Services offered by the STC

The primary goal of the STC is to serve its members. At whatever point you are in your career, from a student of technical communication to an experienced technical communicator considering retirement, the Society offers a variety of services to meet your needs. In addition to services for individuals, STC has initiated several projects aimed at enhancing the status of technical communication within the industry and at improving the practice of the field.

This page lists examples of the services that are relevant to those not resident in the US. For a complete description of the services offered by the STC visit the main STC web site www.stc.org

Web and telephone seminars

STC offers web and telephone seminars on a range of interesting topics.

A telephone seminar is much like a large conference call in which the speaker makes a presentation over the phone. As a participant, you simply dial the number from your phone, enter your personal identification number, and you're connected! You then sit back and listen to the presentations and join in the lively Q&A discussion that follows.

STC is expanding its telephone seminar series to include presentations with Web-based features. In a Web-and telephone seminar, participants listen to the presenter over the phone (much like a conference call) while viewing presentation materials over the Web. This format provides easier access to materials for reference during the presentation, as well as a more intimate, "classroom" setting than the typical telephone seminar.

For more information see www.stc.org/edu/seminars.

Membership of SIGs (Special Interest Groups)

STC includes a number of special interest groups as well as local chapters. These are interesting if you have special interests or you are a working in isolation.

Membership of SIGs is an additional cost to membership of the society and you can fine more information on the STC web site www.stc.org/siginfo.

Annual conference

The STC holds an annual conference in the US. More details can be found on the conference web site.