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The Evolution of Tech Comm Careers: How Writers in Today’s Bay Area Workplaces Exceed Conventional Expectations about What We Do

Join us for our monthly meeting, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.

The stereotype still may be that technical communicators write technical manuals, period. But the reality in Bay Area workplaces is much different.   more>>

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Welcome to the Society for Technical Communication (STC) San Francisco Chapter. San Francisco is one of the six greater Bay Area STC chapters.

STC San Francisco is committed to contributing to the professional development of the technical writing community through its monthly meetings, chapter events, newsletters, employment resources, conferences, and networking opportunities.more>>

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Please participate in the STC San Francisco Chapter Membership Survey!

We value your thoughts and feedback about our monthly meetings. The success of this chapter survey depends on the quality of your feedback. Your information will tell us what you think is important and what you feel about our chapter. Please take advantage of this opportunity.

This survey starts on June 16, 2009 and closes on June 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM.

The survey link is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BhCE8xnFDWwLL2uoVZlKug_3d_3d

Berkeley Globalization Conference (LISA @ Berkeley)
Language—Society—Technology


When: August 3-5, 2009   more>>

Current Newsletter
The June/July 2009 ActiveVOICE includes the following:

Meeting Reviews

April 2009 Meeting—Using a Portfolio to Ace a Job Interview
How do you sell yourself after you have your foot in the door of a prospective client or employer? Jack Molisani led the audience through the steps you can take to make yourself as attractive as possible on paper. more>>
reviewed by Louise Galindo

May 2009 Meeting—Deeper Instructional Design: Learning Design for How People Really Learn
Why are drop out rates for e-learning as high as 80%? Dr. Clark Quinn explained how to liven up rote instructional design to engage and motivate the learner. Deeper instructional design incorporates cognitive research findings on our brain and how we really learn into the design process. more>>
reviewed by Hallie Sinor

Chapter News

President's Notes and News

by Gilbert Gonzalez more>>

New Members
by Marie Mcelravy and Larry Pastori
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