A Special Interest Group of the Society for Technical Communication
On 7 September 2023 at 1200 PM MT (click here for your local time), join Kari Chalker for an interesting discussion about how technical editing practitioners can help early-career TechComm professionals with on-the-job writing training and mentoring.
For tickets, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/swimming-upstream-to-train-todays-new-techcomm-professionals-tickets-644794095497?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Wednesdays, 13 September to 1 November 2023 at 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET
(click here for your time zone)
Instructor: The TESIG’s own Kelly Schrank!
Registration closes 12 September 2023
Whether building a new department, working as a department of one, or joining a new or existing department, many technical communicators have found themselves working on documents without the benefit of a style guide.
In this course, as a group we will create a new style guide from scratch, incorporate common elements, and decide together what’s needed and what might be better relegated to other documents or resources. From grammar and punctuation to style and formatting, we’ll go through the process together. We’ll tackle this as the big project it is, by planning its scope and schedule, including tracking status, training others, and gathering feedback.
After the course, everyone will be emailed the finished document in Microsoft Word to use as is or as a template for their own style guide.
To register, go to https://www.stc.org/course/creating-and-using-a-department-style-guide-september-2023/.
As new technologies expand omni-channel publishing requirements and companies extend the global reach of their products, services, and content marketing, the role of editor becomes both more critical and more strategic. Effective editorial, governance, and change management processes directly impact a company’s bottom line.
Continue reading “Editing in a Structured Environment”On 20 June 2023, at 12 PM ET (click here for your local time), join the TESIG’s own style guide “agony aunt”, Marcia Shannon, as she presents part 2 of her workshop on how to deal with all sorts of style-guide-related issues.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/style-guides-love-em-hate-em-gotta-have-em-workshop-pt-2-tickets-595873251937?aff=oddtdtcreator
If you missed part 1, no worries! You can get tickets for it here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/style-guides-love-em-hate-em-gotta-have-em-pt-1-recording-tickets-569029962937
This is a joint event between the TESIG and the STC Carolina chapter. It is open to both STC members and non-members. It is free for TESIG/STC Carolina members, and available at a small charge for non-members. It will be recorded, and the recordings, slides, and handouts will be available for a year afterwards.
One of the goals of the TESIG is to help technical editing students get more involved in the field. We want to hear some new, fresh voices, especially from those who are studying the subject or just starting out. It’s important to us to discuss the needs, dreams, and issues of the next generation of technical editing practitioners.
With this goal in mind, we are excited to announce the TESIG Monthly Student Chat series!
These 30-minute virtual chats will be held over Zoom on the last Wednesday of each month, and are a forum for current TESIG student members to discuss editing challenges, as well as share helpful resources, editing tactics and tips, and career advice about finding internships/jobs.
For details, please contact student_outreach@stc-techedit.org.