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Article #1370Re: Technical Writers Organizations
From: Ad absurdum per aspera
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:13
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:13
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> What organizations exist for technical writers? Is the Society for Technical > Communication the major one or are there others? The STC is the largest and the most active at the local level. It puts out a professional magazine and several smaller newsletters. its big event is an annual conference that attracts, as I recall, something in the range of 1500-2000 participants. There are also regional (multistate) and area conferences under its purview. The IEEE has a Professional Communication Society; contact the new membership chair, Dave McKown, at d.mckown@ieee.org for more info. It's smaller and a bit more oriented towards the military-industrial complex, whereas the STC feels as though it's dominated by the computer industry. They put out a refereed journal and have an annual conference that attracts a few hundred people. Disclaimer: I'm a member of both and speak officially for neither. Joe "Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"
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