March 2006
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The STC SIGS you can join are:
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Academic
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AccessAbility
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Canadian Issues
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Consulting and Independent Contracting (CIC)
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Emerging Technologies
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Environmental, Safety, and Health Communication
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Illustrators and Visual Designers
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Information Design and Architecture
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Instructional Design and Learning (IDL)
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International Technical Communication
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Lone Writer
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Management
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Marketing Communication
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Online
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Policies and Procedures
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Quality and Process Improvement
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Scientific Communication
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Single Sourcing
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Technical Editing
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Usability & User Experience
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IDL (Instructional Design and Learning) SIG
Announces its first one-hour webinar available to members and non-members.
March 15, 2006, 1:00 p.m. ET. Michael Tillmans will present on the topic of “Successful ID: Where Theory and Practice Meet”
Cognitive psychology has a lot to tell us about how people learn. It's up to us to use those findings to create interesting and challenging learning materials for our clients. This webinar will identify the key research findings that apply to most common types of learning situations - information, concepts, principles/problem solving, procedures and attitudes - and match them with teaching templates that can be used for instructors, print, or online learning.
To register, go to: http://www.stcsig.org/idl/webinar/. You may register you and your co-workers at a single site with one computer and one phone line. Each additional phone line requires an additional registration.
Registration fees:
$50 for IDL SIG Members
$65 for non-members
Usability SIG
International Technical Communication : How to Export Information about High Technology by Nancy L. Hoft (Wiley, 1995), is a guide for creating effective international technical communication.
A SIG member said that this book is a compendium of tips like this:
...If the introduction to a bullet list is not a complete thought and each item in the list completes the thought, translators must rewrite the entire list so that it makes sense in the target language.
According to the publisher (from Amazon), it provides "Strategies, techniques and practical tips demonstrate how to communicate internationally quickly, cheaply and well. Includes anecdotes, examples, graphics, worksheets, a reference of universal international information and a list of dozens of international resources that can provide data on target countries and users."
CIC (Consultanting and Independent Contracting) SIG
Three members of the CIC SIG have received the Distinguished SIG Service Award (DSSA) for their long-term service to the SIG. Below are their names and citations.
- Dr. Thomas (Tommy) Barker
For sustained leadership and support of the Consulting and Independent Contracting SIG and for mentoring future SIG leaders.
- Jodie Gilmore
For her ongoing efforts to update and improve the Consulting and Independent Contracting SIG Web site and for her responsiveness to all Web site matters.
- Rich Maggiani
For his outstanding service as Membership Manager of the Consultant’s and Independent Contractors SIG, and for his promotion of and participation in CIC SIG events at annual STC International Conferences.
SIG Signals
When you join or renew your STC membership, you have several options. Classic and E-memberships offer combinations of chapter and SIG (Special Interest Group) affiliations. Many Phoenix community members also belong to SIGS, as demonstrated by Tech Comm 2005. There are also SIGs within local communities, for example our FUN SIG. As with local communities, SIGS are only as active as their membership. Most offer newsletters and e-mail discussion groups.
This monthly column will present SIG happenings and offerings. Contributions from SIG members are strongly encouraged and very welcome.