Wednesday, November 29, 2006

STC Four Lakes Podcast Series - STC Executive Director Susan Burton

Four Lakes President Keith Hoffman interviews STC Executive Director Susan Burton
Listen by clicking the link above. No iPod required. Susan discusses the big things happening with STC, gives an overview of the annual conference in Minneapolis, and shares her view on the future of the technical communication profession.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Two new Job postings: 1 in Madison; 1 telecommute

Several new jobs have been posted to the STC 4 Lakes web site employment section. Codeworks Inc is looking for up to 3 technical writers for a client on the West Side of Madison. Also, Sylantro Systems out of the Bay area is looking for a technical writer - this is a telecommute position.

Thanks!

Chad Beery
STC 4 Lakes Board Member
IBM - Rational Software

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Listen to Our First Edition of the STC 4 Lakes Podcast!

STC 4 Lakes Podcast Series
Podcast - Interview with Traci Kelly from UW 11/02/2006
My interview with Traci Kelly from the University of Wisconsin Technical Communication certificate program.

Listen in by clicking the link above. No iPod required. Traci is helping the studens organize their own technical communication organization, which will eventually be affiliated with STC, and is also looking for help. In the spring semester, she is teaching a class titled "User Manuals and Software Documentation." She has four things in mind:
  1. Would any members be willing to contribute hardcopy examples of user manuals/software docs that I could use as examples in class?
  2. Are there any small projects that members might be willing to share and let a team of students work on as a "real" case?
  3. Could members donate any time to speak to my students about the processes that they follow to develop docs for manuals or software support?
  4. Would any member be willing to speak to the TCOM folks about globalization, global Englishes, patent writing, or grant writing?

Keith Hoffman - President, STC Four Lakes