STC Rochester Chapter http://www.stc-rochester.org Advancing technical communication in upstate NY since 1958 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:12:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Don’t Delay- Renew Today! http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/03/11/dont-delay-renew-today/ http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/03/11/dont-delay-renew-today/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:46 +0000 Chapter Website Team http://www.stc-rochester.org/?p=176 STC National has extended the grace period for membership renewal.
You have until March 31 to renew your STC membership to keep access to:

  • The member portion of the STC website
  • Intercom
  • Technical Communication
  • All member benefits, including the benefits of belonging to the Rochester Chapter.
]]> http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/03/11/dont-delay-renew-today/feed/ March 16: Online Learning http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/03/05/march-16-online-learning/ http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/03/05/march-16-online-learning/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:24:46 +0000 Chapter Website Team http://www.stc-rochester.org/?p=165 We’ve invited Dr. Richard Fasse to speak on “Why Online Learning is Better than Traditional Face-to-Face Courses.” Dr. Fasse collaborates on new technology initiatives and strives to improve the quality in the nearly 200 online courses offered each quarter at RIT.

Reserve now. Space is limited for this event!

When: Tuesday March 16, 2010, 5:30-8:15 pm

Where: Label 7 Eatery & Bar, www.labelseven.com

Cost: $18 members; $20 guests/non members. Please RSVP to Estelle Holloway at Estelle.Holloway@lenel.com by 3:00, Thursday, March 11.

Click Here For Details

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The theme is Tech Comm 2.0: MAKING CONTACT. This educational conference, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Rochester on Friday, April 9th, is filled with a variety of hot topics in technical communication and social media. The sessions are geared to help you make contact with your end user in this day and age. See the program schedule for a complete list of sessions.

Register for the Rochester’s premier technical communication conference by 5:00pm EST on Monday, March 15th to get the early bird discount.

Registration will officially close at 5:00pm EST on Monday, April 5th, although you can register at the door at a higher cost.

To register, go to: https://www.regonline.com/spectrum_2010

 

 

]]> http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/03/02/register-for-spectrum/feed/ spectrum 2010 - Technology Then and Now http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/02/10/spectrum-2010-technology-then-and-now/ http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/02/10/spectrum-2010-technology-then-and-now/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:45:53 +0000 Chapter Website Team http://www.stc-rochester.org/?p=122 The spectrum 2010 Conference Committee is looking for your input. We would like to know what year you started in technical communication and what applications/hardware you used to do your job. With each of you contributing, we should be able to come up with an interesting display to show how far we have come. Please email Jennifer Angelo at jennifer.ferris@kodak.com by Friday, March 12th. spectrum 2010 is fast approaching! The theme for this year’s conference, which will be held on Friday, April 9th at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester, is Tech Comm 2.0: MAKING CONTACT. The program will focus on new technologies and techniques for communicating information. We hope you will join us.

Registration information will be coming very soon, so stay tuned!

]]> http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/02/10/spectrum-2010-technology-then-and-now/feed/ Call for Vendors, Sponsors, Advertiser, and Donors http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/01/14/call-for-vendors-sponsors-advertiser-and-donors/ http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/01/14/call-for-vendors-sponsors-advertiser-and-donors/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:58:57 +0000 Chapter Website Team http://www.stc-rochester.org/?p=120 The spectrum committee is looking for exhibitors to showcase their products at the conference. Whether you wish to support the conference as a Sponsor, Vendor, Advertiser, or Donor, this event is a great opportunity to make contact with over 100 technical communicators in the Rochester area and surrounding regions.

Instructions

  1. Review the attached form: spectrum 2010 supporter request.
  2. Choose your level of support.
  3. Sign and return the form, payment, artwork, and/or materials to the respective committee members.
]]> http://www.stc-rochester.org/2010/01/14/call-for-vendors-sponsors-advertiser-and-donors/feed/ STC Rochester Enters the TwitterSphere! http://www.stc-rochester.org/2009/10/22/stc-rochester-enters-the-twittersphere/ http://www.stc-rochester.org/2009/10/22/stc-rochester-enters-the-twittersphere/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:28:33 +0000 Chapter Website Team http://www.stc-rochester.org/?p=104 Per the suggestion of Ann Wiley, Debbie Strellrecht has created a Twitter account for our chapter. The account is for sharing spectrum 2010 updates, chapter news, and tech comm ideas.

Debbie is our spectrum 2010 PR Chairperson.

Follow http://twitter.com/stc_rochester.

Note: Hash tags in our tweets: #stcorg, #stc_rochester, #web2.0

If you would like to tweet using this ID, contact Debbie Strellrecht. Or if you want Debbie to post a tweet for you -send her the text. (140 chars or less!)

You can learn more about Twitter at http://help.twitter.com/portal. Or, contact Debbie with any questions.

 

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