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Upcoming Webinar: Microcontent – Preparing Content for Intelligent Delivery

Join STC-Michigan Great Lakes and STC-Toronto on Tuesday, November 10, from 7–8:30 p.m. ET for the webinar Microcontent—Preparing Content for Intelligent Delivery presented by Joyce Lam!

About the Webinar

The path to intelligent microcontent is the next step in our journey in structured authoring. AI-powered cognitive content solutions perform best with content designed to be read by humans and processed by intelligent technologies. To deliver the right answer to prospects and customers, you need to optimize your content production approaches and begin crafting content with the precision humans appreciate and technology requires. Continue reading “Upcoming Webinar: Microcontent – Preparing Content for Intelligent Delivery”

STC Michigan Great Lakes Chapter Election Results

The 2020-2021 results of the STC Michigan Great Lakes Chapter Council Election are in! Many thanks to everyone who voted.

The STC Michigan Great Lakes chapter council officers for the 2020–2021 program year are:

  • Co-Presidents: Peggy Frizzo and Lynnette Pryce
  • Immediate Past President: Katherine Baeckeroot-Pavlovic
  • Vice President: Shannon Lewis-Hillstrom
  • Co-Treasurers: Pat Martz and Stephanie Sines
  • Secretary: Nikita Kennard

Committees:

  • Membership Manager and Social Media Manager: Kelly Smith
  • Event Registration: Heather Shelley
  • Nominations Committee: Maryann Bowen and Alison Phillips

We thank all of our volunteers council members and committee members for offering their time and talent to lead our chapter during our transition year!

Program Recap: Agile IRL

Agile is a set of methods and practices conceived in 2001 by 17 software developers who craved a radically different approach to the way teams developed software. In her virtual presentation on March 26, Heather Shelley provided an introduction to and a brief history of Agile, and used examples from her extensive experience to show how Agile was designed to work and how it actually works in real life (IRL). Continue reading “Program Recap: Agile IRL”

The 2020 STC Election is Open

The 2020 Society for Technical Communication (STC) election is now open and runs through March 9 at 5:00 PM ET. This is your opportunity to select the future leaders of the STC!

You can see the election slate and learn more about the candidates here: https://www.stc.org/wiki/elections/2020-election-slate/

Check your inbox and cast your vote today!

If you joined the STC or renewed your STC membership before January 31, 2020, you are eligible to vote and should have received an email from the STC with a link and instructions to cast your ballot.

If you are an eligible STC member and did not receive voting instructions, please email stc@stc.org.

World IA Day is February 22

What is World IA Day?

World IA Day was created to celebrate Information Architecture (IA) and to empower local leaders to keep growing and sharing ideas within their communities. The focus of the 2020 celebration is “The IA Element,” which highlights IA as the element that ties different ideas, developers, and end users together. Visit the World IA Day website to see a list of World IA Day events happening all over the country and around the globe! Continue reading “World IA Day is February 22”

Start the New Decade with New Opportunities!

It’s not only a new year around the corner; it’s a new decade! Why not kick it off with a renewed sense of purpose in your personal and professional growth? STC-SM has a wealth of opportunities in 2020 for you to add a new volunteer role, council member title, or published article to your resume. Or perhaps you just want to expand your network and engage with other technical communicators? How about gaining leadership experience? Fortunately, our chapter offers ways for you to explore all of these areas, and more! Continue reading “Start the New Decade with New Opportunities!”

End-of-Year Recognition and Networking Dinner on June 27

Please join us on June 27 in Plymouth to celebrate the end of our exciting 2018-2019 program year! We’ll enjoy delicious Italian fare and hear from those who attended the STC Summit in Denver, share our personal highlights and our accomplishments as a chapter, and recognize some outstanding contributions from STC-SM council members!

When

Thursday, June 27
6:00-8:00 p.m.

Where

Pizza e Vino
849 Penniman Ave.
Plymouth, MI 48170
(734) 254-0275
City of Plymouth parking map

All are welcome, so please bring a friend! STC membership is not a requirement to attend. The conversation and camaraderie are free, but everyone picks up the tab for their own food and drinks.

Registration

Please RSVP by June 26 so we can save you a seat.

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We hope to see you there!

Results of the STC-SM 2019-2020 Chapter Council Election

A big thank you to those of you who voted in the STC-SM chapter council election. The voting period is now over, and here are the official results!

There were 12 ballots submitted from 32 eligible voters, which is a 38% response rate. Each of the following candidates received 100% of the vote (12 votes) to confirm their council positions for the upcoming program year. There were no write-in candidates.

President: Katherine Baeckeroot
Vice President: Lynnette Pryce
Treasurer: Pat Gómez Martz
Secretary: Heather Shelly
Nominations Committee: Maryann Bowen

Congratulations to our 2019-2020 STC-SM chapter council! Thank you for generously volunteering your time and effort to serve as chapter leaders. We appreciate your commitment and look forward to the coming year!

Program Recap: The Power of Single-Sourcing

On May 22, 2019, STC-SM welcomed Liz Fraley to Ann Arbor all the way from the STC East Bay Chapter in California. In addition to being a prolific speaker and well-known contributor in the technical communication community, Liz is the founder of Single-Sourcing Solutions, TC Camp, and the TC Dojo. Liz spoke with us for over an hour and engaged us in a fascinating discussion about a topic she understands deeply: The Power of Single-Sourcing. Continue reading “Program Recap: The Power of Single-Sourcing”