STC's Technical Communication Summit is the premier education conference for technical communicators. This year the Summit will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, in Rosemont, Illinois (outside of Chicago). The conference theme is The Booming Business of Content: A New Era, New Opportunities.
The Sunday sessions listed below are preconference workshops and have an additional registration fee.
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When: May 15–18, 2022
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Effectively managing a technical communication group involves a unique set of skills: clearly communicating expectations regarding jobs, effectively evaluating performance, establishing a vision for your group, making a business case for proposed projects, and selling the services of your group.
This course develops these skills through a combination of discovery exercises (which leverage your existing knowledge), formal presentations (which describe the “must knows”) and... Details
When: March 8 – April 12, 2022
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Charged with developing a tutorial or similar instructional program? Or have you developed tutorials but are looking to do so more effectively?
This 4-session,course provides you with the skills needed to successfully produce effective learning programs, including following the ADDIE approach, writing instructional objectives, developing criterion-referenced quizzes and tests, describing the dominant Kirkpatrick model of evaluation, choosing an instructional strategy then... Details
When: March 8–29, 2022
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This four-week certification preparatory course provides an overview of the Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC) Foundation level exam offered through STC and AMPG International. This course will help you prepare for the Foundation level exam, providing a detailed review of each of the nine core competencies (project planning, project analysis, content development, organizational design, visual communication, written communication, reviewing and editing, content... Details
When: March 7–28, 2022
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This webinar will introduce you to the types of articles STC's researdh journal,Technical Communication, publishes and our manual preparation, submission, and review procedures.
The objectives of the webinar are to help you 1) identify topics that you might consider for manuscripts, 2) find potential collaborators from both industry and academia, 3) understand manuscript preparation strategies, and 4) understand the journal's review... Details
When: February 2, 2022
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iiRDS stands for intelligent information Request and Delivery Standard. It is an open standard for delivering smart content to applications, for example, technical documentation to documentation portals. Smart content enriched with iiRDS metadata turns your documentation content into a valuable information source for chatbots, guided troubleshooting, and customer self-service.
When: January 26, 2022
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This course will introduce you to the basics of markup with HTML and scripting with CSS. It will cover coding strategies, working with text editors, and the basics of publishing hand-coded content. You will learn how to build tables and forms using HTML, developing stylesheets and layouts with CSS, and strategies for integrating HTML and CSS in managing and publishing professional Web... Details
When: January 24 – February 14, 2022
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Medical writing, also called health writing or healthcare writing, is a high-paying specialty with plenty of interesting work for both freelancers and employees. Explore these opportunities and learn how to succeed as a medical writer in this course.
Your roadmap to success starts with understanding the medical writing marketplace and the key abilities and skills of medical writers. Building relevant skills and experience and developing a strong network that will help you... Details
When: January 20 – February 10, 2022
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Convoluted writing stuffed with abstract nouns and verbs, run-on sentences, and nominalizations is one of the major culprits of costly communications failure. Such writing usually leads to unnecessary follow-up emails or phone calls and seriously degrades office and project productivity.
This webinar teaches how to cleanup your English prose through a series of elimination techniques. The webinar also teaches how to avoid some of the most common writing pitfalls that make... Details
When: January 19, 2022
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This certification preparatory course provides an overview of the Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC) exam offered through STC and AMPG International. This course will help you prepare for the Practitioner level exam, providing an overview of the nine core competencies, and four specialization areas (project planning and analysis, visual communication, content development and organization, and writing and editing strategies) covered by the exam. Additionally, the... Details
When: January 19 – February 9, 2022
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