The transition from Northeast Ohio STC to Ohio STC is now complete. With the dissolution of other Ohio chapters and the Pittsburgh chapter, the Northeast Ohio chapter has expanded to welcome all Ohio and Pittsburgh STC members to our chapter. To better reflect this expansion, we changed our name to Ohio STC. The final piece … Continue reading…
Although Paulette Tiggs entered the information development field completely by accident, it feels like serendipity when she thinks about the career she has made. She entered her career as a temporary worker at a company in Columbus, Ohio after a person accidentally hit the Delete key and lost a significant amount of the department’s source … Continue reading…
The Ohio STC community is one of the most resilient and successful communities in the STC. This is a result of the many dedicated volunteers that commit long hours ensuring our community has the resources needed to stay relevant to our members and be valuable to technical communicators, regardless of where they are in their … Continue reading…
Everyone has biases. Even when our biases seem conscious, they may be influenced by a pattern of unconscious assumptions. Our brain simplifies our environment to manage and negotiate an extremely complex and busy world. Stereotyping is a form of such simplification, where our brain assigns qualities to categories. If we heavily rely on these ‘shortcuts’, … Continue reading…
When I left high school, I had no idea what I’d be doing in my career almost 30 years later. I knew I liked IT and German, was decent at English, but had no idea how I could combine my interests and skills into a career. I had thought about a Law degree to become … Continue reading…
It is an honour to join the great contributors to this newsletter. It is not only an honour, but it means I can tackle topics that bug me. So here is the first one. Recently, someone posted this idea on LinkedIn: I usually just click the thumbs up and go to the next post, but this … Continue reading…
Let’s all wish Julianne the best as she retires from Rockwell Automation and remember that she once mentioned, “I spend a lot of time on the thrill rides at Cedar Point. I once rode the Top Thrill Dragster seven times in one hour.” Julianne has made a huge contribution to our community. She has been … Continue reading…
When we held our last drawing for the winner of a $20 gift card for a contributor to Lines & Letters, Angie was the lucky winner. If you submit an article for our newsletter, you are eligible to be in our drawing. Submit articles to newsletter@neostc.org. A big thank you also is in order to … Continue reading…
As we approach the end of the year and what is called the giving season, please consider clicking on The Literacy Site to give a donation of a book. The click and donation are free. The site is at – https://therainforestsite.greatergood.com/clicktogive/lit/home?gg_source=ctgtabs&gg_medium=sitenav&gg_campaign=ARS When you click, the sponsors fund donations of books and supplies for … Continue reading…
“Essentials of Being Remembered” is one of the memorable chapters of Make It Clear. This chapter is an example of how author Patrick Winston has a fresh take on the basics of writing to persuade and inform in the handsome tome that is Make It Clear. For writing to be remembered, Winston argues that … Continue reading…
