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Welcome to the East Bay Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC).

Technical Writers and Communicators can find resources, solutions, jobs, professional connections, and friendship with the East Bay Chapter. Devoted to professional Technical Writers and Communicators, STC is a non-profit international organization.

STC members include writers, editors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educators, students, engineers, and scientists in all areas of technology. more>>

Mark Your Calendars
Calendar
Note these
upcoming events
  • No chapter meetings in July or August

  • Sept. 10 - EBSTC Meeting - Scott Abel - "Twitter: Who Cares What You're Doing Right Now, Anyway?" (Note this is the 2nd Thursday)

  • Oct. 1 - Scott Prentice of Leximation - "Introduction to Adobe AIR Help"

Be an EBSTC Ambassador...

...at East Bay Colleges and Universities

The EBSTC College Connection committee is looking for professionals from a variety of jobs within the technical communication arena to talk to students about the many career paths, opportunities, and rewards in our chosen profession. This may take the form of panel discussions in classes or one-on-one conversations at career days and other employment related and help young college students explore this career potential for themselves, join our Speakers Bureau.

All college events will be staffed from available members of the EBSTC College Connection Speakers Bureau. Sign up today!


New Volunteer Jobs
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  • Be part of the friendly chapter
  • Pump up your resume
  • Build your skills
  • Earn reward smiles for every hour spent
Please consider what you can contribute to the chapter as we need your help! more>>


Upcoming Meeting

Thursday, September 10, 2009
(Note: 2nd Thursday)

"Twitter: Who Cares What You're Doing Right Now, Anyway?"

Scott Abel
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Scott Abel

Twitter. It's everywhere. Newscasters mention it. Political analysts point to its influence. Marketers use it to get messages out. Journalists and bloggers use it for research. Regular folks use it to keep up with their friends, family, and co-workers. And, people of all types use it for entertainment, research, and education. But, Twitter is more than all of these things combined. more>>


EBSTC Professional Dev SIG

EBSTC Professional Development SIG

Join us for lunch the second Thursday
of every month

11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Willow Tree restaurant in Dublin

Willow Tree Information:
6513 Regional Street, Dublin
925-838-9111

To join the SIG YahooGroup:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EBSTC _Professional_Development_SIG/

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Looking for current job opportunities? Contact Ken Evans, evansken@aol.com

Newsletter

Our award winning newsletter is up and running. Check out the May/June issue.

Got articles?
Submission deadline for the Sept/Oct issue is Aug. 2, 2009.


Contact Managing Editor Alliene Turner.



STC Live Web Seminars

All seminars 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PST.

Upcoming seminars:

For content details and to enroll, see the list of seminars.



Join STC Today!

Become a dues-paying member of STC and take advantage of all the "Members Only" resources including:

  • Intercom, STC's magazine
  • Technical Communication, STC's quarterlyjournal
  • Networking opportunities;
    educational opportunities designed to expand your skills
  • STC's online database of job openings in technical communication
  • Local chapter activities
  • Annual Salary Survey

Joining online is fast and easy--just go to JoinSTC.


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