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Welcome to STC Canada West Coast We are a geographic community of the Society for Technical Communication, a worldwide association dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of technical communication in all its facets. Our community is known as STC Canada West Coast and represents technical communicators throughout British Columbia. Website and Chapter Membership Welcome to the new chapter members! Thank you for joining our community. Please take the time to register on our website to get the most out of your membership dollars. STC Canada West Coast Chapter NewsChapter Wins Pacesetter Award for 2011Chapter Wins Pacesetter Award for Information Interview Service This award will be given at the Honors Banquet at the STC Summit. The citation will read: On behalf of the chapter, thank you Karen Rempel for proposing the IIS, then implementing this brilliant idea! Read more in the March issue of Intercom. About the Pacesetter Awards Program Karen Rempel published in March issue of IntercomWe are excited to let you know that an article about Karen Rempel’s brainchild, the Information Interview Service or IIS, appears in the March issue of Intercom. In it she describes the impetus and a process for implementing the service. It’s become a stalwart replacement to a stagnant mentoring program. The IIS is a simple yet brilliant idea—pair aspiring writers with seasoned ones. The only surprise was its success—by month three the Information Interview Service topped the number of interviews the chapter projected for the year. It seemed natural for the revitalized chapter to tell the whole STC organization about the IIS. Naturally, we applied for a Pacesetter award. The Information Interview Service meets the criteria:
Winners will be announced at the Honors Banquet at the STC Summit. Fingers crossed.
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From the Latest Issue of Coast Lines President's Message: April 2012 DigestThis issue we highlight events and new beginnings. The chapter will be cited at the STC Summit for winning the Pacesetter award, the contractors group meets in May, members acclaim officers for 2012/13 and the search for VP is extended, just like in 2011, 2010, 2009… Pam Drucker Feature: April program report: The Content Strategy ParadoxRahel Baille, a vocal advocate of content strategy, addressed its challenges. Realizing the connection between business communications, technical communication, information architecture, usability, and content and information management enabled her to develop the role of content strategist. However, most companies tackle content strategy from the angle of web design or marketing. Rarely is actual content addressed. Article by Josh Stubbs, Photos by Marika Piehler Viewpoint: Top 10 things not to do at an information interview!Technical writing students can be expected to regard informational interviews as an important step in beginning their careers. Karen Rempel relates her recent experience with a student who demonstrated a startling lack of awareness at his interview. Karen Rempel Register to View the Job Postings You must register to see job postings on this site Job bank postings are limited to members of the STC Canada West Coast chapter. (Employers can still post their jobs without registering.) To register, go to the Registration page. You will need your STC member number to register. We do our best to process your registration within 48 hours. Note that the user name and password that you use to access the stc.org site will not work on this site. Most Recent Forum Topics1 May 2012 notes from STC-CWC Consultants and Independent Contractors meetupFree Library of Icons and SymbolsCommuting from Gibsons to VancouverRecent Salary Survery for BC?Yoga Outreach - Reach Out Challenge |
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