Register here for the March community meeting

Patricia Golemon will present information about communicating and working with people from different cultures and how improving our intercultural awareness can provide us with increased employment opportunities and ease in the workplace.

Patricia is an associate professor of professional writing at the University of Houston Downtown. Her research interests include intercultural and technical communications. She has worked in a variety of industries providing communication and marketing services here and abroad and taught writing and literature a year in Taiwan on a Fulbright.

Have you renewed your membership to the Society for Technical Communication and the Lone Star Community?
What are you waiting for?! 

It's time for the Membership Renewal Challenge!

If you renew by March 19, not only do you get the great benefits provided by the Lone Star Community and STC, but you could help us win SIX great prizes include an HD LCD Monitor, a 2010 Summit Registration and Membership upgrades, that will be raffled off the members of the chapter winning the Renewal Challenge.  There has never been a better time to renew!

Go directly to www.stc.org and RENEW TODAY!

The benefits of being a member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) Lone Star Community (LSC) are many! Here are just a few:

• Monthly networking and program meetings
  September through May, monthly LSC meetings present programs of interest to professional technical communicators. The monthly meetings are an opportunity to learn about work-related topics and to network with fellow technical communicators.
• Job Bank listings
  Post an opening or browse for a new position! The LSC Job Bank maintains a free job posting service as a benefit to current and prospective members. Agencies, companies, and recruiters who advertise positions through the Job Bank pay no fees. Over the years, this service has helped many of the Lone Star Community's members find permanent or contract jobs.
• Lone Star Help Desk
  
• Annual competitions
  Annual Competitions for Online Communications, Technical Publications, and Technical Art encourage tech comm professionals to submit their work product for judging. Our members participate in the judging process. Submissions are accepted in the fall and judging is held in November. Winners are announced at the annual Awards Banquet in January.
• Professional Publications, including the award-winning Technically Write newsletter
  The community's award-winning newsletter. Keep informed about meetings, seminars, conferences, workshops, competitions, employment reports, survey results, scholarships, community service projects, and mentoring opportunities.
• Be a Superstar!
  LSC volunteers can achieve Superstar status by attending meetings, participating on committees, judging competitions and helping with social service activities. Awards are presented annually.
• Scholarship awards
  Traditional education and professional development scholarships are awarded annually to applicants who demonstrate excellent writing skills and a desire to further their education or professional development in the field of technical communication.
• SIN SIG
  Are you Shy? Inactive? New? Then SIN SIG (special interest group) is just the place for you! SIN SIG meets each month before the general meeting begins (except the night of the Annual Banquet). Come a little early to the monthly meeting and join us. You will meet new people and learn about LSC opportunities.

Your February Technically Write is ready for reading. You'll find a new drop-down menu on the left to help you navigate through the newsletter a bit easier. Changes will continue as time permits.

You can find it by clicking on Newsletter in the top or left menus or by going directly to: http://www.stc-dfw.org/newsletter/current/2010_TW_January-May.html

In this issue, you'll read:

• Kristin talking about membership, Summit volunteers, Lone Star news, and winter wonderland predictions
• Jim Korth's articles:
  • Reviewing our January program from our very own Heather Steele and Kristy Nolan
  • Telling you about our February program, The State of STC as the New Decade Dawns, with Hillary Hart, STC 2nd Vice President
• Arroxane Eber sharing about Social Networking: All a-Twitter
• STC Director candidate articles from Nicky Bleiel, Mak Pandit, Tricia Spayer, and W. C. Wiese
• Scholarship Winner Articles from Brett Oppegaard and Carie Lambert

March deadline is March 7.

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Enjoy Technically Write! It's your Lone Star communication connection.

The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is the world's largest professional organization for people involved in technical communication. The Lone Star Community (LSC) is one of the largest communities in the U.S., drawing members from all over the Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex area.

We are writers, editors, graphic artists, web content managers, as well as usability experts, consultants, information managers, educators and students. We work in many industries including telecommunications, software, semiconductor, financial, medical, and transportation. The community provides leadership and direction for its members and promotes professional growth through meetings, workshops, seminars, conferences, mentoring, and networking.