Program Archives
2011–2012
Program: Recognition and Appreciation Dinner Meeting
June 19, 2012
Join us to recognize our chapter award winners and volunteers, featuring Dr. Ann Blakeslee, winner of a Society-level award.
Program: "Developing the Corporate Story"
April 2, 2012
Join STC/SM for a presentation at LTU from two LTU professors and their graduate students about writing for corporate applications.
Program: Trends in Software User Assistance
February 4, 2012
Join STC/SM for an overview of trends, technologies, and tools in software user assistance with featuring Joe Welinske, the president of WritersUA, at LTU.
Program: Rapid E-Learning
November 15, 2011
What is rapid e-learning? And what's all the buzz about Articulate®? Find out in this evening program in Ann Arbor.
Program: Professional Recognition Opportunities
November 2, 2011
Learn about professional recognition opportunities through STC from presentations at MSU with West Michigan Shores.
2010–2011
Program: Winner of Excellence Award: Top Load Washer Installation Instructions
June 28, 2011
Earl Peters, Account Director, JohnsonRauhoff
Join us for dinner and a program as we explore award-winning publications.
April 28, 2011
Join us for a program about basic principles of HTML and CSS Web design.
January 20, 2011
Join us for a webinar program held jointly with 3 STC chapters—includes an in-person meeting.
November 15, 2010
The program on STC award-winning doc is canceled. It will be rescheduled.
October 13, 2010
Join us at LTU for Biz Blog, a program on managing a company blog.
October 5, 2010
Join us at WCC to discuss online portfolios and the STC/SM portfolio service.
2009–2010
May 26, 2010
Join us at Thomson Reuters, in Dexter, Michigan. The presenter will give a talk about being a writer: not how to do it, but what we do and why—how being a writer has changed in terms of technology, channels, and speed.
April 14, 2010
Join us at Blue Cross Blue Shield in Southfield, Michigan, for a program on instructional design.
January 20, 2010
Join us at Thomson Reuters, in Dexter, Michigan, for a program about SharePoint for technical communicators, used for collaboration and project management.
October 29, 2009
Join us for the first program of the chapter season, on project management for tech writers.
2008–2009
May 14, 2009
You are on LinkedIn…now what? Join us at the company RelWare, in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Ms. Beverly Cornell, Director of Marketing and Sales at IteroText Translation Services, will speak about new social media/communication technologies with a focus on LinkedIn, and how technical communicators might realize the potential of these technologies professionally.
March 24, 2009
Translations and Localization: What a Technical Communicator Needs to Know, will be presented by Fred Meinberg, President, Techworld Language Solutions, at the Techworld office in Troy, Michigan. He will be offering practical advice about how to source translations, brief your suppliers, and get what you want.
February 19, 2009
3 Keys to Creating Unusually Usable Software and other Tales of High-Tech Anthropology®, presented by Richard B Sheridan, President & CEO, Menlo Innovations LLC. Mr. Sheridan will present his Taste of Success seminar from 11:30 AM - 1 PM at the Menlo Innovations facility in Ann Arbor, MI.
This 90-minute seminar explores the practices of the High-Tech Anthropologists® at Menlo Innovations' award-winning Menlo Software Factory, and provides the attendees with very practical ideas to greatly improve their odds of creating a successful software product or service.
December 11, 2008
Internet Security. Dr. Jose Nazario, a Senior Security Researcher at Arbor Networks, will provide an overview of some basic concepts and terminology of Internet security and will discuss the global affects of Internet threats for governments to the everyday user. Usability Testing: Observation to Analysis
November 5, 2008
Usability Testing: Observation to Analysis. Barb Hernandez, Josephine Scott, and Casey Wright of TechSmith Corporation will present a program focused on usability testing: learn what it takes to put together a test and make actionable recommendations.
September 18, 2008
Ready for Your Next Interview? Join us to listen as Al Pizzurro will share his knowledge about preparing for interviews and will discuss the different interview styles, common interview questions, and negotiation techniques.
