet ‘n Greet Recap
Transitioning to any new career can feel daunting. Often you run into the age old problem of how to gain experience before landing your first job, or maybe you are new to the area and just don’t know where to begin. For those of us transitioning to a career in...