News and Notes for Technical Communicators in Michigan
Refer to the Upcoming Events list on the right side of this home page, which is regularly added to as the registration links become available.
You’ll see virtual lunches, book club, webinars, and even in real life (IRL) meetups. All events are free for STC-MGL chapter members. Non-members will pay a fee for webinars, but other event types are free for everyone.
Two in-person meetups! See you in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 4th and Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 8th.
Spring Book club! “Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style.” Read a little or the whole book, join us March 20 to discuss it.
Educational events include the Power of Personas on March 12th and a Fireside chat with Ami Hendrickson, Professional Writing Coach, on April 25th.
We’ll be meeting via Zoom on November 15 to discuss The Revolutionary Author: Write Smarter With AI Tools & Reach New Levels Of Productivity, by A.C. Hamilton.
Hamilton covers a wide range of approaches to writing with AI that technical communicators may find helpful to their professional and personal lives. Readers can expect chapters ranging from how ChatGPT and other generative AI models work, how to prompt ChatGPT effectively and create content with it, to using it in creative writing, marketing, and even music generation!
The STC Michigan Great Lakes chapter council officers for the 2023-2024 program year will be:
Thank you to all of you who voted!
Join us Thursday, September 22nd in Grand Rapids for our first in-person event in years! Details are here.
Please join us Thursday, June 17, to celebrate the end of another great program year. We’ll announce awards, recognize our active members, provide a brief business update, and introduce you to the 2021-2022 STC-MGL chapter council. This is a free event and all are welcome, registration is required.
Reminder! If you’ve achieved at least 15 points by being an active member, send an email to president@stc-mgl.org with the list of your activities and points total by June 15. Refer to the Active Membership Program page for details.
Our next virtual coffee meetup is coming up! We’ll be meeting online on Monday, February 15, from 12-1 p.m. ET. Grab your favorite beverage or your lunch and join STC-MGL members to discuss tech comm, STC, chapter events, and more. This is a great way to network with other technical communicators across Michigan in a relaxing and peaceful setting. We hope you will join us! Continue reading “Lunchtime Coffee Meetup: February 15”
Happy New Year! As the snow swirls and we navigate 2021, please join us from the comfort of your home for a virtual open house on Tuesday, January 26 from 7-8:30 PM ET.
In this open house we’ll showcase our new STC-MGL logo, share the updated Active Membership Program, and talk about the remaining events in our program year.
This virtual open house is open to all and will be a perfect opportunity to learn about our STC-MGL chapter, ask questions about technical communications, tell us about yourself, share ideas for events, and make some new connections.
Tuesday, January 26
7-8:30 PM ET
Zoom
Please register by the end of the day, Monday, January 25. The confirmation email from Eventbrite will include the Zoom link.