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  • What Would a WordPress Template for Chapter Sites Look Like?

    Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Web 2.0, Web Design | 9 Comments »

    Last week Will Sansbury mentioned to me that one of his ideas with the Atlanta chapter site was to provide an example or template of how WordPress could be used ... Read more..

    Fragmented Communities and the Chapter/SIG Web Site Problem

    Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Web 2.0, Web Design | 6 Comments »

    Recently Will Sansbury and I gave a webinar to STC community leaders on chapter and SIG websites. Rather than giving a static, one-way presentation about theoretical concepts with web design, ... Read more..

    Web Site Critique and WordPress Q&A Webinar This Thursday

    Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Web Design | 1 Comment »

    Date: Jan 28, 2010 Time: 1 pm EST Platform: Genysys (on the web) Cost: Free for STC members Registration required Will Sansbury and I are giving a webinar on web design and WordPress this Thursday ... Read more..

    Intermountain STC Chapter Meeting This Wednesday at 7 pm

    Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Technical Writing | 1 Comment »

    This Wednesday, Jan 20, there's an Intermountain STC Chapter meeting at 7 pm. in the Sandy library. Lyn Worthen will be speaking on running your own technical communications consulting business. ... Read more..

    PowerPoint from Screencasting Webinar

    Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Posted in Screencasting | 8 Comments »

    If you're interested in the PowerPoint for my screencasting webinar, here it is below. [caption id="attachment_5364" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="Powerpoint for Screencasting webinar (click the image to download the file)"][/caption] I always smile ... Read more..

    Site Critiques and WordPress Q&A — Community Leaders Webinar Jan 28

    Saturday, December 5th, 2009 Posted in Web Design, WordPress | 2 Comments »

    I'm giving a webinar for STC community leaders on January 28 titled "Site Critiques and WordPress Q&A." Here's the description: Because most communities have far more virtual participants than physical participants, establishing ... Read more..

    21% of Intermountain Chapter Members Planning to Renew STC Membership

    Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 14 Comments »

    I'm wary of posting on this topic because I don't want to launch into a long STC discussion. But according to our recent chapter poll, only 21% of our members ... Read more..

    Podcast on the Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging

    Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts | No Comments »

    [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/suncoast7deadlysins.mp3] Download MP3 View PowerPoint Length: 1 hour 45 min. Over the last month, you've been seeing various posts on my site about the seven deadly sins of blogging (being fake, irrelevant, boring, unreadable, ... Read more..

    How to Get a Job in Technical Writing — A 7-Step Guide for Students

    Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 22 Comments »

    If you're a college student looking to become a technical writer after you graduate, you face a formidable challenge: you can't get a job without experience, and you can't get ... Read more..

    STC: Quo Vadis? Mike Hughes gets introspective about the STC situation

    Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | No Comments »

    I love it when leaders bare their thoughts in introspective ways on a blog. Hughes has really been grappling with the STC situation and how to handle it. I'm not ... Read more..