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By Jackie Damrau,1st VP
Our president, Debbie Wiles, set the strategic goal and vision for the Lone Star Chapter this year to be centered on how we can influence and measure our effectiveness within the DFW marketplace. Following her theme of increasing membership, my plans for the program year will center on people. Technical communicators serve in many roles in addition to technical writers. We are called communications specialists, documentation specialists, instructional designers, information architects, technical consultants, etc.
The September, October, and May meetings focus on the consultant/information architect role. In November and February, our meetings provide you with information on job interviewing techniques and how to remain ethical in a slow economy. For the March meeting, we will partner with the local chapter of the American Medical Writers Association to hear about medical writers, and in April we will hear one of our own members talk to us about metrics.
We have talent from California and Texas on our schedule. Come enjoy the meetings. Network with your friends, colleagues, and new members. Meet members of a different local professional organization, and simply have fun!
Date/Location |
Speaker/Event |
Topic |
September 11, 2003 Crowne Plaza – Addison |
Suzanne Saxe President, Advance Consulting Tiburon, California |
"Building Business Partnerships: The Key to Your Success" |
*October 8, 2003 Crowne Plaza – Addison |
Andrea Ames Associate Fellow STC First Vice President Redwood City, California |
"Designing for People: Human Factors for Technical Communicators" |
November 13, 2003 Crowne Plaza – Addison |
Alison Shillings Perot Systems Corporation Plano, Texas |
"Hire Me! Candidate to Employee: Effective, Targeted Techniques for Successful Job Interviews" |
December 11, 2003 Crowne Plaza – Addison |
Holiday Party |
"Celebrating Our Members" |
*January 15, 2004 DFW Airport Marriott – Irving |
Awards Banquet |
"Annual STC Competition Awards" |
February 12, 2004 DFW Airport Marriott – Irving |
Linda Oestreich STC Director Sponsor Region 5 Houston, Texas |
"Keeping Ethical in a Poor Job Market" |
March 11, 2004 Crowne Plaza – Addison |
Dr. Arushi Sinha American Medical Writers Association Dallas, Texas |
"Medical Writing: An Incipient Profession" |
April 8, 2004 Crowne Plaza – Addison |
Kathlyn Auten Texas Instruments Dallas, Texas |
"My Favorite Metrics" |
*May 6, 2004 Crowne Plaza – Addison |
Kim Hankins The Bergerac Company Dallas, Texas |
"Success Talk: Break Through the Communication Breakdown" |
*Indicates meeting date other than 2nd Thursday
Start your year off on September 11th by coming to find out about the consultative approach and how to build your keys to business partnership success. You can register at www.stc-dfw.org or by calling 972-558-1622. Remember to register by 5:00 PM on the Monday before the meeting.
Ciao for now!