Chapter Events

STC Phoenix Events Calendar

What’s Up with Meetups?

Every day, more than 9,000 meetup groups get together in local communities. Join the Metro Phoenix Technical Communicators group at one of the following meetings: April 11 – Lunch in Chandler Apr 24 – Breakfast in Scottsdale May 14 – Happy Hour in North Phoenix See http://bit.ly/VOMGKh for... Read the full story

How to Be Famous in Your Profession

STC Program Meeting Let’s get together to share a Friday evening filled with wine, food, and an entertaining yet pertinent presentation by published author, consultant and motivational speaker John Hedtke (www.hedtke.com). Drawing on John’s 30 years in software and documentation, his topic,... Read the full story

Webinar: Multi-screen Content Authoring

With all the different communication devices available, how do you adapt your content to different device types?  How can you craft your content to support varying screen dimensions and user interaction types, like touch and hand gestures? In this webinar, Joe Welinske introduces the concept of responsive... Read the full story

Results of the Election of 2013 STC Phoenix Chapter Officers

The Nominations Committee is pleased to announce the election of our 2013 administrative council.  These STC Phoenix Chapter members ran unopposed and were elected unanimously: President:  Kim Rosenlof Treasurer:  Patricia O’Shea Fifteen of 46 eligible members voted during the November 1-7... Read the full story

Announcing the Slate of Candidates for the STC Phoenix Chapter Election

The Nominations Committee is pleased to present our slate of officer candidates for the STC Phoenix Chapter election. Elected officers will serve from January 1 through December 31, 2013. The chapter will conduct electronic voting this year from November 1-7.  A link to the ballot will be emailed to... Read the full story

Celebrate Technical Communication Week!

The governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, has proclaimed the week of October 14th as Technical Communication Week. Our thanks to Tom Barnett, past chapter president and current by-laws advisor, who submits the necessary request to the governor’s office each year to make it all happen. Tech. Comm. Week... Read the full story

World’s Most Continuous Celebration of Technical Communication

Technical communicators in the early 1980s had the inspiration to create Arizona’s first celebration of our great endeavor. Each year in the fall, the STC Phoenix Chapter sponsors and celebrates Technical Communication Week. 2012 Proclamation WHEREAS, recognition is given to the importance of... Read the full story

September Meeting: The Chapter’s Future

   Please Join Us for a Very Important Meeting (If desired, jump to meeting details) Since January, our chapter has had a number of firsts: We began providing access to the advisory council (CMAC) meeting minutes so that members could be aware of chapter management activities. We were given the... Read the full story

Content Strategy Workshop Coming on August 4

Would you like to use competitive analysis, analytics, and stakeholder research to better understand your target audiences? STC New York is conducting a low-cost content strategy workshop on Saturday, August 4th, which you can attend from the comfort of your own home.  (Or, if you happen to be in... Read the full story

Presentation Summit – Special Opportunities for Chapter Members

Do you create presentations? Do they pop or are they ho-hum? The Presentation Summit is coming to Arizona in October to help anyone who creates presentations distinguish themselves. Now in its 10th season, this summit has become one of the most prominent learning events in the world for content creators... Read the full story

Tech Writing – Exploring New Directions

Are you a seasoned Technical Communicator who has been re-examining your skills, but aren’t quite sure how to build on the skills you have? or how to market them? Are you new to the field and looking for ways to use your new-found skills? Or are you just curious about the directions others have explored... Read the full story

Open Mic Night Features Useful Devices

STC-Phoenix hosted an open microphone night on April 19 at Duck and Decanter in central Phoenix. The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) theme encouraged attendees to talk about favorite electronic devices and applications of interest to technical communicators. Attendees showcased a wide range of devices,... Read the full story

STC Presents Awards at AzSEF

by AzSEF manager, Miachelle DePiano STC-Phoenix continued its tradition of judging project reports at this year’s Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). We reviewed and judged nearly 500 reports by almost 600 students. This year’s AzSEF participants were different in that students must have... Read the full story

Open Mic Night April 19: BYOD

Due to the success of our last Open Mic night, we decided to do it again! Theme: BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Are you addicted to your IPAD, your Blackberry, your Kindle Fire? Have a favorite App? Got a tool you love?  How about a funny story about your experiences with a particular tool or device? ... Read the full story

Feb. 2012 Chapter Meeting Wrapup

Who said intellectual property and copyright  had to be boring??? Thanks to Barbara D’Angelo, local expert and the evening’s speaker, we were entertained and educated by Fair (y) Tale Use of Copyright by Stanford Law School and then had a lively discussion about the fact and fiction... Read the full story

February Meeting: Intellectual Property and Copyright

With the Wikipedia/Internet blackout a few weeks ago, intellectual property continues to be a hot topic in the news! It brings to light a number of questions that our speaker will address at our upcoming chapter meeting. Here are a few questions to get you thinking about how this might affect you: I’m... Read the full story

2011 Technical Communication Week

World’s Most Continuous Celebration of Technical Communication The governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, has honored us once again by proclaiming the week of November 6 – 12 as Technical Communication Week. Tech. Comm. Week is a special time of year in which STC members and others celebrate the value... Read the full story

mLearning – Learning Goes Mobile

Mobile devices are everywhere – but how effective are they as learning devices? Brent Schlenker, fresh from the DevLearn 2011 conference in Las Vegas, will answer this question and many more, at the quarterly STC Phoenix chapter meeting. What better way to celebrate Arizona’s Tech. Comm. Week... Read the full story

Our 2012 Slate of Candidates

The Nominations Committee is pleased to present our slate of candidates for the STC Phoenix Chapter election.  Elected officers will serve from January 1 through December 31, 2012.  A link to the online ballot will be emailed to all current chapter members, except student members, by November 1. ... Read the full story

Special Invitation for STC Members

Would you like to get a different perspective on the Technical Communication field? Or perhaps meet and mingle with a new group of people? Here’s your chance! The Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) is holding its annual convention in Scottsdale: When: October 6-8, 2011 Where: Chaparral... Read the full story

September Chapter Event – “Open Mic” Night at the Spaghetti Factory

Profiling the Local Tech. Comm. Community We all have stories to tell! Here’s your chance to talk about your role as a technical communicator. Take the floor for five minutes to give us a snapshot of your world: share where you work, your challenges, your successes, or perhaps offer some advice.... Read the full story

Better than Karaoke!

“Open Mic” Night at the Spaghetti Factory – Profiling the Local Tech. Comm. Community Here’s your chance to highlight to others the role you play as a technical communicator. Take the floor for five minutes to give us a snapshot of your world at work: share where you work, your... Read the full story

RSVP Today for Sat. Planning Meeting

by Kathy Graden, Chapter President Share your NEW with us.    Do you have new ideas and perspectives about the direction you would like to see the STC Phoenix Chapter take in the coming months? If so, come and share them at the chapter’s Annual Planning Meeting on Saturday, June 18th. We’re looking... Read the full story

Spotlight on Tech. Comm. for June 2011 Meeting

What’s happening at the June chapter meeting? To kick off the meeting, Marian G. Barchilon, Fellow, Society for Technical Communication, and the Phoenix chapter’s Education Manager, will share some of her experiences as a participant in the Faculty Fellowship Institute to Israel and discuss... Read the full story

June 2011 Chapter Meeting

June is the last program meeting until next Fall. It’s a time to look back at what we’ve accomplished as well as take a look at what could be…   To kick off the meeting, Marian G. Barchilon, Fellow, Society for Technical Communication, and the Phoenix chapter’s Education Manager,... Read the full story

June Chapter News

Books, Books, and more Books Come to the June meeting for our Book Bananza! Choose from hardcovers and paperbacks, fiction and non-fiction: 2 books for $3 or 4 for $5. Our Prez, Kathy, will be managing the sales. Proceeds go to the chapter and “leftovers” to charity. Feel free to contribute... Read the full story

Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools

With today’s mobile applications, multi-national corporations, and technologies that encourage working from home, more people than ever are working virtually.  Given that, what’s the best way to manage a virtual team effectively and efficiently? For May’s chapter meeting, Brenda Huettner... Read the full story

Congratulations, Phoenix Chapter Members!

Congratulations, members of the Phoenix Chapter of STC!  You did it.  Your support and membership renewal pushed our chapter into 3rd place in STC’s Chapter Renewal Challenge for Cat III chapters in STC, with a renewal rate of 61.73%, and it was a VERY slim margin to 2nd place winner Willamette... Read the full story

STC Phoenix Chapter Election Results

The Nominations Committee is pleased to announce the election of our short-term 2011 administrative council.  These STC Phoenix Chapter members ran unopposed and were elected unanimously: President:  Kathy Graden Vice President:  none Secretary:  David Goldberg Treasurer:  Debra Gabriel Program... Read the full story

Remix: Creating Graphics that People Understand

What’s Happening at the April 12th Chapter Meeting? Our featured speaker is Connie Malamed, who will be coming to Phoenix following her recent speaking engagements at the Learning Solutions Conference & Expo in Orlando, FLA, and the IA Summit in Denver, Colorado.  She is the author of Visual... Read the full story

Connect With Us Online

Our award-winning Phoenix chapter provides industry support, education, community service, and networking opportunities for chapter members, students and local businesses.
Learn more

Latest Chapter News