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Holiday Party – 5 December 6-9pm

Happy Holidays! Come to our year-end meeting, our annual holiday party. The chapter will buy your dinner and any non-alcoholic drinks for free. Come and socialize with other members and friends during this casual holiday party.

We have three traditions for our holiday party:

  1. Share your creativity
  2. Win a mystery gift
  3. Have fun

The chapter will buy your dinner and any non-alcoholic drinks! As with all STC East Bay events, you do not need to be a member to participate in the events. (The chapter will still buy your dinner.)

All you have to do is send us an email to RSVP and let us know you’re coming.

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Mastering Your Website 101 – 30 April 2019 [Meeting]

Feeling intimidated about running a website? Considering moving from your old hosting service to another? Don’t know the difference between your HTTPs and your PHPs? Want to learn some tricks and tips for streamlining your web presence with social media?

Then this is the webinar for you. We’ll go over the basics of creating and running a website using WordPress and cPanel, along with some additional tools designed to make your webmastering easier.

Takeaways:

  • Establishing a domain.
  • Hosting the content of that domain.
  • Creating content on your hosted domain by using WordPress.
  • Managing website background details with tools like cPanel.
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The Current Market for Technical Communicators in the Bay Area [Virtual Meeting – 10 April 2019]

As a veteran recruiter of technical content developers, Andrew will present his insights on the current job market for tech writing and other services in the Bay Area. Where are the jobs now, and where might they be moving in the next year? How can you stay relevant in your current role, or grow to fit a new one?

About Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis has recruited technical content developers in the SF Bay Area since 1995. He is a former software industry Technical Writer and has a reputation for both understanding and championing the role of content development.

Andrew enjoys helping those who communicate complex information get ahead by recognizing and refining their value to technology companies. He’s candid and connected and, just as importantly, he likes to help tech industry workers achieve independence from intermediaries.

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Social Time: 6:00-7:15pm
Presentation Time: 7:15-8:30pm
Location: NorCal STC on Facebook
Cost: Free

Go to Berkeley or Watch Remotely! 

Andrew will be at the Berkeley STC Chapter in person but they will be streaming their meeting live over Facebook. You can watch – without braving 5:30 traffic. 

Get interactive! The Berkeley team will be monitoring the chat window. Hop onto NorCal STC on Facebook, and you can ask the speaker your burning questions in real-time!

How do I see the feed? 

On the NorCal Facebook page, there’s a navigation link for Videos on the left hand side. Refresh the page as the Presentation Time gets closer. As soon as the feed is live, a RED DOT will appear next to the Video link. Click the link and then join the livestream.