We need you!
The Lone Star Community is gearing up for the 2009-2010 Competitions and needs experienced technical communicators to judge entries. Judges play a critical role in the success of our competitions. Entrants are not only hoping for an award, but also for constructive feedback on how they can improve their entries.
Judging is also a great way to improve your own work, since you examine and evaluate best-in-class examples of technical communications from another STC community.
Become a Judge
To qualify as a judge, you must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Five years experience as a technical communicator
- Given presentations or taught courses in the field of technical communication
- Published papers or articles in the field of technical communication
- Have a certification or degree in technical communicaiton or other applicable field
and select only one competition you wish to judge in:
- Online Communication Judges must have experience with online communication, such as online help systems, tutorials, demos, and so on. You will need the use of a PC or Mac with Internet access.
- Technical Art Judges should have experience with technical art communication.
- Technical Publications Judges should have experience with user guides, training materials, reports, white papers, journal articles, and so on.
Dates you must be available:
- October 10 - Attend mandatory judge’s training session, Saturday morning
- October 10 - November 14 - Evaluate assigned entries
- November 14 - Attend Consensus Judging Day
If you meet the criteria, complete the Judge's Application Form.
Team Judging Responsibilities
Each team will have a lead judge and two team judges.
Lead judges. Besides having prior judging experience, your key responsibilities are:
- Mentor team judges
- Provide direction in determining awards
- Receive and review completed evaluations from your team judges
- Record your team's award recommendations
- Ensure that all comments and entry materails are returned on Consensus Day
Team judges. Each person on the team evaluates his or her entries between October 10 and November 14. Once the team completed the individual evaluations, you will meet on Consensus Day or before to compare evaluations and agree by consensus on an award (Distinguished, Excellence, Merit, No Award) for each entry.
Teams also determine if any entries they rated as Distinguished or Excellence award winners should be nominated as Best of Show candidates. Teams can meet anytime before November 14 to complete their consensus judging, or they can meet at the facility provided on Consensus Judging Day, November 14.
Questions? Email Jackie Damrau, Competitions Manager, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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