Editor Corner: STC and LSC Activities

by Jackie Damrau, Managing Editor

This time of year has many STC and LSC activities getting started. For STC, you have the Call for Proposals for the next annual conference. For LSC, we have the annual Competitions and nominations for the Binion Amerson Leadership Award (BALA).

Our September meeting was entertaining with Kathryn Poe and Matt Stringfellow telling us about pigs and chickens, which you’ll find a great review written by Marty Vick. Marty is a long-time LSC member who has been absent for a while, yet he’s back among us, so I put him to work writing the meeting review.

You’ll also find articles in this issue of Technically Write about email marketing, taking advantage of an interview, search engine optimization indicators, and a book review on marketing and pricing.

In STC news, you’ll want to make sure you don’t miss the October 20th deadline for the Call for Proposals for the 2009 STC 56th Annual Technical Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. You’ll also read about an STC member, Elizabeth Pohland, a Master’s in Tech Comm student at Texas Tech, who is the new Intercom editor.

The November issue is looking pretty empty. Your contributions are needed. Write about your experience with your career, a software tool, or the latest book you’re reading or have read. Feel free to contribute your articles by sending them to newsletter@stc-dfw.org.

With the monthly meeting changing to the third Thursday of the month, I realized that my newsletter article deadline calendar was not accurate. You’ll want to take a look at 2008-2009 Submission Deadlines for the revised dates.

From Paula Robertson, Senior Member:

“Hey gang, great first issue of the year! I see all kinds of “pizzazz”!! Good job, Jackie, on implementing the new and improved Meetings sidebar!”

From Jeanne Foster, Senior Member

“I was spurred on to read the August Technically Write when I heard Paula Robertson say that this month’s newsletter (or e-zine, really) has lots of pizzazz. Pizzazz is one of those nebulous terms that reminds me of Potter Stewart who purportedly said, “pornography is hard to define, but I know it when I see it.” (He later recanted that statement because he felt his view was, according to Wikipedia, “simply untenable.”)

“Well, back to pizzazz. It might be hard to define, but I think I know it when I see it, and I agree with Paula—the September edition is chock-full of pizzazz. From our new president’s welcome, which boldly tackles the reality of today’s economic impact on our chapter, to the September meeting teaser with its helpful sidebar, the September Technically Write is right on the mark and pizzazz-ful!”