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Next Meeting: Fall 2009
Our next meeting will be during the Fall 2009 semester, have a great summer break!
We will be having bimonthly meetings online from 5:45 to 6:45 pm CST on Thursdays. You are welcome to come in late and leave early depending on your schedule. New members (or those interested) may attend any meeting!
Recent News and Events
Workshop: Online Portfolios
April 23, 2009
Katie Tormala, a current STC officer presented information about electronic portfolios and how to use the eFolio Minnesota website.
Getting Started: eFolio Minnesota Handout
View Katie's presentation: PowerPoint, PDF
Special Event: International Technical Communication
April 18, 2009
Dr. Lee Tesdell is on sabbatical while he completes his Fulbright study and research during spring semester 2009 at the Center for Continuing Education at Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank, Palestine. We had asked him and two of his colleagues to join us for a special event at 9:00 am. The special event was online using Adobe Breeze Connect (like normal meetings). The presenters are:
Recorded Meeting: https://breeze5.metnet.edu/p36223877/
- Dr. Lee Tesdell, MSU and Birzeit University, Palestine
View Dr. Tesdell's blog.
View Dr. Tesdell's presentation: PowerPoint, PDF
- Dr. Juergen Muthig, University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany
Professor Jürgen Muthig is from the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. He teaches in a technical communication program for both Bachelor and Master students. In his free time he serves as President of tekom - the German Society for technical communication, representing roughly 6,000 technical communicators - the largest organization of its kind in Europe.
View Dr. Muthig's presentation: PowerPoint, PDF
- Mr. Rajdeep Gupta, Technical writer and STC officer, Bangalore, India
Rajdeep Gupta prefers to be called as a writer and has been in the Technical Communication industry from the past 5 years. He is presently working on a Banking domain in Bangalore and explores documentation along with Usability and User Experience Design. He has been associated with STC India for sometime now, and is currently in the role of STC-India Admin council Secretary. He also happens to be the Assistant Organizer of the Bangalore Technical Writers Meetup-Supported by STC India (http://techwriter.meetup.com ) for the last 4 years. He is also in the ITC Global Talk Commitee as Marketing (Evangelist). Also, he has presentated papers in various seminars and technical writing conferences. He is an avid quizmaster and loves blogging (http://coloredwritings.blogspot.com ) . At present he is penning his first novel.)
View Mr. Gupta's presentation: PDF
Alumni Presentations
April 9, 2009
MSU's STC recently invited three Technical Communication Alumni back to present on their work experience in the field. The three alum gave informing and interesting presentations and answered questions from faculty and students. View the PDF version of their presentations and handouts by downloading them.
Recorded Meeting: https://breeze5.metnet.edu/p31727694/
Presentations by three recent alumni included:
- Dimitri Zhurkin is a Technical Writer/Information Architect for IBM, Toronto
Resume Workshop
March 19, 2009
View the recorded presentation during the meeting online at the following link. The workshop offers resume writing tips and job application information.
Recorded Meeting: https://breeze5.metnet.edu/p53344191/
Resume Tips compiled by Karli Davis.
STC Current Student Presentations
February 19, 2009 & March 5, 2009
View the recorded presentations during the meeting online at the following links!
March 5, 2009: https://breeze5.metnet.edu/p10113669/
Lori Raborg, Regulatory Agency Consultating
Zenobia Redeaux, Lead Senior Technical Writer
Julie Stella, Volunteer
February 19, 2009: https://breeze5.metnet.edu/p10882814/
Kelcey Woods-Nord, Grant Writer
Ashley Flitter, Web Content Writer
Karli Davis, Editor
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