Society Events

(Reprinted from the December 2005 issue of Tieline, an STC publication.)

February 22, 2006

Susan Haire, Amy Himes, and Marella Colyvas will present an STC Web-telephone seminar, "Improve Your Technical Communication Skills through Creative Writing Techniques," from 1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time. The presenters will demonstrate how to adapt techniques of fiction writing for use in technical writing. Register at stc.webex.com.

March 8, 2006

Caroline Stern will present an STC Web-telephone seminar, "Instructions for Writing Instructions: Guidelines for Organization and Content," from 1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time. Stern will examine effective design to help participants write, edit, and teach effective process explanation. Register at stc.webex.com.

March 24–25, 2006

The Atlanta Chapter STC will hold Currents 2006, its annual technical communication conference, at the Atlanta campus of Mercer University. For more information, please contact:

Leigh Richardson
lrichardson@intellisync.com

March 31, 2006

The Rochester Chapter STC will hold Spectrum 2006, an all-day conference focusing on coming trends and directions in technical communication, at the RIT Inn and Conference Center in Henrietta, New York. Keynote speakers will be Suzanna Laurent, president of Communications Design Group and current president of STC, and Jared Spool, CEO of User Interface Engineering. For more information, please contact:

Tom Moran
tfmcad@rit.edu

April 6–7, 2006

The Manitoba Chapter STC and Red River College will hold their annual conference, Technology and People: The/Write/Connection, at the Princess Street Campus of Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada. For more information, please contact:

Henry Shorr

(204) 945-7298
hshorr@mts.net

May 7–10, 2006

STC's 53rd Annual Conference will be held at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Post-conference workshops and tutorials will be held on May 11.

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